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Freezing roots and shoots: Challenges in plant cryopreservation

HumanNature

Guest Post by Fionna Samuels , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. It’s cool, dry, and cut off from the outside world behind locked doors. Luckily, researchers in the 1990s developed a few chemical cocktails to protect cells from the intense cold, like antifreeze in a radiator. 2020, September 10). Bonnart, R.,

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. On balance, clouds nearer the stratosphere warm us, whereas low-lying clouds tend to cool us because their greenhouse effect is smaller.

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Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is due in no small part to the “ nuclear bros ”: an active and seemingly tireless group of nuclear power advocates who dominate social media discussions on energy by promoting SMRs and other “advanced” nuclear technologies as the only real solution for the climate crisis.

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RePlanet Nederland’s review of the draft Delegated Regulation on nuclear energy and gaseous fossil fuels in the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. We believe we must take a science-based approach and prioritize policies and technologies that enable us to liberate nature and elevate humanity.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Interactions and Indirect Environmental Effects Clouds are a beautiful feature of our atmosphere, but they also have an important role: cooling. References Arctic Council. Arctic Council. June 25, 2020. link] Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Program.

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Firenado: Spinning Fire is a Recipe for Disaster | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

Can climate resilience technology help businesses protect people and property from such devastating wildfire events? Much like big volcanic eruptions, the smoke from fire tornadoes can block radiation from the Sun and potentially cause temporary climatic cooling. Is climate change making ‘firenadoes’ more likely?

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Physics World announces its finalists for the 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

Physics World

Today, we are revealing the 10 finalists for 2021, which serves as a shortlist from which we will pick the winner. In addition to having been reported in Physics World in 2021, selections must meet the following criteria: Significant advance in knowledge or understanding. Innovative particle cooling techniques.

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