New Scientist
AUGUST 5, 2024
Ancient plants, seeds and insects preserved beneath Greenland’s ice sheet reveal that it once melted completely, raising concerns about sea level rise if it happens again
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 8, 2024
Steve Kress’s smile lit up the dusk as research assistants at least 50 years younger than him regaled him with tales of their vigilance to save tern chicks on Stratton Island, Maine. For an hour, all talk centered around a mortal enemy of tern chicks: the black-crowned night heron. The latter is a beautiful, stocky wetland bird with glowing red eyes and two delicate white plumes shooting out the back of its head.
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Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 8, 2024
We were so close to getting a program Ontarians and the environment deserve: an expanded deposit-return program for all beverage containers, including water, pop and juice. Then, out of the blue, Doug Ford pulled the plug, just after Canada Day weekend, leaving beverage companies dumbfounded and big grocery retailers delighted. Send a message to Premier Ford today to tell him to reverse course and implement deposit return for all beverage containers in Ontario Deposit return is the program wher
Inside Climate News
AUGUST 3, 2024
Four different glaciers along the Andes range no longer have hospitable conditions. By Alexa Robles-Gil Along a valley of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, Emilio Mateo set out on a 10-mile hike up to the Queshque Glacier. Following the tracks of llamas and cattle, Mateo, a researcher at the Aspen Global Change Institute, and his research assistant were on their way to collect glacier samples.
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
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
A newly identified smartphone vulnerability can reveal the floor plans of where you are and what you are doing - and it is possible that companies or intelligence agencies are already making use of it
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 5, 2024
It was a bitter cold day on January 5, 2018, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker had no choice. An Arctic air mass had descended on New England, causing temperatures in Boston to remain below 20 degrees Fahrenheit for a week. Outside, the windchill was negative 15 degrees, and the regional grid operator was warning that the situation was dire. Demand for electricity was high, but there was not enough gas available to keep all the gas-fired power plants running.
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Inside Climate News
AUGUST 8, 2024
Warming temperatures and increased water vapor are powering more intense downpours, like those associated with Debby. By Amy Green, Lisa Sorg Tropical Storm Debby, a plodding, waterlogged system that has already saturated four southeastern states, bears many characteristics of a warming planet, climate scientists say. It’s reminiscent of other catastrophic tropical cyclones that have battered the United States over the past eight years.
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2024
After the release of a shocking video showing Olympic rider Charlotte Dujardin whipping a horse, it is time for equestrians to educate themselves on the science of horse training, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 5, 2024
This post was co-authored by UCS Principal Climate Scientist Kristina Dahl. Last week, we participated in an IPCC plenary meeting held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Delegates from around the world convened with three main, substantive tasks: approving outlines for a new special report on cities and climate change; approving outlines for a methodology report on short-lived climate pollutants; and agreeing on a timeline for the publishing the three main IPCC working group reports for the organization’s seve
Scientific American
AUGUST 7, 2024
A new mathematical technique shows how to build small objects in any dimension that roll like a wheel, expanding our understanding of higher dimensional space
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.
Inside Climate News
AUGUST 5, 2024
An analysis of long-forgotten sediment samples identified fungi, willow wood, insect remains and a solitary seed of an Arctic poppy. By Bob Berwyn Sometime in the past 1.1 million years, the thickest part of the Greenland Ice Sheet melted completely, scientists said in a study released today that analyzed fossilized bits of moss, wood shards, insect and fungi fragments, as well as the seed of an Arctic poppy.
New Scientist
AUGUST 9, 2024
In the centre of a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole has swallowed up a star 9 times the sun’s mass in the biggest and brightest such cosmic meal we’ve ever seen
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 9, 2024
Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the August 10 PA Bulletin -- NOTE: DEP Permit Efficiency: 18,387 Permits Since 11/2023; 8 Failed To Be Reviewed Within Deadlines, Eligible For PAyback; No Application Fees Refunded [8.8.24] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 10 [PaEN] -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 10 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of a revised General Air Quality
The Applied Ecologist
AUGUST 6, 2024
Next in Journal of Applied Ecology’s series of Meet the Editors, get to know Ardiantiono – one of the mentees on our 2024 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme. What are you currently working on and why is it important? My research focuses on integrating ecological and sociological information to improve wildlife conservation management. Most of my work takes place in Southeast Asian tropics, particularly Indonesia.
