Is online shopping bad for the planet?
The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat. But it uses a lot of energy and resources and can lead to more waste.
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Scientists create new idea on how to hack a warming planet: drying the upper atmosphere
NOAA and NASA figure if they can just inject ice high up in the air, water vapor in the upper atmosphere would get a bit drier and that could counteract a small amount of the human-caused warmth.
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Marshall Brain: How overheating in the Arctic Circle will cause the collapse of civilization
Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire. Brain takes a serious as well as entertaining look at a world of possibilities for Earth and the human race. He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s...
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Developments in tech, energy, even work provide reasons for optimism in 2023
As 2022 comes to an end amid stubborn inflation, a “tripledemic,” a climate crisis and a brutal war with no end in sight, it can be difficult to remember that good things happened this year, too.
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‘Win-win’ study: Here are 46 possible ways to reduce disease & advance conservation
A far-reaching review of academic papers and reports evaluated 46 proposed “win–win” solutions for reducing human infectious disease burdens and advancing conservation goals, which now can be explored on a publicly available website.
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Galapagos Science Consortium now includes NCSU along with UNC-CH
Bolstering its current research and service in the Galapagos Islands, NC State is joining the International Galapagos Science Consortium, a group of institutions dedicated to studying and preserving the famed archipelago through collaborative, interdisciplinary research. Here are the details.
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Doomsday H2O: We are a day away from death without water – and it’s growing scarce
Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire, taking a serious as well as entertaining world of possibilities for the world and the human race. He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book.” +++ RALEIGH – Imagine that one...
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War on plastics pollution gains new weapon – it’s a biomaterial – from NCSU researchers
Researchers at NC State have developed a new biomaterial that could help solve the worsening problem of plastic pollution. Lokendra Pal and Lucian Lucia, professors in the Department of Forest Biomaterials, have discovered how to convert leftover sawdust powder and agro-residues into a Styrofoam-like packaging material.
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S&P Global sustainability index to include 13 companies with NC ties
Thirteen companies with ties to North Carolina will appear on a global index that tracks top-performing global companies on environmental, social, and governance metrics, including one new addition.
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