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New Scientist
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Fossil evidence shows that humans have a very long history of eating each other. Now, archaeologists are discovering that the practice of cannibalism could be surprisingly compassionate
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Scientific American
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
A lunar lander nicknamed Odie carries 125 small moon sculptures by artist Jeff Koons that could become the first authorized artwork on the moon
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Scientific American
APRIL 7, 2023
Moves in Florida to control public education mirror past fascist strategies in ways that are disquieting for American democracy, a historian argues
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Scientific American
JULY 21, 2023
Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the hydrogen bomb. Here's what a historian who has studied J.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
I magine if history had been a little different. How would environmental law look different and how might we be thinking about it differently? Environmentalists would have been more open to thinking about existing zero-carbon power from nuclear. In 1965, scientists sent LBJ a memo mentioning the risks of climate change.
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New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
This impactful one-man show from David Finnigan explores the moments in Earth’s history when humans faced turning points
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Scientific American
JANUARY 27, 2022
An archival project aims to document the experiences of people who suffered from U.S. nuclear weapons testing. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 6, 2024
While it is a faithful rendition of a critical chapter of nuclear history, what is most striking about the film is how that history is repeating itself. But its text reveals an eerie and clear-eyed warning about the decades to come. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were the most expensive wars in US history.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Yesterday was the start of Black History Month. Last year, I posted about the contributions made by Black climate scientists. This year, I want to go back earlier in history to highlight the environmental contributions of three Black figures in much earlier times. area on topics such as “The Social Habits of Insects.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
When it comes to geologic time, the disconnect between our lived experience and the magnitude of Earth history is almost irreconcilable. billion year history into eons, eras, and epochs as most of us mark our lives in months, weeks and days. Left: Human history occupies but a tiny sliver of the Earth’s 4.6 billion-year history.
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 25, 2024
The tour will highlight various watershed features, trail history, and geologic history. The tour will run about 2.5 We will discuss the watershed features we saw along the way and some of the area's history and geologic features. to 3 hours. Click Here to register and for more information.
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New Scientist
JANUARY 9, 2024
Several moon missions are planned for 2024, including some that will attempt to mine for ice on the moon and test out new lunar rovers – and they can teach us about Earth’s history
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New Scientist
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The archaeologist's latest book on what bones teach us about Britain's history not only provides the grisly facts, but helps us feel them
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Inside Climate News
JANUARY 28, 2024
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. By Bob Berwyn As Earth’s annual average temperature pushes against the 1.5
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
This fall and holiday season, Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents Life in One Cubic Foot. The exhibition follows the research of Smithsonian scientists and photographer David Liittschwager as they discover what a cubic foot of land or water—a biocube—reveals about the diversity of life on the planet. and Carole L. “We
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 26, 2023
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is the biggest pop culture event about nuclear weapons since the end of the Cold War. The film’s intimate focus on Oppenheimer ironically obscures the scientist’s most urgent message about the catastrophic and world-altering nature of the weapons he helped to create.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
This being Black History Month, I thought it would be worthwhile looking at the fossil fuel industry’s racial history. The oil industry has a long, deplorable history on race issues. The oil industry has a long, deplorable history on race issues. The history of race is different in coal than it was for oil.
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Real Climate
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Its title says what it is about: “Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course.” This hope was never very convincing, as paleoclimate records clearly show abrupt AMOC shifts in Earth history, including full AMOC breakdowns triggered by meltwater input (Heinrich events).
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Since this is Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about some of the prominent contributions by Blacks to understanding and addressing climate change. I wanted to talk about some of those figures. The post Climate Change and Black History appeared first on Legal Planet. Download as PDF.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Black History Month, for me, has always been a time to celebrate Black people, and our contributions to society. As we continue make scientific advances and strides toward a more inclusive academia and America at large, this Black History Month I wanted to share a few things we can all reflect on this month, and beyond.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
I asked about smoking history and exposure to any potential indoor irritants (i.e. Perplexed, I then thought to ask her about environmental exposures. Suspecting a connection, I inquired about the location of her apartment and traffic congestion in the area. dust, mold), all of which she denied.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
To learn more about the history of this dataset, ways researchers have used a previous version of it, and applications for new research and climate litigation, check out this blog post written by my colleague Carly Phillips. I’ve marked these important years with dotted lines in Figure 2.
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PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 5, 2024
The Wildlife Management Area Visitors Center in Lebanon County will reopen for visitors January 16 and the annual migration of snow geese, tundra swans and Canada Geese may begin about the same time. 2024 Events The Game Commission just released a 2024 event guide and a detailed summary of those events so you can plan your visit.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 11, 2024
Seeing the lack of urgency to prevent the flooding that was happening here, in such an important landmark for Black History, she began to understand why it was happening in her hometown and others that didn’t have the same historical significance. “I It’s not just a film; this is my life. My folks are in Eastern North Carolina,” she said. “We
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NRDC
MARCH 14, 2024
The North Carolina Real Estate Commission finalized the rule to require sellers to provide potential home buyers with information about flood history and risk before they buy a home, and it will go into effect July 1, 2024.
