Tim Kelloggthis is incredible. Hanging solar panels a few meters above crops of tomatoes and jalapeños multiplied their yield 2-3x, used substantially less water, controlled temperatures, and increased the output of the solar panels https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120 #science #solar #environment #agriculture
they mention reducing evaporation off lakes and ponds in hot arid climates by covering them partially with solar panels. seems like cities could also use solar panels to reduce heat diffusion, maybe even make it cheaper to cool
if you find this interesting, you may enjoy reading Into the Cool, a book all about non-equilibrium thermodynamics and it’s relation to climate change (and what to do about it) https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52737
Aatish Bhatia@kellogh wow that book sits surprisingly in the Venn diagram intersection of my interests. thanks for sharing!