Every few months, when the wind's blowing in the right direction, a bottle of air is taken from Kennaook / Cape Grim, at the northern tip of Tasmania, and saved for science. Here's how and why.
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Mystery divers rescued near Polish energy sites in the middle of the night offer dubious explanation, and vanish
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Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals has been found in Sweden – may not reach market before 10-15 years' time due to environmental risk evaluations
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Sweden and France could be set to join forces to build new nuclear power stations in the Nordic nation
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Finland gets first floating liquefied natural gas terminal – will ensure future availability of gas, replacing supplies earlier imported from Russia
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How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
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California approves large, controversial desalination plant for Monterey Peninsula
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Baltic Pipe pipeline between Norway and Poland received its first direct deliveries of Norwegian gas – Danish terminal started operations following delays
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Operator of Nord Stream 2 confirmed that a leak in the pipeline has been detected southeast of the Danish island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea
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Why did we wait so long for wind power? Part II
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Norway-Poland gas pipeline opens in key move to cut dependency on Russia – could be at full capacity a month early due to good progress on work in Denmark
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Lebanon’s forced conversion to solar
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The race to build an LNG terminal in north Germany
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UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste – repeated attempts to find a suitable location have been stymied by political intransigence and environmentalists
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Why the US Army electrifies this water
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Finland is building the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste, with no shortage of people wanting to be its neighbours
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Solar power is bailing Texas out this summer
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Climate change: 'Sand battery' could solve green energy's big problem
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Swedish power utility Vattenfall considering building at least two new small nuclear reactors to deal with a projected rise in electricity consumption over the coming decades
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The Orange Pill - Your city will be changed forever
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EDF rules out extension of nuclear plant to secure UK winter supplies
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Why the Texas power grid is vulnerable to blackouts during winter storms and heat waves
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Why Germany won’t keep its nuclear plants open
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Denmark has authorised the construction of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland to reduce Warsaw's dependence on Russian gas
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Sweden approves plans for Forsmark nuclear waste storage site – will bury nuclear waste in the bedrock, and seal the facilities once they are full
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A primer on Nature Based Solutions to environmental hazards
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Gathering storm: The industrial infrastructure catastrophe looming over America’s gulf coast
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World's longest undersea power connection was today switched on, allowing Norway and the UK to share renewable energy
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Why many cities suck (but Dutch cities don’t)
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PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
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