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Sep
25

1,000 'intelligent vehicles' to take to Europe's roads

Starting next year, some 1,000 “intelligent vehicles” will take to Europe’s roads in a “first-of-its-kind- large-scale field operational
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Sep
24

Antarctic glaciers thinning by up to 9 metres per year

Glaciers along the Antarctic coastline and across all latitudes in Greenland are thinning rapidly, according to the most comprehensive imaging
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Sep
24

Human impact on Earth so great, it's 'too late to be a pessimist'

Humanity has dangerously overstepped three of the planet’s nine key natural thresholds, and are on track to cross the
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Sep
24

IBM: Swelling cities need smarter traffic systems

Managing transport effectively has become an urgent priority for municipal planners faced with an increasingly urbanised and polluted world, according
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Sep
24

CDP rolls out improved carbon reporting system

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is rolling out a new and improved global climate change disclosure system in an effort
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Sep
24

What you think of the Carbon Trust

A few weeks back, we posed the question, “What do you think of the Carbon Trust?” Well, our readers have
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Sep
23

City of green roofs could remove tonnes of CO2

Green roofs — using grass or other plants instead of shingles — have long been known to cut a building’s heating
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Sep
23

How to turn a pickle into an inefficient sort-of LED

Vladimir Bulovic, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, applies an electric charge to a pickle to demonstrate the
Sep
23

Gadget users could face battery 'power shortage'

Today’s batteries are approaching the limits of their energy densities, which could mean a “power shortage” for users of
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Sep
23

Congestion charging cuts traffic times, CO2 in Stockholm

A traffic congestion charging system developed by IBM has cut queuing times in half on Stockholm streets during the morning
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