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Scientists adapt solar energy technology to detect chemical warfare agents and pesticides

Envirotec Magazine

In a colourful solution to a dangerous problem, Australian scientists are adapting a component from cutting-edge solar cells to design a rapid, light-based detection system for deadly toxins. The wrong amounts or incorrect use of these fumigants can be harmful to people and degrade the ozone layer.

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Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, says study

Envirotec Magazine

The analysis, published on 1 June in Science Advances , uses satellite images to reveal for the first time how nitrogen oxides – gases found in car exhaust and industrial emissions – affect crop productivity. Overall, the effects seemed most negative in seasons and locations where NOx likely drives ozone formation.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

Some worry that the rejuvenated interest in private space travel might provide an escape for Bezos, Elon Musk, and other members of the super-rich, allowing them to take up residence elsewhere in the solar system and leave the rest of us behind on a burning planet.