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Night-time Solar Cells

Scientists at the University of New South Wales in Australia have developed a solar cell that generates power at night-time. The thermoradiative diode captures the infrared energy emitted by the earth at night after being absorbed as solar radiation during the day. The night-time solar system currently produces 1/10th the power of a conventional solar cell.

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Tornado Drone Footage

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Reed Timmer captured some astounding 4k drone footage of a tornado tearing through homes in Andover, Kansas.

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Climate Profit In Scottish Peat

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The New York Times published an interesting article about Thomas MacDonell, a rich businessman who has purchased 200,000 acres in Scotland. He intends to restore the peatland in the Glenfeshie valley and use it as a carbon sink to sell offset credit against, while also offering luxury nature based accommodation on the land.

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Flat Packed Solar Water Heater

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SolarisKit, a Scottish B-Corp have developed a flat packed solar water heater that can be assembled in 20 mins and can heat water to 60 degrees Celsius. The kit uses a solar coil to absorb heat from the sun and heat water that passes through the coil. The kit can be daisy-chained to create a home solar water heating system, or as a standalone water heater for camping or garden pools.

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FT's The Climate Game

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The Financial Times has created an excellent interactive game about climate change. You play as the global minister for future generations, and you are presented with different policies and strategies to choose from, across 3 chunks of time up to 2050, with the aim of achieving net zero emissions.The data in the game is based on modelling from the International Energy Agency.

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IPCC Climate Emergency Graphs

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CNBC have curated the 9 most important graphs from the third IPCC report on the Climate Emergency. The report states that greenhouse gas emissions need to peak by 2025 if the world has a chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.

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Dyson Air Purifier Headphones

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Dyson are planning to launch a set of noise-cancelling headphone that have a built-in air purifier. The Zone device scoops in air from the exterior of the ear cups, purifies it and squirts jets of clean air into the wearer's nose and mouth through the front of the device. (This looks legitimate, but there's a small chance this is an April Fool's joke).

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Quantum Charging

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Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems within the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea have published research on how to leverage quantum entanglement to speed up the charging time of battery cells, such as those in electric vehicle batteries. Using global operation quantum charging, all cells are charged at the same time, which could slash the charging time of an EV battery to seconds.

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Moby On Being Vegan & Saving The Planet

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Moby released a great video about his journey to becoming vegan when he was young, and how veganism can now be used to tackle the climate emergency.

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Podcast Of The Week: Songs of Disappearance on NPR Shortwave

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Songs of Disappearance is an album of field recordings of Australia's most endangered birds. This episode of the NPR Shortwave podcast interviews the producer of the album Anthony Albrecht about the birds and their fantastic calls!

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