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Monitoring Mercury Toxicity in the Environment using Unique Chemical “Fingerprints” Mercury, the liquid metal, has been used for centuries due to its unique properties in items such as thermometers and tooth fillings although its use has declined as we have become aware of its toxic side effects. However, it is still commonly found in energy saving light bulbs, computers and smartphones. So what toxic effect [...] New Strategy for Renewable Energy Development : ‘Solar Canals’Gujarat, an Indian state, has implemented a new strategy for the development of renewable energy. The idea consists of covering water canals with solar panels in order to not only provide another source of energy, but to avoid water loss. A similar idea has been implemented in California, where solar panels cover some irrigation ponds [...] Trent University Must Divest From the Fossil Fuel IndustryThe year 2012 marked record low sea ice levels, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s history, one of the most destructive hurricanes in New York’s history, severe drought across North America, record breaking flooding in Australia, and thousands of heat records, and it was the overall hottest year in recorded history. If 2012 didn’t scream [...] Why should Peterborough care about Dead Birds? Artist and photographer Chris Jordan heard a rumor about an island of trash, floating around the ocean, twice the size of Texas. He thought to himself, “That’s unbelievable. I should go photograph this thing,” only to learn he couldn’t photograph it because most of the waste was underwater, invisible to humans sailing through it. It [...] |
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Monitoring Mercury Toxicity in the Environment using Unique Chemical “Fingerprints”Mercury, the liquid metal, has been used for centuries due to its unique properties in items such as thermometers and tooth fillings although its use has declined as we have become aware of its toxic side effects. However, it is still commonly found in energy saving light bulbs, computers and smartphones. So what toxic effect [...] New Strategy for Renewable Energy Development : ‘Solar Canals’Gujarat, an Indian state, has implemented a new strategy for the development of renewable energy. The idea consists of covering water canals with solar panels in order to not only provide another source of energy, but to avoid water loss. A similar idea has been implemented in California, where solar panels cover some irrigation ponds [...] Trent University Must Divest From the Fossil Fuel IndustryThe year 2012 marked record low sea ice levels, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s history, one of the most destructive hurricanes in New York’s history, severe drought across North America, record breaking flooding in Australia, and thousands of heat records, and it was the overall hottest year in recorded history. If 2012 didn’t scream [...] Why should Peterborough care about Dead Birds?Artist and photographer Chris Jordan heard a rumor about an island of trash, floating around the ocean, twice the size of Texas. He thought to himself, “That’s unbelievable. I should go photograph this thing,” only to learn he couldn’t photograph it because most of the waste was underwater, invisible to humans sailing through it. It [...] |
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