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    Scientists Develop a Robot to Maintain Plants Grown Under Solar Panels

    Scientists Develop a Robot to Maintain Plants Grown Under Solar Panels

    A team of scientists have developed a robot, called SynRobo, to help care for a variety of plants growing beneath solar panels. The robot is designed to sow, prune and harvest crops, even in densely planted areas without interfering with nearby plants. The robot is designed to work with a Synecoculture system, which is a […]

    Mountain-Dwelling Species Losing Habitats Rapidly, Study Finds

    Mountain-Dwelling Species Losing Habitats Rapidly, Study Finds

    Mountain forests are important habitats for many species, but a new study has found that habitat loss in these areas has been rapidly accelerating since 2000. In that time, more than 78.1 million hectares (approximately 193 million acres) of mountain forests have been lost, equaling an area greater than the size of Texas. A team […]

    Battery Data Genome: A Path to a Brighter Renewable Battery Future

    Battery Data Genome: A Path to a Brighter Renewable Battery Future

    The Battery Data Genome (BDG) project aims to compile as much technical data about renewable batteries as possible. Similar to the Human Genome Project (HGP), the BDG is led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne and Idaho Laboratories as well as researchers in Europe. The process would capture data about batteries from battery […]

    This Is the Make-or-Break Decade for Climate Action, IPCC Warns

    This Is the Make-or-Break Decade for Climate Action, IPCC Warns

    Decisions made this decade will largely determine whether world leaders can limit global warming to 1.5 or two degrees Celsius of warming below pre-industrial levels and avoid the increasingly more drastic impacts of the climate crisis.  That’s one key takeaway from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report of the findings gathered in […]

    Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Extent Is Fifth Lowest on Record

    Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Extent Is Fifth Lowest on Record

    The Arctic sea ice extent for the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2023 is the fifth lowest on record. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced Wednesday that the Arctic sea ice likely reached its maximum extent on March 6 at 5.64 million square miles. That’s 398,000 square miles below the average maximum for […]