Wed.Nov 08, 2023

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Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?

Yale E360

California’s ancient sequoias — some of which have stood more than 1,000 years — are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. But federal efforts to thin forests to reduce fire risks are drawing pushback from conservation groups.

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Diversity in Science Includes Cultural Dress

Scientific American

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Deforestation in Colombia Down 70 Percent So Far This Year

Yale E360

Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon is down 70 percent, year on year, through the first nine months of 2023, the government estimates.

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How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect Your Health?

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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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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A type of vitamin B3 might treat chronic pain related to inflammation

New Scientist

Chronic pain can outlast inflammation, the usual driver of pain in the body – a study in mice suggests a vitamin supplement could help relieve it

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Euclid Space Telescope Releases Stunning First Science Images

Scientific American

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People Pay Attention Better Today Than 30 Years Ago--Really.

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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A second big bang? The radical idea rewriting dark matter’s origins

New Scientist

The enduring mystery of dark matter has led some physicists to propose that it was forged in a distinct moment of cosmic creation, potentially transforming our view of the early universe

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Forests with multiple tree species are 70% more effective as carbon sinks than monoculture forests

Frontiers

by Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Forests are excellent at absorbing and storing carbon and can play a role in meeting global net zero targets. As more countries commit to forest creation, but mainly plant single species forests, an international team of researchers has examined how carbon stocks in mixed forests and monocultures compare.

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Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible

New Scientist

The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and it is more than 11 billion years old

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Nature Retracts Controversial Room-Temperature Superconductor Study

Scientific American

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The cannabis of the future might not come from plants

New Scientist

We can now synthesise THC, CBD and other cannabinoids in bioreactors – these could be used to make new therapeutic compounds with a lower environmental cost

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Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine?

Scientific American

Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

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Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be rolled out within five years

New Scientist

The prediction stems from a project to translate tests currently used in research into aids for routine diagnosis in hospitals

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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.

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Colorado: A National Leader in Transportation and Climate

NRDC

New analysis shows Colorado’s remarkable clean transportation progress—and a need for greater transit investment

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Atom-by-atom recordings track what happens after substances dissolve

New Scientist

Solvation is the complicated process through which a dissolved substance like salt interacts with a solvent like water – and we are closer to understanding how it unfolds at the atomic level

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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Submits Amicus Brief on Climate and Human Rights to Inter-American Court

Law Columbia

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Submits Amicus Brief on Climate and Human Rights to Inter-American Court On Friday, November 3, 2023, the Sabin Center submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of the Request for Advisory Opinion on climate law, human rights, and climate science. This submission responds to the Request for Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Chile, focusing on the intersection of the clima

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Rainforest loss in South-East Asia could extend El Niño and La Niña

New Scientist

Climate models suggest that deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia will cause feedback loops that contribute to longer El Niño and La Niña events, bringing more extreme impacts around the world

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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.

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National Scorecard Says Illinois Can Do Better on Transportation

NRDC

A new scorecard from NRDC shows that Illinois is trailing behind its neighbors in building a clean and equitable transportation system.

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How Migration Really Works review: Prepare to have your mind changed

New Scientist

Hein de Haas’s decades-long study of global migration should leave you rethinking what you thought you knew about this most divisive subject

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Now Is the Time to Get Transportation Right

NRDC

With record amounts of federal funding for transportation projects underway, a new NRDC scorecard ranks the states on their transportation priorities.

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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

New Scientist

A team aiming to produce the first complex cell with an entirely synthetic genome has created a strain of yeast with half of its chromosomes designed from scratch

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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This Record-Breaking Black Hole Could Help Solve a Cosmic Mystery

Scientific American

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Just 3.5 minutes of intense activity a day may keep your heart healthy

New Scientist

A few minutes a day of intense physical activity, which can come from everyday chores, is linked with a lower rate of heart attacks, particularly in female non-exercisers

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'Dinky' Asteroid Is Three Space Rocks, Not Two, NASA Flyby Finds

Scientific American

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When to see Venus disappear behind the moon for its lunar occultation

New Scientist

Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November in Europe, western Russia and some of northern Africa – here’s how to watch it happen

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North Carolina Needs to Live Up to its Transportation Commitments

NRDC

NRDC's recently published scorecard shows some of the progress being made in the state, but also highlights the significant work that remains to be done.

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Why is Canada's assisted dying policy in the global spotlight?

New Scientist

Medically assisted dying was behind more than 4 per cent of Canada's deaths last year, but uptake is lower in other parts of the world that allow such fatalities

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Viewpoint: How Quezon City is tackling plastic waste

A Greener Life

By Jeremy Williams The UNEP granted its Champions of the Earth awards this week. Among the winners are the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and a business called Blue Circle that pays fishers to catch plastic off the coast of China. The one I want to mention is Josefina Belmonte, the mayor of Quezon City in the Philippines. She won the award for policy leadership, as Quezon has several progressive measures in place to address plastic pollution.

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The Future review: Doom is booming in a wild tale with a major twist

New Scientist

This science fiction novel shows that its author, Naomi Alderman, is well up to the tough job of satirising end-stage capitalism – and swerving an obvious ending, says Sally Adee

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DCNR Blog: Who Will Plant All Those Trees? Expanding Our Conservation Workforce; PA Outdoor Corps Accepting Applications

PA Environment Daily

Restoring forests and converting lawns along streams and in communities are some of the most important things we can do to improve water quality, support wildlife habitat, and give communities and families spaces to connect to nature. Pennsylvania has ambitious goals for: -- Planting 95,000 acres of streamside buffers statewide -- Converting 10,000 acres of lawn to meadows or forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed -- Planting millions of trees in communities Who’s digging all those holes, plant

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How Jupiter's powerful storms compare to weather on hot Jupiters

New Scientist

From the Great Red Spot to the extreme jet stream, Jupiter’s weather is intense, but that's nothing compared to the extraordinary storms and winds on other gas giants in the universe

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