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Geothermal cooling research ongoing at Mato Grosso, Brazil

ThinkGeoEnergy

A research project is ongoing to evaluate the viability of geothermal cooling for agro-industrial buildings at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) in Brazil, in partnership with the University of São Paulo (USP). They both tap into a heat exchange system installed in a 3-meter-deep trench with a length of approximately 25 meters.

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Smart energy benefits the people, and those who deliver it

Smart Energy International

Ahmed Ashour, CEO of utility management platform Pylon, writes about how management of our energy, water and food production will benefit greatly from the application of efficiency-enhancing smart energy technologies. This allows us to feed energy into the grid that previously was untapped or wasted.

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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change.

Grist

Since early November , vast smoke plumes have been wafting from eastern Australia all the way across the Pacific to the shores of South America. She added that she wouldn’t be surprised to see a similar, albeit smaller effect on some Patagonian glaciers, given that the wildfire smoke is passing over South America.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface. Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. Other animals can sweat a bit, but not like us.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents. In the absence of thick multi-year ice, which can be up to five meters deep, any water that refreezes would take the form of much thinner, more navigable seasonable ice.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)