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Arizona State University is working with 3M on a pilot project to lower the temperatures at bus shelters in Tempe. Ahead of installing new shelters throughout the city, Tempe began researching methods to keep the spaces cooler while riders wait for the bus — and that led to a collaboration with ASU and 3M. David Sailor is a professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at ASU. He says researchers are applying a film made by 3M to several bus shelters and measuring the results. "These surfaces are very good at reflecting the energy of the sun and emitting their own ene...

По словам Рафикова, поднимающиеся со дна Аральского моря пыль и соль оседают в радиусе 300–400 километров. Каждую минуту девять квадратных метров Узбекистана превращаются в пустыню. Экологические и геоэкологические проблемы растут день ото дня. Но борьба с опустыниванием сейчас не стоит на повестке дня. Со слов директора инст�...

City of CT’s drip system plan 'punishing the most vulnerable' - UCT researcher 10 June 2021 3:44 PM Share This: CapeTalk host Lester Kiewit chats to UCT researcher Dr. Suraya Scheba about the City of Cape Town's new approach to domestic water metering. The City of CT's new water management approach has been slammed for being anti-poor The municipality plans to scrap water management device meters and will implement a new system to manage water usage in indigent households The plan includes the use of a flow-restricting disc, known as the 'drip system' for homes that exceed 15,000 litres...

Why space-based satellites are crucial to achieve climate change goals 4th Year PhD Cancer Immunology A new report, led by researchers at the University of Bristol, outlines the importance of space-based Earth Observation satellites in monitoring the causes, effects and management of global warming. The report aims to drive useful policy change at the 26th ‘conference of the parties’ (COP26) meeting to be hosted this November, in Glasgow. Countries around the globe initially met to discuss the threat of global warming at the first COP meeting in 1995, agreeing on a need to limit greenhous...

The expectation is for higher rain totals in Arizona than what was recorded last year.