Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

This research, which immediately sparked conversations and renewed calls for corporate accountability, is particularly fascinating because it combines climate modeling, interdisciplinary archival research, and corporate accountability —some of my favorite topics! Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Some might use the language of environmental racism and another might say, "Pollution hurts the poor." On October 6, the Lancaster Theological Seminary , Interfaith Power and Light and other groups kicked off a new webinar series on Religion and the Environment. Here are her remarks-- Thank you, Katie, and hi everybody.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

On September 30 and October 1 & 2, people from across Pennsylvania will be converging in Harrisburg to change the conversation on climate change at the PA Climate Convergence. Among the scheduled events are-- -- September 30: Wildfireside Chat with Bill McKibben: Bill McKibben, author and one of the founders of 350.org

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Academy of Natural Sciences

MAY 9, 2022

Many of us want to know how we can voice those scary feelings about the health of our planet and then transform them into positive action. Tell us about yourselves. My research focuses on coastal water quality changes over space and time and using environmental data to measure changes in coastal ecosystems.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 11, 2021

As one of the most extreme examples of science denial, McIntyre starts his book, How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason , by describing his visit to the 2018 Flat Earth International Conference in Denver, US.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Derrick reported, “The program is designed to facilitate interactions and spark new conversations between local leaders and conference attendees concerning future opportunities and lessons learned from the region’s 164-year and counting experience with-- and environmental recovery from-- the early oil and gas industry.”

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2024

We explained to interested authors that this journal is complementary to the established ESA journal portfolio as it will publish results from long-term social-ecological research and community-based initiatives across the planet. Belfast, Northern Ireland! The venue for the 2023 BES Annual Meeting was the Waterfront Hall.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Since its founding in 2017, the US Climate Alliance —a coalition of states committed to meeting the goals of the Paris climate accord—has grown to 24 states and one US territory. Below is an abridged version of our conversation. I interviewed her shortly after they released On the Road to 100-Percent Renewables.

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Physics World

AUGUST 2, 2021

Characterization approaches to spatially locate and resolve insertion and conversion processes, and distinguish productive and parasitic processes in functional systems are discussed. Marschilok completed her PhD at the University at Buffalo, US. Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Want to take part in this webinar?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As I’ve written previously , heirs’ property is a legal issue that has caused Black farmers to lose more than $300 billion in land over the past century. In my research, I found that Black women were three times more likely to die in the year following giving birth. So that took the blinders off of the American dream for me.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2023

Do they harm us? Do US environmental laws recognize “cumulative risks” and “cumulative impacts” as real and substantial? After participating in a workshop on this topic at the University of Maryland (UMD), I had a conversation with the two UMD professors who hosted and organized the event. Do they accumulate in our bodies?

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Belgian mathematician, lecturer, and electronic musician Valery Vermeulen has created an album of electronic music that was composed using data associated with black holes. Have you ever wondered what a black hole “sounds” like? You can listen to a preview of the album here. Pop-up book.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2023

Our ability to create a livable future will continue to require deep reserves of insight, creativity, resilience, and resolve from all of us, but especially from the next generations. This observation is backed by the U.S. Disconcertingly, many see the grown-ups in their lives falling short.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It is a conversation that she began having with her partner Jeremy Wortzel, a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania who is pursuing child psychiatry and is interested in how the environment impacts mental health. You can work with your child to join these conversations and learn together.

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Frontiers

MAY 5, 2023

Credit: Frontiers During the conversation they all agreed that, while the level of support offered may differ depending on the type and size of the funder, all share a common objective to facilitate open access publishing and other open science practices for researchers. For smaller funders, the situation was viewed slightly differently.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 31, 2024

Climate change is inside us,” said Clayton Aldern, a neuroscientist and author of the forthcoming “The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains,” one of a number of recent books and studies that delve into how climate change affects our brains, our mental health, and the connections we make with each other.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The UK Connection: The term green bleaching first caught the attention of regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom, with the Financial Conduct Authority leading the charge. In the ever evolving landscape of corporate sustainability, where the battle for environmental credibility rages on, a new metaphor has emerged.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . Changes in wetland cover for counties and municipalities are described in the Southern Ontario Wetland Conversion Analysis report (2010).

