Environmental Update

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  Max Guinn

  

  'Impossible To Save': Scientists Are Watching China's Glaciers Disappear

  NPR - Rob Schmitz

  At the end of every summer, scientist Li Zhongqin takes his seasonal hike near the top of a glacier in the Tianshan mountains in China's far northwestern region of Xinjiang. Li scrambles over a frozen ridge and heads toward a lone pole wedged in the ice. Clouds emerge from a peak above and quickly …

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  Max Guinn

  

  In 5 Years, Batteries Will Blanket The U.S., Duke Executive Says

  Forbes - Jeff McMahon

  Five years. That's how soon batteries can be expected to sprout all over the electric grid as utilities and homeowners drop in on a wave of falling prices, a Duke Energy executive said in Chicago Thursday. "There's going to be a lot of excitement around batteries in the next five years. And I would …

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  Max Guinn

  

  A giant insect ecosystem is collapsing due to humans. It's a catastrophe

  The Guardian - Guardian staff reporter

  Insects have triumphed for hundreds of millions of years in every habitat but the ocean. Their success is unparalleled, which makes their disappearance all the more alarming

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  Max Guinn

  

  More acidic oceans 'will affect all sea life'

  bbc.co.uk - By Roger Harrabin

  All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major new report will say. The eight-year study from more than 250 scientists finds that infant sea creatures will be especially harmed. This means the number of baby cod growing to …

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  Max Guinn

  

  How Asia's Oil Hub Is Going Green

  Bloomberg - By Dan Murtaugh

  Singapore plans to develop solar power and energy-storage technologies as the oil-trading hub of Asia pushes to generate more of its power from …

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  Max Guinn

  

  Report Says Rooftop Solar Panels Are Sufficient to Meet Israel's Energy Goals

  Haaretz - Zafrir Rinat

  Rooftop solar panels could produce enough energy to fully meet the government’s target for solar energy, so there’s no justification for approving …