Study highlights lower energy consumption thanks to daylight saving time

This weekend it happens once again: Europeans will put the clocks forward by one hour. With the start of daylight-saving time, discussions break out—as they do every year—about whether or not we should eliminate the time change—both in politics and in the wider society. Opponents argue that the time change impacts our health, for instance through sleep disturbances. Proponents, on the other hand, often bring forward the argument of saving electricity because of longer days, which means that less artificial light is needed.
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What’s the impact of charging EVs on a power grid under strain?

The number of electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia doubled in 2022 and Tesla’s Model 3 emerged as the best-selling mid-size car, the first time an EV has held this title. Despite these headlines, Australia is off to a slow start with electric vehicles. They accounted for only 3.8% of all vehicle sales in 2022, rising to 6.8% of new car sales in February 2023.
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Converting used COVID-19 facemasks into green absorbents for carbon capture

The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 has led to an increase in medical waste, including used facemasks, which has become a new threat to public health and the environment. Despite being in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world, many countries are still mandating mask-wearing in public to reduce the spread of the virus. However, a large number of these masks, including single-use and multiple-use forms, are made from plastic materials that are long-lasting. As a result, millions of tons of waste have accumulated in landfills across several countries in a short period, posing a danger to the environment.
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Why the new IPCC report is so important

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report is out and it makes for sober reading. Published roughly every seven years, IPCC reports are the most established body of knowledge on climate change and unique in that their summary gets a signoff from every country on the planet. The report’s findings feature in everything from…

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