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THE WASHINGTON POST – Years ago, I walked onto the roof of the Palo Alto Research Center. The nondescript beige building in Silicon Valley, known for groundbreaking technology, is the birthplace of the mouse, laser printer and Ethernet. That afternoon, researchers in the United States (US) were sending heat from the roof into space. Although […]

It’s hard to say exactly when and where, but the threats are many.

As rising global temperatures shift snow to rain, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be hotspots for extreme rainfall events that could trigger

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Since there is a shift from snow to rain due to the increasing global temperatures, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be considered hotspots for extreme rainfall events.

Researchers at the Berkeley Lab found that climate change is shifting snowfall to rainfall on mountains across the Northern Hemisphere.

"Rainfall extremes in the mountains have already been increasing and will continue to change with that 15 percent rate.”

Renewable portfolio standard policies require total non-hydro renewables generation to reach 28% of electricity sales by 2050 compared to 17% today, according to a Berkeley Lab report.

Scientists from Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new catalyst using abundant elements like cobalt, which could reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of hydrogen production, aiding its use in multiple industries.

"Rainfall extremes in the mountains have already been increasing and will continue to change with that 15 percent rate.”