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Cities can use cool roofs to combat extreme heat

Cities can use cool roofs to combat extreme heat

Cool roofs, which reflect sunlight, can help cities reduce the urban heat-island effect, potentially saving lives as global temperatures rise.

Matt Simon reports for Grist.

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Local officials end cloud brightening experiment in Alameda, California

Local officials end cloud brightening experiment in Alameda, California

Alameda's city council has voted to halt a pioneering cloud-brightening experiment aimed at combating climate change.

Corbin Hiar reported for E&E News earlier this week on why the vote has implications beyond one single community.

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Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships

Cambridge University scientists develop a device to ‘defossilise’ the economy using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.

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Chukwumerije Okereke: My continent is not your giant climate laboratory

Africa should not be turned into a testing ground for risky solar geoengineering technologies.
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George Soros wants to block Arctic sunlight. Will he fund it?

One of the world’s top funders of progressive campaigns is promoting a controversial plan to shield the rapidly melting Arctic from the warmth of the sun.

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Climate change threatens ‘fluffy’ algae balls with extinction

The climate crisis could kill off the endangered rare underwater "marimo" algae balls by exposing them to sunlight, according to a new study at the University of Tokyo.

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How hot and humid Singapore is trying to cool itself down

With the help of a mobile cart named “Smarty,” researchers are trying to tackle the challenge of urban heat through a program that the government says could be a model for other countries.
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