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- Tidal Turbines
[Severn Tidal Fence]
The idea of a tidal fence / barrage has been kicking around for almost 100 years as a means for flood control, transport, and potentially tidal power. The last 20 years years has seen an increase interest in tidal energy harvesting, though many countries, such as Canada, have completely sworn it off. One [...]
- Green Bloom
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A massive algae outbreak has seized the city of Qingdao. Algae are now blooming over more than 12,900 square kilometers, or 5,000 square miles, of sea water. State media reported that 100,000 tons of the algae had already been taken out of the water. Much of it was being transported to farms as feed for [...]
- Bowling for Shade
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) dropped 400,000 HDPE recyclable black plastic balls into Ivanhoe Reservoir. The DWP drop was designed to stop sunlight from mixing with the bromide and chlorine in the 10-acre, 58-million-gallon Ivanhoe Reservoir. The 102-year-old facility serves about 600,000 customers downtown and in South Los Angeles.
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- From Sea to Salted Land
[The Aral Sea, a large saltwater lake, is losing more than half of its surface area in 40 years.]
Uzbekistan, a land-locked country that was once part of the Soviet Union, is home to one of the biggest man-made disasters in history. For decades its rivers were diverted to grow cotton on arid land, causing the [...]
