Yale E360
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The key to shifting away from fossil fuels is for consumers to begin replacing their home appliances, heating systems, and cars with electric versions powered by clean electricity. The challenges are daunting, but the politics will change when the economic benefits are widely felt. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Drought has left millions in the region facing food insecurity—and conditions are expected to get worse. The landscape of Kulaley Village in northern Kenya lays barren after a drought in 2011. Photo © OxFam East Africa / Wikimedia Commons. Climate models indicate the potential for another brutal famine in East Africa. As dry conditions bear on, humanitarian groups are calling on the international community to take action before it is too late.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 20, 2021
A new UCS report found that the oil and gas industry has spent massive amounts of money in Colorado to buy political influence and block public health and environmental safeguards.
Real Climate
OCTOBER 22, 2021
As many of you will know, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh died on Oct 12, 2021, and in the last week a number of very touching tributes have appeared. Notably, a lovely obituary in the NY Tim es by Henry Fountain, a segment on the BBC’s Inside Science from Roland Pease, a piece on Bloomberg News by Eric Roston and, of course, an appreciation from his colleagues at World Weather Attribution (including Friederike Otto, the co-recipient of the TIME 100 award to Geert earlier this year).
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
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The first-ever report on the world’s coral reefs presents a grim picture, as losses mount due to global warming. But there are signs of hope — some regions are having coral growth, and researchers found that corals can recover if given a decade of reprieve from hot water. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In South Africa, garbage and high levels of bacteria are contaminating the country’s rivers, and environmental activists are struggling to hold government officials accountable. That’s according to the Daily Maverick, a news group that says that local and federal agencies often blame each other, or simply downplay the urgency of the contamination, making it har
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Frontiers
OCTOBER 21, 2021
By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer. Image: Yongkiet Jitwattanatam/Shutterstock.com. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Now, a new study has brought us closer to understanding some of its evolution. It shows that human brains decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago. By studying ants as models to illustrate why brains may increase or decrease in size, the researchers hypothesize that brain shrinkage parallels the expansion of collective intelligence in human
Yale E360
OCTOBER 18, 2021
A cryptocurrency-mining operation in central New York has reopened a shuttered fossil fuel power plant to power 15,300 computer servers used to unlock bitcoins, raising concerns among environmentalists, the Associated Press reports. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Astronomers in Australia and the UK have shown how exoplanets could be observed directly by using quantum hypothesis testing methods to analyse telescope images. Zixin Huang at Macquarie University, and Cosmo Lupo at the University of Sheffield have shown that the techniques can be used to discriminate between light emitted by a star-planet system and a star with no planets.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Despite claiming to endorse a carbon tax, ExxonMobil has funneled millions of dollars to lawmakers who oppose the idea.
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
OCTOBER 22, 2021
A protest by a group of scientists has ignited spirited discussions about the persistent lack of diversity in such awards. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Yale E360
OCTOBER 20, 2021
As temperatures rise in northern regions, migrating species are seeing less benefit from migrating north for the summer months, according to scientists who reviewed 25 recent studies. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
OCTOBER 20, 2021
In 1802 the young German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss suggested a way to make our presence known to would-be Martians – by clearing a huge area in the Siberian forest, planting it with wheat, and creating a pattern indicative of the Pythagorean theorem. Some 80 years later, astronomer Percival Lowell – founder of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff , Arizona, and proponent of the idea that astronomers had spotted canals on Mars – suggested digging our own canals in the Sahara desert.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Earlier this year, Tyson Foods, Inc., the biggest chicken and meat company in the United States (ranked fifth in the world), spent just over $2 billion to buy Keystone Foods, the company that makes every single chicken nugget that gets sold by McDonald’s. Keystone Foods is just the latest conquest to be added to Tyson’s […].
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 19, 2021
The extinct Japanese wolf is not the direct ancestor of dogs but its DNA shows it is more closely related to those ancestors than any other wolves yet found
Yale E360
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Tiny bits of plastic are swirling in the sky, and a new model suggests they could be subtly affecting the climate. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
OCTOBER 21, 2021
It might sound impossible to explain something as complex as the mechanisms of climate change both simply and accurately. But this is exactly what David Nelles and Christian Serrer – students at the University of Friedrichshafen, Germany – have achieved with their book Small Gases, Big Effect: This is Climate Change. Approved by more than 100 scientists, Small Gases, Big Effect starts with a breakdown of the components of the Earth’s climate, before detailing the many interconnected factors that
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 19, 2021
EPA's new plans for regulating PFAS are an important step in the right direction. But more needs to be done.
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
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Measuring the time it takes particles to travel between two points may offer the best-yet test for Bohmian mechanics. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Cool Green Science
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Bats and snakes get an undeserved bad rap. But here are some creepy crawlies that might keep you up at night. The post 7 Underrated Creepy Creatures appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Physics World
OCTOBER 22, 2021
In the global fight against COVID-19, around 6.8 billion vaccine doses have been administered across the world, a figure that is likely to rise as more doses become available and with many countries now recommending booster jabs. As often in times of health crises, new medical technologies have emerged, driven by the sense of urgency and extra funding, that address difficulties of existing methods and could change healthcare paradigms for years to come.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Without the Clean Electricity Performance Program, it will be harder to meet the nation's climate targets, but it can be done.
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Scientific American
OCTOBER 20, 2021
The field is beginning to fulfill its potential. These therapies offer a glimpse of what’s to come. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 19, 2021
An analysis of covid-19 infections among Iranian people casts further doubt on the idea that herd immunity can be achieved without vaccination
Physics World
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Next week marks International Open Access Week 2021 , which has as its theme “It matters how we open knowledge: building structural equity”. Now in its 13th year, the global event aims to promote the benefits of open-access publishing. Open-access publishing – which removes the requirement for journal subscriptions as research papers are instead made immediately and freely available for anyone to read and reuse in their own work – has been going from strength to strength in recent years.
The Applied Ecologist
OCTOBER 20, 2021
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow in November. In the lead up to the conference, we’re asking our editors and authors to share their research at the interface of climate and ecology.
National Law Center
OCTOBER 22, 2021
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Class. The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: October 22, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 16, 2021
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier. By Katelyn Weisbrod Researchers are recruiting 500,000 citizen scientists to help count walruses, which face massive challenges as the climate changes. The World Wildlife Fund and the British Antarctic Survey have gathered 600,000 satellite images from th.
Physics World
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Simultaneous scans: Positronium lifetime image (left) and standardized uptake value image (right) of a phantom containing tumour and adipose tissue samples, recorded using the Jagiellonian-PET scanner. The positronium image reveals differences between cancerous and healthy tissues. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Kamil Dulski, Jagiellonian University). Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging method used for cancer diagnosis.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Data from 170,000 semen analyses performed in the US between 2005 and 2021 reveals a worrying decline in sperm quality
Scientific American
OCTOBER 19, 2021
More moisture in a warmer atmosphere is fueling intense hurricanes and flooding rains. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 20, 2021
A new study adds to the evidence that forest clearing and the spread of agriculture affected the Earth’s atmosphere and temperature earlier than previously believed. By Bob Berwyn There’s new evidence, this time from the Southern Hemisphere, that human activities altered Earth’s atmosphere long before the start of the fossil-fueled industrial age that kicked global warming into high gear.
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