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In the Amazon, a hydroelectric dam created ‘green islands,’ but 26 years later, most of the animals had disappeared, including mammals, large birds, and turtles
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (570+ words) Credits: Energies Media Internal edition A hydroelectric dam in the Amazon created isolated green islands, causing animal populations to decline. Now, as global demand for renewable energy rises, an unprecedented growth in dam construction has been triggered. A recent study…...
Bats just trying to get a drink keep finding wind turbines in the way and it could cost them their survival
1+ week, 6+ day ago (703+ words) Wind turbines are supposed to help slow climate change — but in the farm country of Brandenburg, Germany, they may be making it harder for bats to survive the consequences of it. Every summer, as temperatures climb and smaller ponds dry…...
Researchers gave a tiny drone hummingbird wings that feel the wind and it may quietly reshape how we harvest energy from the air
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (635+ words) A hummingbird hovers in a breeze with an almost uncanny stillness — its wings bending and flexing dozens of times per second, constantly adjusting to shifts in the air that no instrument is measuring. Nature handles this effortlessly. Engineers building small…...
A Korean wind farm set up cameras to watch deer and wild boars, only to discover the animals were constantly avoiding each other
2+ week, 2+ day ago (563+ words) In Korea, deer and wild boars continue their routines despite the presence of a wind farm. Wind power has become an integral part of the world’s climate goals and energy needs. Yet, there are persistent concerns about its impact on…...
Wind turbines were cleared in the New Jersey whale deaths, but one researcher's underwater recordings tell a far more unsettling story
2+ week, 2+ day ago (360+ words) Nearly a dozen whales washed ashore along the New Jersey coast in the winter of 2022–23, just as offshore wind developers were ramping up survey work in the same waters. The timing alarmed coastal communities and sparked an immediate question: were…...
American beekeepers just reported losing 55% of their colonies in a single year, and researchers say the crisis is only getting harder to stop
3+ week, 3+ day ago (612+ words) Credits: Energies Media Internal edition The collapse of honeybee populations creates a severe systemic crisis for the agriculture sector. In the U.S., American beekeepers have reported a significant decline in colonies after one year. This increases the risk of international food…...
Wind turbines built to cool the planet are driving bats away from the water they need to survive a warming world
4+ week, 1+ day ago (641+ words) Wind turbines are spreading across Europe’s farmland as one of the most visible answers to climate change. But a new study from Germany suggests they may be quietly undermining one of nature’s own defenses against a warming world. In the…...
We were told wind farms would drive birds away until prairie chickens ignored the turbines completely and kept building their nests right beside them
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (543+ words) Concerns about the impact of wind energy developments on grassland birds may subside after the latest findings. Wind power is a vital part of the global transition to renewable energy sources. It provides high-capacity clean electricity demanded by the world’s…...
Vattenfall launches first controlled study on how harbor porpoises respond to electromagnetic fields from offshore wind cables
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (503+ words) Every day, harbor porpoises cross above the cables threading along the North Sea floor — cables that silently radiate electromagnetic fields into the surrounding water. It happens thousands of times, largely unnoticed and almost entirely unstudied. Now, for the first time,…...
Minsait's AI system cut bat deaths at wind farms by 85% while keeping turbines running longer
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) Every night at wind farms across Europe, bats fly through the dark in the path of spinning turbine blades — and many don’t survive the encounter. The scale of the problem has long frustrated both conservationists and the wind energy industry,…...