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.
Inside Climate News
AUGUST 4, 2024
North America’s only barrier reef is withering from heat and disease. Can efforts to preserve and propagate the corals at land-based facilities save them? By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla.—Tucked away in an office park hundreds of miles from the southeast Florida coast where North America’s only barrier reef is at dire risk, a collection of brain corals performed a once-a-year feat—producing a constellation of egg sacks, each a bundle of hope.
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2024
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft had so many problems during its first crewed launch to the International Space Station that NASA officials aren’t sure whether it will be able to bring its crew back home as planned
Scientific American
AUGUST 9, 2024
A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warn
NRDC
AUGUST 6, 2024
Negotiations are underway to finally slow this endless stream of plastic waste into our environment, food, and bodies.
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 3, 2024
By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center Next year, the electricity bills for twenty percent of Americans will start reflecting the high cost of failing to transition to clean energy. On July 30, PJM , the regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in Pennsylvania and all or parts of 12 other states and the District of Columbia, announced the results of its latest capacity auction to procure generation resources to ensure a reliable electrici
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new clues about the processes that feed oceanic volcanoes and the possible origins of life
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers
The Applied Ecologist
AUGUST 8, 2024
In their latest Policy Direction, authors Fabio Carvalho, Hollie Blaydes and Alona Armstrong highlight key policy implications in relation to solar farm development and operation, and their usage in both addressing climate change and providing ecosystem benefits.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 3, 2024
From July 27 to August 2, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 518 inspection entries and caught up posting inspection reports from the previous week. So far this year, DEP took these actions as of July 26 -- -- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 111 conventional, 41 unconventional -- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 5,159 conventional and 620 unconventional -- Enforcements 2024: 304 conventional and 73 unconventional (orders, consent agreements) -- Inspections Last Week: 2
New Scientist
AUGUST 7, 2024
People who claim to believe in conspiracy theories may not actually deep down, which researchers uncovered by asking if they thought Canada had an elite army of genetically engineered, super intelligent, giant raccoons
Scientific American
AUGUST 9, 2024
Early risers get a double sky treat: a Mars and Jupiter conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower at once
Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 7, 2024
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – A new backgrounder released by Environmental Defence today, Ontario’s Gas Problems: The Issues With Fracked Gas , takes a look at how Ontario’s increasing reliance on “natural gas” is worse than usually accounted for and worse than most Ontarians appreciate.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 3, 2024
The five-member Envirothon team from North East High School in Erie County placed eighth in the NCF International Envirothon Competition at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York last week. This year’s competition brought together 50 teams of high school students from states across the U.S., Canadian provinces as well as China and Singapore.
New Scientist
AUGUST 6, 2024
Passenger planes and private jets that fly higher can create longer-lasting contrails, meaning their contribution to global warming has been underestimated
National Law Center
AUGUST 8, 2024
As of August 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of Representatives. The post Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Energy and Miscellaneous Titles appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
Researchers wish to probe whether consciousness has a basis in quantum mechanical phenomena
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 7, 2024
The South Mountain Partnership will hold the 14th Annual Power Of The Partnership Celebration on September 27 in Waynesboro, Franklin County from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. With more than 100 people in attendance the event celebrates the people and groups protecting and promoting this wonderful place that we all call home – the farms and farmland, historic places, vibrant communities and downtowns, water and air quality, wildlife and habitat, and parks, trails, and open spaces.
New Scientist
AUGUST 9, 2024
A century ago, Albert Einstein suggested that the universe might contain ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves – but then he changed his mind
NRDC
AUGUST 8, 2024
Proposition 4 can tackle ag supply chain emissions with funds for sustainable farming, farmworker wellbeing, healthy food access, and local food infrastructure.
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