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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

These are needed at global, regional and ‘thematic’ levels – given the diverse scales of tipping elements in oceans, forests and the cryosphere, for example. This means redoubling efforts to cut emissions, and reliably constrain temperature rises, not gambling on speculative technological interventions to cool the planet.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moreover, there are steps policymakers can take to prepare for these spring weather phenomena and bolster the reliability and resilience of the US power system. This sparked a lot of concerns because it was just a few months after the March 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. Physics can predict, based on the size of seismological activity, the impact on land and ocean of such activity. The Sub-Disciplines of Physics.

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The Stream, June 8, 2022: Drought in California Weighs Heavily on Rural Communities

Circle of Blue

Featured coverage from this week’s episode of What’s Up With Water looks at: In France, May was unusually warm, and that could limit operations at some of its nuclear power facilities. Most inland facilities cool their power-generating equipment with river water. More Water News.

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Why Do Heat Pumps Have a Bad Rap? Lies

Legal Planet

My partner and I, and our 9-year-old, don’t have central heating and cooling, so we sweat through LA summers with a single window AC-unit and shiver through our (mild) winters with nothing but a space heater. Our ancient wall furnaces are red tagged for leaks. If you like your 15-year-old water heater, you can keep it.