Geothermal Iceland, a society without waste

Over the past century Iceland has transitioned from being one of Europe’s poorest countries, dependent on peat and coal imports for its energy needs, to a nation with a high standard of living that meets all of its electrical needs from renewable sources.  Orkustofnun, Iceland’s National Energy Authority, invested in research and development following World War […]

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Rivers of Ice: Earth’s Glaciers

The global rise in temperatures during the past century have directly impacted the health of the world’s glaciers.  These massive “rivers of ice” are home to 2.1% of the world’s water, but with nearly 75% of the world’s freshwater, glaciers are the largest reserves for freshwater on Earth.  The health of glaciers is critically important to ecosystems […]

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