Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

We are at the height of Danger Season , the time of year when extreme weather events driven by climate change are most prevalent across North America. The power sector is the second highest source of climate pollution in the U.S. thus, it is crucial that we address carbon emissions from power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a proposed rule which would limit carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning power plants, a move which is critically important, statutori

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 10, 2023

by Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona; Burke Griggs, Washburn University; Gabriel Filippelli, Indiana University, and Rosalyn R. LaPier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign In the U.S., most consumers take clean and available fresh water for granted, and water usually becomes front-page news only when there’s a crisis.

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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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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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

The University of Pittsburgh announced School of Public Health scientists will present the results of studies exploring health impacts of human exposure to environmental risk factors, including unconventional natural gas development activities, in an eight-county region in Southwest Pennsylvania. The meeting will be held on August 15 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. both in-person and livestreamed and include an opportunity for online participants to submit questions.

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The Applied Ecologist

AUGUST 10, 2023

This blog post is also available in Spanish here. Authors Kevin Tkach and Maggie Watson recall how they kept their focus when lockdowns in both countries prevented their meeting in-person to work on a PhD project. Instead, over a three-year period, they worked together on a systematic review trying to understand how conservation genetics tools were applied to conservation problems.

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

The latest data from the Muon g−2 experiment corroborates previous results, but clashing theoretical predictions leave physicists without a clear conclusion

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Schuylkill Action Network and its partners will host an October 20 Stormwater Operation and Maintenance Workshop at the Upper Merion Township Building, King of Prussia in Montgomery County from 8:00 a.m. to Noon. During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to hear from experts from the Center for Watershed Protection discuss policy and permit requirements and gain hands-on experience with practical techniques to inform your Municipal Separate Stormwater System (MS4) Operation and Mai

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 10, 2023

Have you ever walked along the beach and spotted tiny plastic balls or discs? They may look like grains of sand or fish eggs—they can be clear or colored and are round, sometimes with flat sides. What are those small plastic pellets? Are they natural? How did they get on the beach? Love ocean content? Enter your email and never miss an update Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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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.

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change? In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American, leading academics unpack the racism at the heart of the system.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

The South Mountain Partnership will hold its 13th Annual Power of the Partnership Celebration on September 29 at the Whispering Pines Estate in Lewisberry, York County from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Each year more than 100 people attend this celebration of how the Partnership protects and promotes the farms and farmland, historic places, water and air quality, wildlife and habitat, and parks, trails, and open spaces of the South Mountain Conservation Landscape Region.

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

The world’s oldest moss has survived Earth’s shifting landscapes for more than 400 million years, but climate change is happening faster than it can adapt

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

An experiment at Fermilab in the US suggests that muons rotate faster than expected, which would be a problem for the standard model of particle physics

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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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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

A perfect storm of factors has led to huge racial disparities in maternal healthcare. In the U.S., as abortion clinics continue to close, this inequity is projected to widen. In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American , we hear from leading academics unpacking the racism at the heart of the system. From the historical links between slavery and gynecology to the systematic erasure of America’s Black midwives.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

Russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years is designed to land near the moon’s south pole and is being viewed as an attempt to show that the country can still compete in the international space industry

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

The plastics polyethylene and polypropylene, which are used in shopping bags, bottles and food packaging, can be turned into the ingredients for detergents

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

A perfect storm of factors has led to huge racial disparities in maternal healthcare. In the USA, as abortion clinics continue to close, this inequity is projected to widen. In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American , we hear from leading academics unpacking the racism at the heart of the system. From the historical links between slavery and gynaecology to the systematic erasure of America’s Black midwives.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Perseids are a major meteor shower - here is your guide to spotting them during their peak on 12 and 13 August 2023

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Scientific American

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now joins other forecasters in projecting an above-average number of hurricanes will form across the Atlantic this year

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 10, 2023

Read the full story at Fast Company. Last year, even as the number of Amazon orders grew, the e-commerce giant managed to shrink its plastic footprint. The amount of single-use plastic that it used in shipping dropped by 11.6% from 2021 to 2022, the company said in a sustainability report this week. That meant eliminating … Continue reading Amazon is trying to shrink its single-use plastic.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

Objects called trajectoids can be 3D printed to match a path so they can roll down it forever – and simulating this could help model how the spin of quantum bits will change over time

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 10, 2023

Read the full story in Semiconductor Engineering. The chip industry is stepping up efforts to be seen as environmentally friendly, driven by growing pressure from customers and government regulations. Some manufacturers have been addressing sustainability challenges for more than a decade, but they are becoming more aggressive in their efforts, while others are joining them.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

An AI can detect what is being typed according to the sounds different keys make when being pressed on a keyboard

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 10, 2023

In Madison, Wisconsin, an adult education nonprofit is teaching the vagaries of a warming planet to aspiring Latino leaders, hoping they’ll go forth and educate. By Lydia Larsen MADISON, Wis.—As smoke from the Canadian wildfires crept down into Madison, Yyare Parra de Oliveira watched the air quality index as it moved into extremes most people in the area had never experienced before.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

Jane Friedman discovered that Amazon was selling five books under her name that she hadn't written, but rather seemed to be AI-generated impersonations

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 10, 2023

Read the full story in the Washington Post. The Biden administration has pledged to address deadly air pollution disparities in communities of color that resulted from historically racist policy decisions.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

The shipping industry has significantly reduced its sulphur emissions since 2020, and in doing so has inadvertently contributed slightly to global warming

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 10, 2023

Download the report. In X-Change: Electricity, RMI’s Kingsmill Bond, Sam Butler-Sloss, Amory Lovins, Laurens Speelman, and guest author Nigel Topping, former High Level Climate Champion, make the case that solar and wind generation are on an exponential path which will lead to disruption of the electricity sector this decade.

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New Scientist

AUGUST 10, 2023

The strict time limits China imposed on how long under-18s can spend playing video games had no effect on heavy gaming generally, according to a study of 7 billion hours of playing time

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NRDC

AUGUST 10, 2023

Inert anodes can play a key role in eliminating emissions from primary aluminum production.

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