Circle of Blue

JANUARY 17, 2022

A battle is brewing over the future of lithium, an essential component of the world’s transition to renewable energy. Caption: The Salar de Atacama salt works in Chile in 2016. Photo © NASA Johnson /Flickr Creative Commons. Last week, the outgoing center-right government of President Sebastián Piñera signed over rights to two private companies to extract 160,000 tons of lithium.

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Physics World

JANUARY 17, 2022

For the first time, astronomers have captured the death of a red supergiant star in real time: revealing a dramatic surge in brightness in the months preceding its final explosion. For researchers of the Young Supernova Experiment , led by Wynn Jacobson-Galán at the University of California, Berkeley, the event was far more violent than would be expected from previous observations.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 17, 2022

Find the answers to your biggest research questions from 2021. With collective views of over 3.7 million, researchers explored topics spanning from nutritional immunology and political misinformation to sustainable agriculture and the human-dog bond. Research Topics: 1. Infectious disease. 29 articles | 1,643,000 views. Uncovering the many ethical, legal, and social issues that have arisen during the pandemic. 2.

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Physics World

JANUARY 17, 2022

In December last year, we received a letter from the UK’s Astronomer Royal , Martin Rees , saying that he was not concerned about the risk of astronomical bodies colliding with Earth, because “the rate of impacts is calculable, small and not increasing” (January p27). At first glance, I might therefore have dismissed the Netflix film Don’t Look Up , released in late December, which is about a comet on course to hit us, as just another sensationalist disaster movie.

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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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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2022

The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption has already triggered a tsunami, a sonic boom and thousands of lightning bolts, and could now lead to acid rain

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Physics World

JANUARY 17, 2022

The strong nuclear force is what holds atomic nuclei together, and our current mathematical understanding of it has led to remarkable insights into the nature of matter. Still, certain questions – such as the matter composition of the very early universe – have eluded physicists’ best efforts, and computer simulations of these regimes are intrinsically limited even with the largest conceivable classical machines.

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Physics World

JANUARY 17, 2022

Researchers have used electrical currents to manipulate the motions of single skyrmions at room temperature. Xiuzhen Yu , together with colleagues at Japan’s RIKEN Centre for Emergent Matter Science, formed the skyrmions in chiral-lattice magnets, then steered their paths using ultra-short electrical pulses. The team hopes that their results could pave the way for advanced, skyrmion-based information storage devices.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 17, 2022

The Academy Kids Club is excited to announce a partnership with the Young United Nations Global Alliance to offer two water-themed challenge badges to Kids Club members in 2022, the Academy’s and Drexel’s Water Year. YUNGA was developed by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with other UN organizations with the mission to educate, motivate and empower young people to alter their behavior and become active agents of change in their local communities.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2022

Rising levels of ground-level ozone in China and nearby countries are having a big effect on the yields of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 17, 2022

A project in California involving several energy companies is turning methane from 15 dairy farms and producing renewable natural gas. The post California Renewable Natural Gas Project Creates Economic Opportunities, Reduces Dairy Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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.

Clean Energy

New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2022

Plastic straws are increasingly being avoided for both health and environmental reasons, but the alternatives all have their downsides – until now

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 17, 2022

BHP in Australia has ordered four battery-electric locomotives to transport iron ore in an effort to cut emissions from its transport operations. The post BHP Western Australia Iron Ore Orders Four Battery Powered Locomotives appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Eco Justice

JANUARY 17, 2022

Canada is a parliamentary democracy, a system of government that is based on laws. These laws, though we are not always aware of them, play a crucial role in shaping. Read more. The post How do we make federal laws in Canada? appeared first on Ecojustice.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 17, 2022

When there’s no food, it pays to be small. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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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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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 17, 2022

A project in California involving several energy companies is turning methane from 15 dairy farms and producing renewable natural gas. The post California Renewable Natural Gas Project Creates Economic Opportunities, Reduces Dairy Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2022

A model based on Earth’s oceans and atmosphere explains how Mars could have been cold and wet 3 billion years ago

