Solar Power Zapped From Space By Lasers

 
 
 
Japan is aiming to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth using laser beams or microwaves.
The island nation’s government has picked companies and researchers to turn the multi-billion pound dream of unlimited clean energy into reality by 2030.
Japan has few energy resources of its own and is heavily reliant on oil [...]

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Forest Interactions and Climate

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James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.

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World Climates (analogues) & What is a Biome?

A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups, which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region. Major biomes include deserts, forests, grasslands, tundra, and several types of aquatic environments. Each biome consists of many [...]

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NASA Surface meteorology and Solar Energy

A great website that lists useful data for any Geo location in the world. Free signup required. Information includes: Geometry, Parameters for Solar Cooking, Parameters for Sizing and Pointing of Solar Panels, and for Solar Thermal Applications, Solar Geometry, Parameters for Tilted Solar Panels, Parameters for Sizing Battery or other Energy-storage Systems, Parameters for Sizing [...]

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