Old MacDonald had a….. solar panel farm? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We’ve discovered that solar farms cool local weather. Why? Enter Jiaju Guo and team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They analyzed satellite observations of land conditions, temperature, and vegetation to uncover
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The digital world is warmer than you think. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Every click online generates heat across thousands of internet servers. Data centers use enormous energy to cool off. Why not put some of that heat to use? Enter Johannes Oltmanns and
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Does clean energy have a dirty downside? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Electric cars! Sleek, silent, and saving the planet! Or… are they? Jennifer L. Guelfo and team from Texas Tech and Duke University took a closer look at lithium-ion batteries. They detected PFAS
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