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The Gaza Islamic University Environmental Engineering Blog

A weekly Green Prophet series that looks at the Arabic "green" blogosphere and online communities After looking at The Forum of the Ornithological Society...

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UAE Scholars And Imams Speak Up For The Environment

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“Eco Options Egypt” Makes Egyptian Environmentalism Easy and Accessible

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Green Prophet Flies To “The Yemenite Blog For Sciences And The Environment”

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Help the Abu Dhabi Eco-Chicks Map Out a Green Abu Dhabi

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Mazzy reviews ‘The Story Of Stuff’

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Green Prophet Flies To “The UAE Environment & Life Blog”

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Blue-Green Algae’s Slimy Tricks Revealed

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Japan wants to build a solar panel ring around the moon

Unlike solar power on Earth, which is limited by night cycles, weather, and seasons, the Moon offers something close to uninterrupted exposure to the Sun. By placing solar infrastructure in orbit or along the lunar surface, engineers could generate continuous clean energy at a scale that may exceed global electricity demand,  the Japanese scientists say.

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Professor Ji-Soo Jang, in collaboration with Professor Taekwang Yoon of Ajou University and Professor Hansel Kim of Chungbuk National University, has developed a novel energy device that generates electricity during the process of capturing greenhouse gases.

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