Tag Archives: Climate Change

Sunrise sector steers ahead

Posted on June 4, 2015 by

It is the country’s biggest initiative to make the most of sunny days. Initiated as part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the Solar Mission has propelled the country to new heights as far as clean energy is … Continue reading →

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Solar Cell Efficiency Rises By 30% Through Singlet Fission

Posted on July 15, 2014 by

Scientists were pretty excited when they discovered you could convert light energy directly into electricity by capturing photons in semiconductors, exciting them into “excitons” (bound electron with negative charge and hole with positive), and capturing the resultant current through electrodes. … Continue reading →

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Global Temperatures In April Tied For The Hottest On Record

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

A woman walks to get water near Gauhati, Assam, India in April. Rising temperatures coupled with scanty rainfall are badly affecting farmers in many parts of this north-eastern state. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/ANUPAM NATH April may have brought mild temperatures to … Continue reading →

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The 3 Most Sobering Graphics From The U.N.’s New Climate Report

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

The overall message of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s newest report is simple: a rapid shift to renewable energy is needed to avert catastrophic global warming. The science behind that message, however, is less simple. In an attempt to make the … Continue reading →

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Climate Panel Stunner: Avoiding Climate Catastrophe Is Super Cheap — But Only If We Act Now

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

  Humanity’s choice (via IPCC): Aggressive climate action ASAP (left figure) minimizes future warming. Continued inaction (right figure) results in catastrophic levels of warming, 9°F over much of U.S. The latest IPCC report finds the annual cost of avoiding that … Continue reading →

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