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October 16, 2009 6:25 PM

Grant Helps Explorers Turn Garbage Into Fuel

Posted By Ford Cochran - BlogWild Editor

Though public attention has focused on oil reserves beneath Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal aren’t the northern state’s only energy resources. Now, two National Geographic Emerging Explorers will receive a grant to see if microscopic life forms from the Alaskan tundra could help turn garbage into fuel in cool climates worldwide.

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