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MORE SUPPORT FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Our Fragile Earth Mar 28, 2023 | 18:51 pmDaylight savings time proponents argue that electricity is saved because of longer days, meaning less artificial light is needed. It[...]
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BELEAGUERED BOREAL FORESTS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 26, 2023 | 20:56 pmCarbon emissions from wildfires in boreal forests, the earth’s largest land biome and a significant carbon sink, spiked higher in[...]
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SOLAR PANEL SOURCES
Our Fragile Earth Mar 24, 2023 | 12:24 pmDomestic production of solar panels (mostly now made in Asia) can speed up U.S. decarbonization and reduce climate change faster.[...]
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GLACIERS GOING, GOING, GONE
Our Fragile Earth Mar 21, 2023 | 19:22 pmThe bulk of a large coastal glacier in Alaska sits below sea level and is undercut by channels, making it[...]
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MORE TROUBLE WITH TICKS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 19, 2023 | 15:11 pmLyme isn’t the only worrisome tick disease in the Northeast. Babesiosis, which can cause flulike symptoms or worse, and could[...]
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MUSSELS BUILD COASTAL MARSHLANDS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 17, 2023 | 20:57 pmRising seas are drowning coastal marshlands. This amphibious terrain, part land, part water, cleanses pollutants, calms beach-eating waves, and stores[...]
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NOT SO GREEN HYDROGEN
Our Fragile Earth Mar 15, 2023 | 19:27 pmHydrogen is often heralded as the future’s clean fuel of, but leaky hydrogen infrastructure could end up increasing atmospheric methane[...]
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A NEW WAY TO USE CO2
Our Fragile Earth Mar 13, 2023 | 21:13 pmBuilding CO2 emissions represent 60-90% of in total emissions in global cities. On cold mornings in New York City, boilers[...]
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FOSTERING FRACKED GAS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 11, 2023 | 20:49 pmThe fossil fuel industry has been reaping record profits. Last year, European lawmakers voted to classify fossil gas and nuclear[...]
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CONVERTING PLASTIC INTO FUEL
Our Fragile Earth Mar 9, 2023 | 22:04 pmLess than 10% of the 36 million tons of plastics generated in the U.S. in 2018 (the most recent year[...]
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