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Scientific American

JANUARY 17, 2022

The atom interferometry technique uses the effects of time dilation to reveal subtle changes in gravity’s strength. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 17, 2022

The National Agricultural Law Center’s office is closed today to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Regular hours of operation will. The post Closed for MLK Day 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 17, 2022

The architectural design of the Lucio office building in Lille, France, integrates with the sun for variable lighting and temperature control in a smart passive design.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2022

Unfamiliar voices seem to put the sleeping brain on alert in a way that familiar voices don’t

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 17, 2022

The timber design for Copenhagen's upcoming large commercial building Marmormolen shows sustainable architecture leadership from designers Henning Larson and Ramboll. Lush with green roofs, a waterfront garden and more, the project shows what a commercial building can be to a community.

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Environmental Law Centre

JANUARY 17, 2022

SEEKING LAWYERS WITH A PASSION FOR THE LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT: ELC STAFF COUNSEL– EDMONTON AB The Environmental Law Centre is seeking a lawyer to join our team. Our activities focus. The post Seeking Lawyers with a Passion for the Law and the Environment: ELC Staff Counsel– Edmonton AB appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 17, 2022

Investing in a long product lifespan is one of the most sustainable actions companies and consumers can make. NOIRANCA, a company singularly aimed at this goal, has debuted a line of handbags with a commitment to protecting the environment. Quality is the primary objective at NOIRANCA, with the belief that creating a timeless look will keep the bag in circulation longer and out of the landfill for many years to come.

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Environmental Leader

JANUARY 17, 2022

BHP in Australia has ordered four battery-electric locomotives to transport iron ore in an effort to cut emissions from its transport operations. The post BHP Western Australia Iron Ore Orders Four Battery Powered Locomotives appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 17, 2022

Design house ACME's director Friedrich Ludewig drew on the inspiration of Alpine architecture and nearby Olympic Park to guide the design of The Pavilion at Stratford Square in east London, a gently undulating pavilion made using cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 17, 2022

We are delighted to announce that Johannes Kepler University Linz has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. Johannes Kepler University Linz supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Johannes Kepler University Linz has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you're a farm operator in 14 central Pennsylvania counties, you now have a chance to highlight what steps you have taken to protect and enhance water quality for your local streams and the Chesapeake Bay. Several agricultural and governmental organizations have partnered to develop a survey found online that asks producers in Bedford, Centre, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lebanon, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Tioga counties to document conservatio

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 17, 2022

Americans eat a million tons of tortilla chips per year. But as we crunch our snack foods, few of us ever realize their water cost. Million tons of chips have a water footprint of 180 billion gallons.

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Earthava

JANUARY 17, 2022

The sun is the closest energy source for life on Earth. It was present for 4.5 billion years and it is expected to shine for at least another 5 billion years. It is not surprising that most people have a positive association with the sun. The sun is the symbol of life, creativity, and happiness. […].

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 17, 2022

Recently, I authored a post for DeltaCurrents, the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management's blog. The focus of the piece is on science and humility. It is a topic of broad importance in society though I focus on it in the resource management context, and, specifically, as it pertains to California's Bay-Delta. For the past three decades, the federal and California governments and diverse stakeholders have looked to scientists to explain the causes of the long-term population

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Brag

JANUARY 17, 2022

By Lynn L. Bergeson. On December 23, 2021, DOE issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the scale-up and demonstration of renewable fuels. In the RFI “Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Fuel Scale-Up and Demonstration,” DOE expresses its wish to obtain input from biofuels producers and technology developers regarding their readiness to scale process technologies to pilot- and demonstration-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, and renewable marine fuels.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2022

The post Op-Ed: How Toronto can help fight sprawl in the 905 appeared first on Environmental Defence.

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Brag

JANUARY 17, 2022

By Lynn L. Bergeson. On December 28, 2021, EPA announced that it will hold a public virtual meeting to discuss biofuel greenhouse gas (GHG) modeling. EPA is soliciting information on the current scientific understanding of GHG modeling of land-based biofuels used in the transportation sector. According to EPA, the information gathered during this meeting will be used to inform current and future EPA actions, including the method for quantifying GHG emissions under RFS.

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