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Akosombo Hydroelectric Power Station on the Volta River, Ghana. Eunica Sopotnicka/Getty Images

June 6, 2024

Hydropower damages river systems in Africa: how more solar and wind power can solve this problem

Angelo Carlino, Carnegie Science; Andrea Castelletti, Polytechnic University of Milan, and Rafael Schmitt, Stanford University

As renewable energy becomes cheaper and climate change affects water availability, the contribution of hydropower will decline.

The comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen up close. ESA/Rosetta/NavCam

January 22, 2018

How comet dust has enabled us to trace the history of the Solar System

Donia Baklouti, Université Paris-Saclay; Anaïs Bardyn, Carnegie Science, and Hervé Cottin, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC)

Dust can be instructive. The analysis of those collected around the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko provided new information on the history of the solar system.

La comète Tchouri, vues de près. ESA/Rosetta/NavCam

January 9, 2018

Les poussières de la comète Tchouri permettent de remonter l’histoire du Système solaire

Donia Baklouti, Université Paris-Saclay; Anaïs Bardyn, Carnegie Science, and Hervé Cottin, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC)

Les poussières peuvent être riches d’enseignements. L’analyse de celles collectées autour de la comète Tchouri a apporté de nouvelles informations sur l’histoire du Système solaire.

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Hydropower damages river systems in Africa: how more solar and wind power can solve this problem

How comet dust has enabled us to trace the history of the Solar System

Les poussières de la comète Tchouri permettent de remonter l’histoire du Système solaire

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