July, 2023

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Record for hottest day ever recorded on Earth broken twice in a row

New Scientist

The average global air temperature recorded 2 metres above Earth’s surface was 17.18°C (62.92°F) on 4 July, the highest that has ever been recorded. The previous record was set the day before.

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Back to basics

Real Climate

You can tell how worried the climate deniers are by how many fields of science they have to trash to try and have people not see what’s happening. it will not have escaped most people’s notice that global temperatures are heading into uncharted territory. The proximate cause of this week’s headlines is the Climate Reanalyzer website at the U. Maine which provides a nice front end to the NOAA NCEP CFS forecast system and reanalysis and shows absolute daily temperatures in early July clearly excee

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Nature and the Pursuit of Happiness

Legal Planet

What is the “pursuit of happiness,” which the Declaration of Independence says is an inalienable right? It sounds like this is about freedom from governmental restrictions on your activities. So, in modern terms, it seemed to mean that the government can’t stop you from “doing your own thing.” But that can’t be right. The Declaration says we have an inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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An Attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Could Still be Catastrophic

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ukraine has accused Russia of planning to carry out a sabotage attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that it has controlled since it seized it by force in March 2022. Although it reports this morning that this current threat is decreasing, the situation is fluid and the plant remains vulnerable to both accidents and attacks. While this ongoing crisis should not lead to panic, there is no cause for complacency either.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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.

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Native Bees Yield Hardier Flowers Than Honey Bees, Research Finds

Yale E360

Flowers pollinated by native bees produce fitter offspring than flowers pollinated by honey bees, according to a new study carried out in San Diego, California.

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Supercomputer Will Help Decide whether to Block the Sun

Scientific American

A new supercomputer is helping climate scientists determine whether injecting human-made, sun-blocking aerosols into the stratosphere would also alter thunderstorms and rainfall

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What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?

Real Climate

For various reasons I’m motivated to provide an update on my current thinking regarding the slowdown and tipping point of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). I attended a two-day AMOC session at the IUGG Conference the week before last, there’s been interesting new papers, and in the light of that I have been changing my views somewhat.

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

Transport trucks transfer raw coal in pits as deep as 200 meters at the East Junggar Basin on July 4, 2018 in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous of China. The East Junggar Basin as one of the largest coalfield in Xinjiang has predicted coal reserves of 390 billion tons. (Photo by Liu Xin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images) By C.

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The Disinvestment in Centreville Continues

NRDC

A thorough and equitable plan to solve the flooding and sewage problems in Centreville must be developed to fund the necessary infrastructure repairs.

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Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

Yale E360

The Menominee tribe of Wisconsin has sustainably harvested its woods for nearly 170 years, providing a model for foresters worldwide. Amid climate change and other threats to the forest, the tribe continues to follow a traditional code: Let the healthy trees keep growing.

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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.

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Great White Sharks Are Surging off Cape Cod

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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The Melting Glaciers of Svalbard Offer an Ominous Glimpse of More Warming to Come

Inside Climate News

New research reveals what one scientist called a “very stark image of climate change” as methane leaks from springs exposed by the glaciers’ retreat. By Lydia Larsen The remote arctic islands of Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost settlement in the world, have been called a canary in the coal mine of climate change, warming more than two times faster than other areas of the arctic and five to seven times faster than the rest of the planet.

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The proposed Sustainable Jobs legislation does little for sustainability – This is how Canada can achieve a just transition

Enviromental Defense

The federal government recently released its proposed Sustainable Jobs Act , following up on its promise to pass just transition legislation. This means that the government has finally recognized its role in helping workers and communities impacted by the energy transition. There will be more energy jobs in the clean economy than in today’s fossil-fueled economy.

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Birds are using anti-bird spikes to make their nests

New Scientist

Magpies and crows have been seen making nests using spikes placed on buildings to deter birds from nesting

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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.

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DEP: Drought Task Force Maintains Drought Watch Status For All Of Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

On July 7, following a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force this week, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will maintain a statewide drought watch. While not required, residents and non-farm businesses are encouraged to voluntarily conserve water by reducing their nonessential water use. At this time, 18 public water suppliers are asking for voluntary water conservation in their communities.

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Banished to a Remote Idaho Valley, Beavers Created a Lush Wetland

Yale E360

Beavers relocated to a remote Idaho valley have transformed the landscape into a lush wetland and a haven against fire and drought, satellite imagery shows.

