Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Many coastal cities are still unprepared for the extremes ahead because they are designed for a climate that no longer exists. By Bob Berwyn As people in parts of the southeastern United States try to pick up the pieces of their broken homes, lives and dreams after the twin gut punches delivered by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, climate scientists have some unwelcome news.
Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) Botany Herbarium is opening its collection of more than 1 million dried and pressed plant specimens to collaboration with Indigenous scientists living on the tribal lands where many of the plants were originally collected. The Academy’s partners in the effort are the American Philosophical Society (APS, a research institute, library and museum in Philadelphia), and Local Contexts (an Indigenous-led non-profit).
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Yale E360
OCTOBER 11, 2024
While warming is pushing some European vegetation north, toward cooler weather, a new study finds that for many forest plants, there is a much greater pull westward. Researchers say these plants are chasing down nitrogen, a key nutrient supplied by pollution in Western Europe.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
A vaccination campaign targeting ducks, the farm birds most at risk of getting and spreading bird flu, succeeded in greatly reducing outbreaks of the virus on poultry farms in France
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Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Falsehoods spread when uncertainties—and emotions—are high after hurricanes
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Autonomous taxis are already operating on US streets, while Elon Musk has spent years promising a self-driving car and failing to deliver.
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New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Millions of years ago, our ancestors lost a gene for producing vitamin C and got a taste for citrus.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
What can singing tell us about how we’re wired—and how our ancestors evolved?
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
A chemical produced by gut bacteria could be the basis for a non-invasive test for endometriosis – and mouse experiments suggest it might also help treat the condition
Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The famous exploding star T Coronae Borealis is due to detonate any day now, but it’s running a little late
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The UK government's decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius surprisingly threatens the extinction of millions of website addresses ending in ".
Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Systems that can harvest water from moisture in the atmosphere could offer a valuable water source in the wake of disasters
Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Never-before-seen rainfall, record-breaking tornado outbreaks and wild wind acceleration defined Hurricane Milton
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
SpaceX claims the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket will happen “within days”, but the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet approved the launch
Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Bacteria can degrade particularly tough PFAS varieties
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
In the opening to Rachel Kushner's Booker-shortlisted novel Creation Lake, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet undercover operative Sadie Smith as she secretly reads the emails of an eco-activist group
PBS Nature
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Filmmaker Vianet Djenguet documents the dangerous but vital process of habituating a notoriously protective 500-pound silverback. Habituation is a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered Eastern lowland gorillas from extinction but it does not come without risks.
Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital
As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently never used them – and an experiment involving a 9-metre-tall platform may explain why
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power plant. Photo credit: Uniper. By Anders Lorenzen When the Industrial Revolution emerged in the UK in the 1800s, coal was the driving force, and it became the first country to power its emerging industries on coal. While this put the UK at the global forefront and established it as the most advanced economy, it came with a price.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Download the full report. What GAO Found Climate economics is an emerging field of study. According to prior GAO work, models that estimate the economic effects of climate change are based on developing research. A small but growing number of researchers have focused their efforts on estimating the economic impacts of climate change.
Nanotech
OCTOBER 11, 2024
On October 5, 2024, Canada released three significant documents that move it closer to implementing the 2023 amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). The 2023 legislation, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (Bill S-5), requires that decisions made under CEPA respect the right to a healthy environment.
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Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Read the full story at Beverage Daily. Thanks to an experiment that’s tracked barley over the last century, researchers have pinpointed the genes that offer ‘remarkable adaptability’ in the grain – a key ingredient in breads, breakfast cereals, beer and whiskey.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Abortions after 20 weeks are about ending suffering.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Read the full story in Time. The U.S. military has been protecting the home front for nearly 250 years—and doing a bang-up job of it. In recent decades, however, the military has also been polluting the home front, most notably with a toxic chemical never heard of in the era of muskets and drums: PFAS. … Continue reading How the U.S.
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 11, 2024
President Biden urged Congress to come back to Washington to pass an emergency spending bill, citing the “billions” needed to ease the suffering of storm-lashed Americans. By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Bob Berwyn, Dan Gearino, Kiley Bense Rescue crews and damage assessment teams on Thursday combed through debris left behind by Hurricane Milton, which barreled 170 miles across Florida during the dark of night, creating a path of death and destruction.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Read the full story from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Climate change from greenhouse gas emissions could make extreme El Nino events more frequent, according to new research.
Nanotech
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The European Union (EU) Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) announced on September 26, 2024, that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published the following reports under its NAMs4NANO Project: The post EFSA Publishes Reports under NAMs4NANO Project appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Read the full story from Chalmers University of Technology. Large expansion of carbon capture and storage is necessary to fulfill the Paris Climate Agreement.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The October 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on-- -- PPFF Blog: Dovie Thomason’s Journey Thru Storytelling, Culture, Nature - By Martha Moon, Intern -- Oct. 30 Virtual Book Club: Blue Highways by Williams Least Heat Moon -- Take Five Coming Back On Oct. 25 Click Here to read entire Take Five.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Read the full story in Lake Magazine. Though the use of remote sensing images from space has become routine for keeping an extraterrestrial eye on the planet’s largest bodies of water, what if the same technology could be used to watch over changes in a neighborhood lake or the nearest public swimming hole?
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2024
On October 12, the Department of Environmental Protection published notice it will begin accepting applications on October 16 for the new Methane Reduction Grants Program to plug marginally producing conventional oil and gas wells. The deadline for applications is December 11. ( formal notice ) Pennsylvania has $44.4 million available from the federal Inflation Reduction Act to provide grants to plug conventional wells.
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