Solar farms a 'blight on the landscape'? Research shows they can benefit wildlife
Nestled among farmland, solar farms can be a refuge for embattled wildlife.
Zoe Robinson, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures/Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education, Keele University •
conversation
Oct. 13, 2022 • ~7 min
Oct. 13, 2022 • ~7 min
Installing solar panels over California's canals could yield water, land, air and climate payoffs
Installing solar panels over California's 4,000 miles of canals could generate less expensive, renewable energy, save water, fight climate change – and offer a solution for the thirsty American West.
Brandi McKuin, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz •
conversation
May 3, 2021 • ~10 min
May 3, 2021 • ~10 min
Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here's why
In a bid to ditch fossil fuels, some countries are considering carpeting deserts with solar panels.
Benjamin Smith, Director of Research, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University •
conversation
Feb. 11, 2021 • ~7 min
Feb. 11, 2021 • ~7 min
Solar farms, power stations and water treatment plants can be attractions instead of eyesores
Are facilities that produce necessities like energy and clean water doomed to be ugly? Not when artists and landscape architects help design them.
Margaret Birney Vickery, Lecturer in Art History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• conversation
May 15, 2020 • ~9 min
May 15, 2020 • ~9 min
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