Yale E360
JUNE 17, 2021
Previous periods of rapid warming millions of years ago drastically altered plants and forests on Earth. Now, scientists see the beginnings of a more sudden, disruptive rearrangement of the world’s flora — a trend that will intensify if greenhouse gas emissions are not reined in. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 17, 2021
Government agencies and nonprofit groups are preparing for difficult months ahead. Guillermina Andrade (left) and Vicente Tapia filled barrels from a water depot outside the East Porterville, California, fire station. When this photo was taken, in April 2015, the well at their nearby home had been dry for 18 months and they visited the depot twice a week for water.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2021
California's drought is a national and international crisis.
Legal Planet
JUNE 14, 2021
When California voters legalized cannabis in 2016, a key argument for legalization was that legalization would benefit the environment. If cannabis growers necessarily operated outside the law, then they had little incentive to comply with environmental regulatory standards. Instead, cannabis growers might trespass on private and public lands, cause significant damage to habitat, use illegal pesticides and chemicals, illegally divert water and dry up streams needed by fish and wildlife, discharg
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.
Yale E360
JUNE 15, 2021
Stemming the methane leaks from landfills, oil fields, natural gas pipelines and more is one of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow global warming. New satellites are bolstering this urgent mission by pinpointing emitters of this potent greenhouse gas from space. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 14, 2021
A farm in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. Photo © Immanuel Afolabi. Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue. Nigeria’s central states, a region referred to as the Middle Belt and nicknamed the country’s “food basket,” have been overwhelmed with violence for the better part of a decade. Videos posted on social media show exasperated farmers burning the homes of nomadic herdsmen, newcomers to the Middle Belt in search of fertile land.
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Scientific American
JUNE 18, 2021
Some researchers suspect these bacterial ancestors living within our cells may contribute to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Yale E360
JUNE 14, 2021
A new analysis of more than 12 million pieces of ocean litter collected around the world found that the majority took the form of takeout items: bags, wrappers, containers, straws and cutlery, aluminum cans, and plastic and glass bottles. Eighty percent of all items surveyed were made of plastic. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 18, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. A new study finds pesticide contamination in streams in Germany is widespread. In the United States , drought is diminishing hydropower generation in California , forcing ranchers in Colorado to sell off cattle, and contaminating water supplies in Iowa. Pakistan’s supreme court upheld the government’s decision to demolish thousands of homes blamed for flooding last year.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 16, 2021
If expert advice is ignored when making drug approval decisions, what is the point of establishing these committees?
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
Scientific American
JUNE 18, 2021
What’s the worst that could happen? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Yale E360
JUNE 16, 2021
High-elevation forests in Colorado and southern Wyoming are experiencing bigger wildfires than at any point in the last 2,000 years, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
JUNE 17, 2021
“That may be one of the reasons why people in the medical physics world are interested in getting a conformal brachytherapy treatment for the eye.”. David Medich , an associate professor of physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was explaining why internal radiation, or brachytherapy, may be preferable for treating ocular melanomas over external-beam radiation therapy: using brachytherapy to deliver radiation to an ocular tumour also protects healthy tissues and critical structures, like th
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 15, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a series of two Virtual Public Listening Sessions — June 16th and July 8th — for the public to provide input on the EPAs Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule also known as the ‘Chemical Disaster Rule’ Along with members from various other environmental nonprofits, union labor organizations, and […].
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.
Scientific American
JUNE 16, 2021
Three physicists envision ways in which the quest for knowledge can last forever. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Yale E360
JUNE 18, 2021
Volvo has announced plans to manufacture cars using fossil fuel-free steel by 2026. The company is partnering with Swedish steel firm SSAB to source steel made with hydrogen. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
JUNE 13, 2021
Physicists have taken a step towards realizing the smallest-ever solid-state laser by generating an exotic quantum state known as a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in quasiparticles consisting of both matter and light. Although the effect has so far only been observed at ultracold temperatures in atomically thin crystals of molybdenum diselenide (MoSe 2 ), it might also be produced at room temperature in other materials.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 16, 2021
Climate champs Senators Whitehouse and Schatz introduced a solutions-oriented bill today that would put a price on emissions of heat-trapping gases as well as criteria air pollutants and use the revenues to mitigate the impacts of the policy on consumers, workers, and communities. Dubbed the Save Our Future Act, the bill is an example of […].
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.
Scientific American
JUNE 15, 2021
We are more dependent on water than many other mammals and have developed a host of clever strategies for obtaining it. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Environmental Leader
JUNE 15, 2021
A new analysis released recently by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) finds that confidence among both renewable energy investors and developers is at an all-time high. The post Confidence Among Renewable Energy Investors at an All-Time High: Report appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Physics World
JUNE 12, 2021
Researchers in the US may have found the first hard evidence that the electron is made up of two distinct particles. According to N Phuan Ong and colleagues at Princeton University , the observation of “spin-charge separation” in a material known as a quantum spin liquid suggests that the electron is not a structureless “point” particle as is commonly thought, but instead behaves like it contains two separate entities.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 17, 2021
Injustice has been intertwined with agriculture since the beginning of this country. It's still here.
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Scientific American
JUNE 12, 2021
In Hawaiʻi, imported birds have taken on some of the roles once performed by those that have gone extinct—but there’s a catch. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
JUNE 15, 2021
One of the companies behind a new, French-designed nuclear reactor at Taishan in Guangdong, China, has written to the US government warning of an “imminent radiological threat” at the plant, but there doesn't appear to be any danger
Physics World
JUNE 15, 2021
Quantum entanglement has been used to overcome a key limitation on the speed, sensitivity, and resolution of a bioimaging technique called stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) gain microscopy. The breakthrough was made by Warwick Bowen and colleagues at the University of Queensland in Australia and Germany’s University of Rostock, who showed how correlations between the detection times of photons from a bright laser could greatly improve the signal-to-noise ratio of SRS — allowing detection o
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 15, 2021
This blog post was co-authored with UCS Senior Energy Analyst Sam Gomberg. A colleague of ours once said that “new power plants give you energy, but new transmission gives you options.” This optionality is a critical piece to so much of what we’re trying to accomplish as we seek to equitably modernize and decarbonize the […].
Scientific American
JUNE 14, 2021
Some “gain of function” studies explore how a dangerous pathogen might cross species barriers to start an outbreak. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Frontiers
JUNE 18, 2021
By K.E.D. Coan, science writer. Cupiennius salei wandering spider. Image credit: Kevin Wells Photography / Shutterstock.com. A recent study by the open access publisher Frontiers shows the first evidence that the individual hair-like structures that form spiders’ adhesive feet are far more diverse than expected. By looking at a sample set of these hairs, researchers have found that they have varied shapes as well as attachment properties.
Physics World
JUNE 15, 2021
A team of US-based researchers has created an innovative technique that uses diamond microparticles to enable simultaneous optical and MR imaging – a major breakthrough that could pave the way for faster and deeper medical imaging. So, how does the new technique work in practice? What are its advantages over existing imaging approaches? And what are the key research and clinical applications?
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 16, 2021
The battle with states must come to an end.
Scientific American
JUNE 15, 2021
By not making more of an effort to incorporate spirituality in treatment, we are doing a disservice to patients. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Law and Environment
JUNE 16, 2021
On June 10, 2021, the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) states released a final model rule creating a regional cap-and-trade-program to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. We wrote about the draft model rule and its implementation challenges when it was released at the beginning of March. Now, after a two-month stakeholder engagement process, the jurisdictions working to implement the program ask stakeholders to weigh in on the guidance documents, plans, and
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