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Melting Sea Ice Giving Rise to More Storms Around Antarctica

Yale E360

The decline of sea ice around Antarctica is fueling more frequent storms in the Southern Ocean, a new study finds.

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Why Probability Probably Doesn’t Exist (But It's Useful to Act Like It Does)

Scientific American

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is

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Is Google's approach to error-free quantum computers already outdated?

New Scientist

The coding that forms the basis of Googles recent breakthrough in error-correcting quantum computers is facing fierce competition

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WWII Sugar Rationing Gave Kids a Lifelong Health Boost

Scientific American

Infants who experienced rationing had a meaningfully lower risk of diabetes and hypertension decades later

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Mathematicians found - and fixed - an error in a 60-year-old proof

New Scientist

As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error in an important proof.

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Are Octopuses Too Smart to Be Farmed?

Scientific American

A planned octopus farm is facing opposition.

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Test Your Knowledge of Climate Law

Legal Planet

In case you’re stressing out over the election –and you should be, whichever side you’re — this little quiz could offer a welcome diversion. Climate change is inevitably a complex subject. Test your own knowledge of the legal aspects of the subject by answering a few quick questions. Don’t worry if you have trouble. Our audience isnt just people who live and breathe climate law.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.26.24

PA Environment Daily

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [Its Not A Suggestion] House Voting Schedule January 7, 27, 28, 29

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DEP: Oil & Gas Wells Plugged In Last 6 Years: 2,941 Conventional Wells, 325 Paid By Taxpayers; 460 Shale Gas Wells Were Plugged By Well Owners

PA Environment Daily

The DEPs Oil and Gas Plugged Wells Database shows 2,941 conventional wells and 460 shale gas wells had a plugging completion date between 2019 through 2024 (so far). DEP (taxpayers) paid for plugging 325 conventional wells during that time, of which 213 were plugged through the new federal conventional well plugging program. 2,616 conventional wells were plugged by an active well owner, according to the database, however, the database does not indicate whether a well was abandoned before being p