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Frontiers

AUGUST 30, 2023

Joining us today is Dr Marie Soulière, senior publishing manager at Frontiers, who was elected as Council Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in 2020. To know what level of excellence we expect of articles, authors, editors, we need to benchmark against publishing standards. How have these changed in recent years?

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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? And what are the key research and clinical applications?

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Environmental and Urban Economics

DECEMBER 21, 2022

My friend and co-author Joe Tracy co-authored a MIT Press book on implementing these contracts. The Past Rate of Return on Housing for African-Americans In 2021, I released an NBER Working Paper where I use several data sets to make a simple point. As an economist, I celebrate the logic of revealed preference.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I recently had the honor of speaking with Dr. Britt Wray , an expert on the intersection of mental health and climate change, and author of Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis. Now, everyone faces a changing climate that challenges us all. It can feel like an overwhelming wave of climate crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Francis welcomed the opportunity to divest a portion of their lands for open space and public use. Natural Lands was able to secure grant funding for Aston Township’s purchase; the Township will own and operate the land as a passive-use park with hiking trails through meadows and woodlands.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 4, 2023

For many of us, transportation is also closely tied to our everyday lives in a way that few other sources of emissions are. This is the last in our series of posts previewing the Emmett Institute’s 2023 Symposium , coming up on April 12. Transportation is one of the most complicated and urgent areas of the clean-energy transition.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

November is Native American Heritage Month, and it is a time for us to reflect on the perseverance, resilience and countless contributions of Native Peoples. For those of us who are settlers and living on Native land, it’s also a time to continue educating ourselves individually about the legacy and ongoing trauma of colonialism.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 25, 2021

Author: Emma Phipps, Journal Specialist. She is a National Academies of Science Jefferson Science Fellow , US Department of State Embassy Science Fellow and Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leader. Could you give us a summary of your role at the moment? “I Did you always want to go into this area? “My

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This has allowed us to take a geroscience-based approach to understand how all aspects of aging are involved in immunity, including chronic viral infections such as CMV and EBV, frailty, and increased systemic inflammation. Haynes is based at the UConn Centre on Aging and serves on the board for The Gerontological Society of America.

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Physics World

JUNE 9, 2022

“The ECS has been committed to diversity for many years, and in 2019 it formalized its DEI statement,” says Alice Suroviec, an associate editor of the JES and Dean of the School of Mathematics and Natural Science at Berry College in the US. It is important to recognize the huge amount of work done by women in scientific research.

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Physics World

JANUARY 24, 2022

Researchers have used materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides to make ultrathin, flexible solar cells with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.1% – a record for cells made from this type of material. They could thus be used in wearable electronics that are worn next to the skin. High power-to-weight ratio.

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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. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging method used for cancer diagnosis. Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Kamil

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Acoel

JUNE 21, 2022

Less than two weeks ago, EPA released an updated version of their “RE-Powering Mapper” tool – How to Identify Sites | US EPA – EPA’s Re-Powering Mapper Tool provides information on over 190,000 contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites that have the potential to support solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal renewable energy options.

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Frontiers

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Author: Thimedi Hetti. In the world of marine science, Dr. Asha de Vos rarely needs an introduction. The Sri Lankan marine biologist and ocean educator is best known for her pioneering work on blue whales and for founding the non-profit Oceanswell , Sri Lanka’s first marine conservation research and education organization.

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Physics World

MARCH 7, 2022

Dynamically-controlled exciton transport has been demonstrated in a 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) using surface acoustic waves (SAWs). Researchers in the US and Japan used the SAWs to induce mechanical strain in a tungsten diselenide sample at room temperature, resulting in a maximum net exciton shift of nearly 1 micron.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

To share his knowledge and warn the public about climate change, Mann has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, numerous op-eds and commentaries, and five books. His groundbreaking research and masterful science communication have given weight and shape to the conversations needed to initiate climate action.

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Eco Coach

APRIL 7, 2021

This brings us to a second approach to use when looking to create culture change. This brings us to a second approach to use when looking to create culture change. You might be surprised at what you learn when you have these conversations with your colleagues. That is, answering the question - WIIFM?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 20, 2023

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 The original conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We were initially talking about a 3–4% energy conversion efficiency of these compounds, then I achieved around 10%. AK: I have studied perovskite materials since 2005, at which time I had a rough idea that they could be used in solar cells. This helped me to create solar cells using the perovskites.

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