This island is now powered almost entirely by solar energy

A small island in American Samoa is making the switch from diesel generators to 100 percent renewable energy. Ta’u, the easternmost of the Samoan islands, has just been equipped with a new microgrid with 1.4 megawatts of solar-generation capacity and six megawatt hours of battery storage. It’s enough to power the entire island night and day.

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Overheated Arctic sign of climate change 'vicious circle'

Freakishly high temperatures in the Arctic driven by heat-packed oceans and northward winds have been reinforced by a "vicious circle" of climate change, scientists said Thursday. Air above the Polar ice cap has been 9-12 degrees Celsius (16.2 to 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above average during the last four weeks, according the data from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), which tracks hourly changes in Arctic weather.

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Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry

Light pollution is changing the day-night cycle of some fish, dramatically affecting their feeding behaviour.

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Top Ancient Sites for Stargazing

From petroglyphs to castles carved into hilltops, explore our night sky through our ancestors at these amazing archaeological sites. By Babak A. Tafreshi.

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To keep the cranberry industry in its birthplace, a farm turns to drones, data, and automation

Keith Mann faces the same problem each year: frost. The icy condensation is detrimental to his crop in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the modern American cranberry industry. As the temperatures drop into the fall months, the owner of 150 acres of cranberry bogs throws on some layers and preps a network of sprinklers, which spray enough temperate water to keep the vines above freezing until the sun rises.

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From Across the Country, Gifts of Tiny Houses Arrive for Standing Rock

How five large trees in remote Oregon ended up as winter housing for water protectors, including their first newborn baby. By Jane Braxton Little.

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Mysterious Medieval Giant Woman Found in Polish Cemetery

The skeleton of a giant woman found in a medieval Polish cemetery was buried in a mysterious way and showed signs of treatment as special rather than shunned. By Paul Seaburn. (Nov. 16, 2016)

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