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DOE SCIENCE NEWS BY TOPIC: Environmental Sciences
DOE research seeks to understand basic chemical, physical, and biological processes of the earth’s atmosphere, land, and oceans and how these processes may be affected by energy production and use, primarily the emission of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion. Understanding global climate change and the ability to predict climate over decades or centuries will enable the development of science-based solutions to reduce and minimize the impacts of climate change and better plan for the nation’s future energy needs.

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Hidden dangers in the air we breathe

Hidden dangers in the air we breathe

Berkeley Lab researchers are working on new building standards after discovering previously unknown indoor air pollutants.

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How cool are cool roofs? PPPL serves as the laboratory to find the answer

When Keith Rule and a team of interns walked onto the black and white roof of the main building of the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory one sweltering day last summer, they could feel the temperature difference between the two different colored areas in the soles of their feet.

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How cool are cool roofs? PPPL serves as the laboratory to find the answer

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Lab News Releases
21-May-2013 - Going green: Nation equipped to grow serious amounts of pond scum for fuel
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

16-May-2013 - LLNL scientist finds topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes
DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

14-May-2013 - Saudi Arabia looks to NREL for solar monitoring expertise
DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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