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Snow Crash writer Neal Stephenson on the metaverse, making motion pictures, local weather fears

Each science fiction writer tries to think about the longer term. However only a few get what Neal Stephenson is experiencing: A few of...

Have you heard about hydrogen found underground and being continuously produced in the Earth’s crust

https://www.renewablematter.eu/articles/article/natural-hydrogen-a-geological-curiosity-or-the-primary-energy-source-for-a-low-carbon-future-------------------------Natural "white" hydrogen (H2). There's virtually no pure H2 on Earth because it's so reactive. According to the US Department of Energy "although abundant...

L.A. County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

Los Angeles County took the first step Tuesday toward a mandatory earthquake retrofit order for the types of concrete buildings that collapsed catastrophically in...

Understand your copper emissions

Part 4 of CarbonChain's 'High-carbon Commodities' blog series.  Copper is a critical material in the energy transition. It’s heavily used for renewable technologies like solar panels...

Space tech to give 43 million Americans access to safe drinking well water 

Duncan is an award-winning editor with more than 20 years experience in journalism. Having launched...

A deadly building flaw common in California brings destruction and misery to Turkey, Syria

As seismic engineers study the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 20,000 people this week, it’s becoming clear that a significant...

Historic $800 Million For More Than 500 Projects To Improve Lethal Roads & Tackle Traffic Fatalities

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic $800 Million for More than 500 Projects to Improve Roads at the Local Level and Tackle National Traffic Fatalities <img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-286846"...

A sea change for carbon capture

There are many things we don’t know about the ocean, the most unexplored part of Earth, but there are two things we do know:...

Woolpert Maps, Models California Reservoirs to Determine Capacity,…

Lidar and multibeam sonar data were collected and integrated to accurately map and model the dam at Collins Lake. With the...

Half of world’s glaciers to ‘disappear’ with 1.5C of global warming

Half of the world’s glaciers – frozen reservoirs supplying three-quarters of the global water supply – could “disappear” by the end of the century...

Record Year for Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chains

More than a quarter of a million electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold in the U.S. in 2022 alone. Consumer preferences and policies continue...

The Final Doubling

November 21, 2022 This essay is dedicated to the memory of Herman Daly, the father of ecological...

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