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Articles by Max Rohr

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Alternative Energy

Venice, Italy: An Occasionally Walled City

An $8 billion infrastructure project, MOSE deploys a series of yellow boxes to float up beyond the surface and create a physical flood barrier.
March 7, 2023
Max Rohr
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Venice began to sink in the 1950s and 1960s when groundwater was pumped from below the city for industrial use. Since then, it has contended with floods of various severity. Read on to discover how engineers use a variety of methods to protect residences and historic buildings.


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Alternative Energy

Residential Fusion

A way-too-early boiler review.
February 3, 2023
Max Rohr
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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created a fusion reaction producing 1.5 times more energy than it required to start. Read on to learn about possible residential use in the future.


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Alternative Energy

Wet-Bulb Watch

How to survive 95 degrees.
January 6, 2023
Max Rohr
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Our warming world definitely impacts weather and the environment, but what about the impact on humans? Read on to learn the relationship between wet-bulb temperatures, humidity and our ability to cool ourselves by sweating.


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Alternative Energy

The Big Blue Upcycle

Using a raw material you are tripping over.
December 5, 2022
Max Rohr
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Recycling the disposable masks that were ubiquitous during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic may seem odd, but they are blowing down our streets, filling our landfills and polluting our water. Read on to discover some unusual ways entrepreneurs are upcycling these materials. 


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Alternative Energy

The Anthropause

What happened when everything stopped?
November 4, 2022
Max Rohr
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At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a shift developed between human and animal activity — with no humans around, animals returned to old ecosystems. Read on to learn more about this phenomenon and discover how it relates to water quality.


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Alternative Energy

Heatflation

It is coming for your produce.
September 30, 2022
Max Rohr
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Drought and the war in Ukraine are major disruptions to the world’s wheat supply. And livestock is feeling the heat as they struggle to gain weight. Water conservation is one answer to the drought situation, but many areas of the United States don’t have the incentive to curtail water use.


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Alternative Energy

Missing the Forest for the Trees

Is the transition fuel fossil?
September 5, 2022
Max Rohr
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With our level of energy use, no one single renewable energy source can provide all the energy needed in U.S. homes. However, wood-burning boiler systems can be a sustainable energy resource — much more prevalent in many areas than solar or wind energy.


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Alternative Energy

The Electronics Supply Chain: Mining Metals Locally

Recycling e-waste rather than digging into the Earth for all the precious metals we need to make our new gadgets.
August 5, 2022
Max Rohr
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Mining e-waste rather than the Earth for all the precious metals we need to make our new gadgets.


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Alternative Energy

Crypto Expansion

Addressing the energy per transaction dilemma.
July 4, 2022
Max Rohr
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One cryptocurrency transaction uses more energy than the average U.S. household does in a month. 


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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Big Oil to Meet Hawaii in Court

The trial is a test of corporate citizenship; has the industry been forthcoming about its effect on climate change?
May 6, 2022
Max Rohr
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A legal battle between oil companies and the city and county of Honolulu is coming to a head as a state judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed. 


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