by Liam Smith | February 14, 2024 | Energy, Water
Electricity is important to power our homes, towns, and cities. It is produced in many ways, however, some of the most common ways often have a large environmental impact. Fossil fuels amount to 60% of US power and produced 1,542 metric tons of CO2 in 2022. There have...
by Liam Smith | September 7, 2023 | Energy, Environment, History, Industrial Pollution, Labor, Location, Wastewater
India has one of the world’s fastest growing economies. In the middle of rapid industrialization, India’s economy is well on its way to harnessing the power of the world’s largest population. By converting poor and rural workers into low-wage low-skill workers in...
by Liam Smith | August 17, 2023 | Energy, Water
Access to freshwater is becoming significantly more difficult as the world’s population and the ensuing need for water increase. The extreme demand for this essential need will leave two-thirds of the planet in the struggle of not having enough fresh water. Animal...
by Ellie Cabell | June 8, 2023 | Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Water
Agrivoltaics is the practice of using land concurrently for solar panels and agriculture. In 1981, German physicist Adolf Goetzberger and researcher Armin Zastrow found that crops grew faster and used less water when grown underneath solar panels, rather than...
by Liam Smith | August 3, 2022 | Drinking Water, Energy, Industry, Irrigation, Water
The Viability of Desalination by Wilson Moyer In the hot, parched suburbs of Carlsbad, California, a water facility works tenaciously to draw up enough water to turn on sprinklers, sinks, and showers for over 3 million people.[i] On the surface level, the consumption...
by Liam Smith | December 8, 2021 | Energy, Location, Water
California has come up with a truly Californian way to save their dwindling amounts of water: by covering canals with solar panels. According to nature.com, researchers from various UC campuses conducted a feasibility study of the effects of covering California’s open...
