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Are vast amounts of hydrogen fuel hidden below Earth's surface?

Geologists estimate Earth contains several trillion tonnes of natural hydrogen that could be used as a clean fuel, but a global search for large reserves hasn’t delivered so far

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Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?

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Why do we burn more coal and wood than ever, asks a provocative book

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Shipping companies are testing biofuel made from cashew nut shells

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A worker inside the vacuum vessel of the DIII-D fusion reactor

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Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles

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Chemical injection brings dying batteries back to life

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Battery breakthrough lets electric cars run longer in extreme cold

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Inside the Brooklyn start-up making clean jet fuel with captured CO2

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Let’s hope gold hydrogen’s potential as a green fuel matches the hype

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The gold hydrogen rush: Does Earth contain near-limitless clean fuel?

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The gold hydrogen rush: Does Earth contain near-limitless clean fuel?

Prospectors around the world are scrambling to find reserves of "gold hydrogen", a naturally occurring fuel that burns without producing carbon dioxide. But how much is really out there and how easy is it to tap into?

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Apartment air conditioners in a building in Singapore

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Cooling system could replace air con and drastically cut energy use

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Australia, Northern Territory, Hermannsburg, Solar Power Generating Station in Outback

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How countries can go fossil fuel free with wind and solar superpowers

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Electrical energy

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Tiny generator uses the motion of molecules to produce electricity

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Is geological hydrogen a green solution to our energy needs?

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Is geological hydrogen a green solution to our energy needs?

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