Tech
How green is your online life?
From the manufacturing of our favorite devices to using them for social interactions, our digital lives can have a big climate impact.
By Sarah Wells
HS-ESS3-2
Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.
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- Climate
Creating less new stuff could greatly help Earth’s climate
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- Climate
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- Climate
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- Environment
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- Environment
‘Forever’ chemicals show up in students’ school uniforms
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- Plants
No sun? No prob! A new process might soon grow plants in the dark
Teamwork makes green-work! Collaborating scientists came up with an electrifying farming trick that could make sunlight optional.
- Tech
Scientists Say: LED
LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, light up TV screens, traffic lights and many other devices used in daily life.
- Earth
A bold plan to save the planet turns carbon dioxide into stone
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- Materials Science
A disinfectant made from sawdust knocks out deadly microbes
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