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After Fukushima
SciDev.Net has produced a special Spotlight on "Nuclear Power After Fukushima" on 29 September 2011. SciDev.Net Spotlights are collections of feature, news and opinion... More »
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Thermal pollution
Thermal pollution is the act of altering the temperature of a natural water body, which may be a river, lake or ocean environment. This condition chiefly arises from the... More »
Nuclear power
Last Updated on 2013-04-30 at 15:25
Nuclear power is the generation of electricity from controlled reactions within the nucleii of atoms that release energy used to boil water, the steam from which drives a... More »
Environmental effects of the Chernobyl accident
Last Updated on 2013-02-19 at 12:15
This article was researched and written by a student at Texas Tech University participating in the Encyclopedia of Earth's (EoE) Student Science Communication Project. The... More »
Sun
Last Updated on 2013-02-10 at 16:43
The Sun is the ultimate source of energy for life on Earth, and it sustains nearly all aspects of human existence. The Sun is an ongoing hydrogen fusion... More »
Safety of nuclear power reactors
Last Updated on 2012-10-01 at 08:50
This EOE article is adapted from an information paper published by the World Nuclear Association (WNA). WNA information papers are frequently updated, so for greater detail or... More »
Nuclear winter
Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 17:18
Introduction
Nuclear winter is a term that describes the climatic effects of nuclear war. In the 1980's, work conducted jointly by Western and Soviet... More »
Curie, Marie Sklodowska
Last Updated on 2012-06-21 at 11:05
Introduction
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867–1934) was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1903 in physics, shared with her husband... More »
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