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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
We need to understand the history of climate action as we plan for the future. My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action? I’d love to hear from readers about these issues. How much of a role did the Green Party play? Download as PDF
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Legal Planet
JUNE 3, 2022
As might be expected given the many different benefits that our public lands provide, there is a long history of conflict over them, going back to the very founding of the United States in the late eighteenth century.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
Shen , a transportation program policy analyst, to talk about the program’s new equitable mobility work. EN: Back in 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , which included the largest federal investment in public transit in history of $109 billion over 5 years. I recently caught up with Kevin X.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2024
Traveling to the southern region of Colombia as a young child, Paula García remembers being taught by her elders about the deep interconnectedness between humans and the natural world. Something I really care about is to make sure the benefits of clean energy are reaching everyone in our society,” García said.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Not far from where world leaders are gathered at Sharm El Sheikh to negotiate the latest round of climate commitments lies a 3,000-year-old temple that revolutionized how we think about humanity’s shared sense of continuity. It is a reminder to world leaders gathered at COP27 that history is worth saving. It’s a choice.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
Here, I’ll dig into why we made that choice, and provide an overview of the history and disruptions to the land carbon sink as well as some thoughts about its future. That analysis assumed the U.S.
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New Scientist
JULY 19, 2023
This photo of Tungurahua, a volcano exploding in the Ecuadorian night, comes from an illustrated book to accompany a TV series about Earth’s deep history
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Following the presentation from the Donora Historical Society, there will be a roundtable discussion with partners about their work and reflections on the Clean Air Act’s past, present, and future. Visit the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum website to learn about other upcoming events.
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PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 9, 2023
This exclusive tour will provide a unique opportunity to explore and learn about the various watershed features, trail history, and geologic history that make this area so special. The tour is expected to run about 2.5 to 2:00 p.m. to 3 hours.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 12, 2023
In our series on the increasing unreliability of fossil gas , my colleagues at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have laid out why growing concerns about grid reliability should not be met simply by increasing the number of gas plants on the grid. I talked to some of them about how the TVA’s gas plants have affected their lives.
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 15, 2024
April 16 Join other volunteers to plant trees and learn about successful planting techniques at the Traditions of America East Petersburg Homeowners Association, Founders Way in East Petersburg, Lancaster County from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The tree planting will be at the Rockledge HOA, Cambridge Road in Palmyra, Lebanon County from 9:00 a.m.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
OCTOBER 5, 2023
As the oldest natural history museum in North America, the Academy has a long and varied history. Tell us more about yourself. I currently study history with a concentration in science, technology, and environment but I am also enrolled in a certification course to teach social studies and English to middle school students.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
From the ashes of the giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park arise a history of fire suppression and real questions about what happens to the forests in a drought-stricken West Coast going forward.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The Colerain Mansion property is located within one of ClearWater’s strategic areas, the Scotia Barrens to Ridgelines Initiative , and the nonprofit’s mission to share the history and environment of the site with the public fits with ClearWater’s mission.
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 15, 2023
sessions each day-- -- September 12: Deer Keds In Pennsylvania: Learn about the basics of deer keds, the blood-feeding flies that primarily feed on deer and sometimes bite people. However, a lot of basic information about their natural history and distribution remains unknown. Schedule Noon to 1:00 and 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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Legal Planet
JUNE 30, 2022
By relying on but not sharply defining the major questions doctrine as the basis for its ruling, the Court leaves EPA–and all federal agencies–less sure about what kinds of regulations courts will strike down or uphold in the future. Download as PDF. The post Some quick reactions to W Va v. EPA appeared first on Legal Planet.
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New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
In unstable times we need to think clearly about the future. There is a lot to learn from David Christian's Future Stories: A user's guide to the future, an ambitious book with a Big History approach
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Legal Planet
MARCH 19, 2024
Cristina Dorador , a Chilean microbiologist who studies Chile’s salares, or salt flats, reminded the audience that all minerals are located in ecosystems: when we are talking about critical minerals, we are talking about the environment. She stated, “people need to understand how much damage is generated by the things we use every day.”
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Circle of Blue
MARCH 2, 2023
Ganter is also the founding CEO of Vector Center, which uses AI to deliver data-driven intelligence about global water security. Exploration is about discovery and wonder — we can reframe even the most insurmountable challenges by asking, What if?” “As explorers, we must see, share, and inspire.
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