Yale E360
JANUARY 31, 2024
In cities across the U.S., planners are pushing to eliminate mandates requiring parking spaces in new buildings. The reforms, along with adding street parking meters, reduce car dependency, create public spaces, cut down on heat-island effects, and lower housing costs.
Real Climate
JANUARY 28, 2024
A recent sensible-sounding piece by Roy Spencer for the Heritage foundation is full of misrepresentations. Let’s play spot the fallacy. Comparing climate models to observations is usually a great idea, but there are some obvious pitfalls to avoid if you want to be taken seriously. The most obvious one is to neglect the impacts of internal variability – which is not synchronized across the models or with the observations.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2024
I have long been a supporter of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The LCFS is the leading example of a Clean Fuel Standard , an approach to transportation fuel policy that holds oil refiners accountable to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels. The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels.
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Weather predictions and population statistics show the best spots to see the total solar eclipse over North America this April
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
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The loss of older African elephants to worsening heat and drought poses a grave threat to younger members of their herds, a new study warns.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical networks reveals that they store lots of information and convey it very effectively
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Scientific American
JANUARY 30, 2024
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna could discover gigantic ripples in spacetime from merging supermassive black holes and more
Yale E360
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
California sea otters were nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century, with only a small number surviving along the central coast. As otters rebounded, a natural experiment unfolded. Scientists could study how otters safeguard California's underwater kelp forests and marshland, even in the face of worsening climate change.
Inside Climate News
JANUARY 28, 2024
Most of the public seems unaware that global temperatures will soon push past the target to which the U.N. hoped to limit warming, but researchers see social and psychological crises brewing. By Bob Berwyn As Earth’s annual average temperature pushes against the 1.5 degree Celsius limit beyond which climatologists expect the impacts of global warming to intensify, social scientists warn that humanity may be about to sleepwalk into a dangerous new era in human history.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
ExxonMobil, the world’s largest non-state oil company, is a member of hundreds of trade associations around the globe working to promote the interests of the oil and gas industry. So why did its recent departure from a single trade association make news? The answer concerns the history of disinformation shared by many oil and gas trade associations, and shareholders’ recent success in exposing—and pushing back against—their tactics.
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
JANUARY 30, 2024
Disinformation abounds, and it can kill.
Yale E360
JANUARY 29, 2024
By analyzing ice collected from glaciers, scientists can study the past composition of the atmosphere and better understand how humans have altered the climate. But the rapid melting of ice may be compromising this critical data, according to a study of the Corbassière glacier in Switzerland.
New Scientist
JANUARY 29, 2024
Drone footage filmed off the coast of California shows a 1.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 29, 2024
This month, the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists released the last UCS Satellite Database to be produced by our incredible longtime colleague, Teri Grimwood. This update, current with launches through May 1, 2023, collects 28 pieces of data on 7,560 actively-operating satellites. Over the last 18 years, Teri has produced 45 updated versions of our database.
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
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The popular limit of a 100-kilometer altitude for the edge of space should probably be adjusted down to 80 km
Yale E360
JANUARY 30, 2024
For the first time, in 2022, Scottish renewables generated more power than the country used, new government figures show.
Ocean Conservancy
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
This blog was written by Hannah De Frond, Ocean Conservancy Consultant and International Trash Trap Network Coordinator and Madeleine Milne, Ocean Conservancy Consultant and University of Toronto Graduate Student. Factors like price, packaging and health value often influence what products people choose when walking down the aisle of a grocery store.
NRDC
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The goal is safer and better solutions, so any exemptions from laws and regulations restricting PFAS must be temporary.
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
JANUARY 30, 2024
Feline experts weigh in on clingy cats’ supposed “fear of missing out”
The Applied Ecologist
JANUARY 30, 2024
This blog post on ‘Populations’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology!
Ocean Conservancy
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
When I’m out in the ocean, I’m obsessed by everything I see. I’m the woman in the boat who’s got her fish guide out to look up the names of any unknown fish while throwing out fun facts about the creatures I’ve already identified. Yet so much ocean life is so small, I might miss them entirely. I’m talking about plankton—the tiny plants and animals that make up 90% of the mass of all marine life in the ocean and play an extremely important role in the health of our planet.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Shiba inus and miniature dachshunds are among the longest-lived dog breeds while flat-faced dogs tend to die younger, a comprehensive study of UK pets has found
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Scientific American
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Measles cases have ticked up in the U.K. following lower rates of MMR vaccination, and the U.S.
NRDC
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Today marks World Wetlands Day, a day to celebrate wetlands' vital role in our lives. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of Sackett v. EPA , wetlands are now at risk.
Law and Environment
JANUARY 30, 2024
In my discussion yesterday of the shortcomings of the Climate Superfund Act, I actually ignored arguably its biggest flaw. While the Act certainly looks much like a tax, I failed to point out that the Act omits what is typically the biggest selling point of a carbon tax – its impact on prices and consumption behavior. Putting a tax on the future consumption of fossil fuels raises their price and decreases consumption.
New Scientist
JANUARY 30, 2024
At the smallest scales, everything is made out of a cloud of quantum possibilities.
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Most machine-learning models rely on mountains of data to replicate human text, but new research suggests the recipe for learning language might be simpler
Cleannovate
JANUARY 28, 2024
The ban on single use plastic paper bags in Kenya was a good move. But was it enough to tackle the plastic menace? Certainly not. We still use non-recyclable plastics everyday of our lives. NON-RECYCLABLE PLASTICS Non-recyclable plastics cannot be recycled easily. Infact majority can’t be recycled at all.
NRDC
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
This guide identifies key strategies to use historic new resources to transition away from the failed policies of the past to a cleaner, more sustainable future
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
As the US military begins integrating AI technology, simulated wargames show how chatbots behave unpredictably and risk nuclear escalation
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Distinctive meanings for a word like “risk” can have a big impact on public messaging, especially when it comes to issues like climate change
The Applied Ecologist
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Karen Castillioni is an Associate Editor mentee for Journal of Applied Ecology. She is also a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Minnesota, USA. She is passionate about understanding the complex relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the context of global change. In this blog post, she shares her experience of the 2023 BES Annual Meeting.
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