Earth science – Page 10
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NewsPush for renewables may have unforeseen consequences
Countries need to synchronise policies to ensure that their energy supply is sustainable
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M&S nano fears for recycled packaging
Ambitious recycling commitment by UK grocer could be threatened by fear of nanoinks
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Business
Solvay rare earth recycling in France
€15 million investment in two new sites to diversify supply
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BusinessLow salt diet to flush out oil
Better understanding of oil–clay chemistry could increase the world’s recoverable oil by billions of barrels
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Business
Rockwood to pay C$720m for lithium firm
The chemical group has struck a deal to buy Talison, an Australian lithium producer with headquarters in Perth.
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CareersResourcing the resource boom
Kelly Scientific Resources has its work cut out supplying scientists for Australia’s expanding mining and environmental science sectors, learns James Mitchell Crow
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ResearchFluorine finally found in nature
Mystery of nasty niff from ‘fetid fluorite’ minerals is solved - it’s all down to the fluorine it releases
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NewsUS vulnerable to a shortage of critical isotopes
Flaws in the US energy department’s management of critical isotopes leaves the nation vulnerable to shortages, a congressional inquiry finds
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Fertiliser use increases atmospheric N2O levels
Over the past 50 years fertiliser use has contributed to the rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide levels
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High hopes for shale
Shale gas has given the US petrochemicals industry a much needed boost – will it do the same for the rest of the world?
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FeatureTreasures from the deep
Mining companies are exploring underwater volcanic vents, hoping to extract metals such as gold and copper. Victoria Gill looks at the technical, environmental and political hurdles
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NewsBacteria ruled the world billions of years ago in purple oceans
Evidence backing a controversial sulfur-rich model of the Earth's oceans 1.8 billion years ago has been uncovered in molecular fossils.