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Photo of dust blowing on an Arizona hillside.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Danger in the Dust! The Hazards of Windblown Dust

by Thomas E. Gill, Daniel Tong, William Sprigg and R. Scott Van Pelt 1 June 202331 May 2023

Airborne dust not only causes disease, it also menaces transportation on land, sea, and air; disrupts renewable energy systems; transports pathogens and toxic substances; and poses many other hazards.

Crops grow beneath a photovoltaic array at an experimental farm site.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Symbiosis Between Agriculture and Solar Power

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 18 May 202318 May 2023

A growing population requires more food and energy, which compete for limited space…unless they don’t.

Photograph of a soil surface
Posted inNews

Solar Panels Nurse Desert Soil Back to Life

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 12 May 202330 May 2023

Cultivating delicate soil crust in the shade of solar panels might boost the recovery of arid land.

View of Seattle through a layer of wildfire smoke
Posted inNews

Potentially Good News for Solar Energy During Wildfires

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 18 January 202318 January 2023

A preliminary analysis suggests that the impact of smoke blocking the Sun during 2020’s megafires was minimal for the nation’s solar panels.

Aerial view of a solar photovoltaic power generation system on a reservoir in Taiwan.
Posted inNews

Could Floating Solar Panels Help Mitigate Climate Change?

by Sofia Moutinho 9 December 20221 June 2023

“Floatovoltaics” are an emerging technology, but their environmental impacts are still unknown.

Trays of perovskite silicon solar cells sit in a clear laboratory case.
Posted inNews

Better Together: Perovskites Boost Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 23 September 20216 December 2022

Scientists engineer a way to layer materials to boost efficiency without interrupting manufacturing processes.

An active sun in June 2013
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Accurate Are Our Measurements of the Sun’s Energy?

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 13 April 20206 December 2022

As instruments collecting solar data degrade, researchers must correct for errors. A new study compares several methods to correct solar spectral irradiance measurements.

Image of the Sun in extreme ultraviolet light taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Observational Data Validate Models of Sun’s Influence on Earth

by David Shultz 2 January 20206 December 2022

Using a combination of independent models and observations over multiple timescales, scientists verify two important models that gauge the amount of solar radiation Earth receives.

Posted inNews

Oil, Coal Industry Leaders Fault Obama Policies at Energy Forum

by Randy Showstack 28 January 20166 December 2022

In a review of the energy industry, fossil fuel industry leaders said they are fighting federal policies. The solar industry recently benefited from a 5-year tax credit.

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“Collaboration Helps Overcome Challenges in Air Quality Monitoring”
By Muki Haklay

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