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Migrant orangutans learn which foods are good to eat by watching the locals

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer An unflanged migrant orangutan male (on the left side) and an adolescent local orangutan female (on the right side) are peering at each other. Orangutan species: Pongo abelii. Image credit: Caroline Schuppli, SUAQ Project, [link] Researchers analyzed 30 years of observations on a total of 152 male migrant orangutans on Sumatra and Borneo and showed evidence that migrants learn about unfamiliar foods in their new home range by ‘peering’ at experienced

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In Oregon Timber Country, a Town Buys the Surrounding Forests to Confront Climate-Driven Wildfires

Inside Climate News

A logger, forester and former mayor joined forces to help Butte Falls manage its forests to protect the town and build an economy supported by tourism rather than logging. By Grant Stringer This story is produced in partnership with Columbia Insight, an environmental news outlet covering the Columbia River Basin.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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Renewables and Storage Hold Their Own in the Texas Heat Dome

NRDC

No fossil fuels, no problem? Texas investments in wind and solar pay off, generating record-breaking renewable power to meet all-time high electricity demand during nearly 10-day heat dome—despite fossil fuel plant failures.

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Is there life in the sea that hasn’t been discovered?

Environmental News Bits

Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Is there life in the sea that hasn’t been discovered? – Haven W., age 12, McKinney, Texas Imagine going to a place on Earth where no … Continue reading Is there life in the sea that hasn’t been discovered?

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Penn State Hosts Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 23

PA Environment Daily

The third annual Penn State Solar Law Symposium will be held virtually on August 23, from noon to 4:30 p.m., for attorneys and energy professionals. The event, co-sponsored by Penn State Extension, Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy , and the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law , is designed for those with beginning and intermediate levels of solar law knowledge.

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As EV Sales Soar, China to Hit Peak Gasoline Next Year, Experts Say

Yale E360

With sales of electric cars surging, China is on track to hit peak gasoline demand next year, two new analyses find.

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Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here's Why

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Some sea snakes have re-evolved the ability to see more colours

New Scientist

Most snakes can see a limited range of colours, but the blue-banded sea snake has regained genes lost millions of years ago that may let them see ultraviolet and blue light

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Remembering Roger Payne, Maestro of the Seas

NRDC

Celebrated whale researcher, bio-acoustician, and conservation activist combined love of science, music, and the oceans in life-long battle to save the planet.

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Pennsylvania’s Dirty Dozen

Environmental News Bits

Download the report. Pennsylvania is one of America’s largest sources of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, most of which comes from the burning of fossil fuels and methane. Just 12 industrial facilities, power plants, mines and other large polluters — Pennsylvania’s “Dirty Dozen” — account for nearly one-fifth of the commonwealth’s total climate pollution.

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July 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PA Environment Daily

The July 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on-- -- July Is Lakes Appreciation Month - State Parks & Forests Have Them In Every Size! -- ALERT! Watch Out For Prince Gallitzin Apple Cider Festival Vendor Scam! -- Just In! 2023-2024 State Parks Calendar! Order Yours Now ! -- Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

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Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat

Inside Climate News

The lingering presence of wildfire smoke has made for an unusual start to summer across the Midwest. It also comes during a near-record drought crisping fields across the Corn Belt and the threat of hotter summers to come. By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune MADISON, Wis. – Masks made a comeback in Wisconsin this week.

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Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Sea level may have been higher than it is now just 6000 years ago

New Scientist

Climate researchers thought that current sea levels were the highest in more than 100,000 years, but new models suggest oceans were higher during the Holocene than they are today

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6 Great Reads on Birding, Fishing, Parks + More

Cool Green Science

We have your summer reading list sorted with these 6 great reads on birding, fishing, bats, national parks and more. The post 6 Great Reads on Birding, Fishing, Parks + More appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US

Environmental News Bits

by Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley and in Vermont. One major concern was the Wrightsville Dam, built in 1935 on the Winooski River north of Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier.

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DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Release Pennsylvania’s 2022 Chesapeake Bay Annual Progress Report

PA Environment Daily

The departments of Environmental Protection, Agriculture and Conservation and Natural Resources have released Pennsylvania's Healthy Waters Health Communities 2022 Chesapeake Bay Progress Report. The goal of this annual report is to share collective successes for Pennsylvania’s Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) and Countywide Action Plans (CAPs), with spotlights on projects, partners and progress throughout Pennsylvania’s share of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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