Yale E360
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Major funding to finance forest conservation projects is set to be announced at the UN climate summit next week. But some environmentalists contend the LEAF program could exclude the Indigenous people who have long protected the forests that the initiative aims to save. Read more on E360 ?.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Working away in anonymity, a cadre of civil servants keeps the machinery of government working. There’s actually a monument in Reykjavík, Iceland to these public servants. It shows someone in a business suit carrying a briefcase — or more specifically, the lower half of the person, with the upper half replaced by a block of basalt. According to a local website , “the block of rock is a perfect metaphor for how everyday life crushes down on us, while at the same time depicting the narrative of t
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In response to higher natural gas prices, US utilities are going back to coal instead of ramping up investments in renewables.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 28, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. The government in the United Kingdom announces that water companies will have to prove they have reduced sewage overspills in the next five years. A new survey makes clear the impact climate change is having on migration in India. Hatch chile pepper farmers struggle to irrigate their crops as water scarcity worsens in New Mexico.
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.
Law and Environment
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The news about PFAS keeps piling up, and the trend is pretty clear – none of it is good for manufacturers and significant users. There were two important items this week. First, EPA published its human health toxicity assessment for “GenX chemicals,” also known as hexafluoropropylene oxide (“HFPO”) dimer acid (and don’t forget its ammonium salt!). EPA has pegged HFPO’s toxicity at 7-100 times higher than that of other PFAS compounds for which assessments already exist, such as PFBS, PFOA, and
Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Neutrino physics has rarely been straightforward, and many surprises – and four Nobel prizes – have emerged in the 90 years since the particle was first proposed. Now, it looks like the first results from the MicroBooNE neutrino detector at Fermilab in the US are keeping the faith with this tradition. A series of papers from the MicroBooNE collaboration suggest that mysterious signals seen in two other neutrino detectors are not the result of sterile neutrinos.
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Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
With the UN climate summit COP26 kicking off in Glasgow this weekend, the Physics World Weekly podcast is focussed on one thing: climate change. For the next two weeks, I will explore some of the ways that physical scientists are helping to tackle the climate crisis. In episode one I meet researchers who predict what will happen to the climate under different emissions scenarios.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Next year will see an important meeting to agree global biodiversity targets, but the UK says it won't be publishing key data on wildlife and habitats
Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Machine-learning algorithms can guide humans toward new experiments and theories. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Researchers who reanalysed ancient fossils say they come from a new group of hominins living in Africa around 600,000 years ago, and so deserve a new species name
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.
Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Contrast enhancement: In vivo CT images of abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice with and without GNPs. The images showed significantly higher CT attenuation values in the perivascular area (yellow arrows) in mice injected with GNPs. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/ Mol. Imaging Biol. 10.1007/s11307-021-01654-5). Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) show potential as CT contrast agents for imaging macrophages in areas of vascular inflammation, according to preclinical research from Japan.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
China is responsible for 27 per cent of global emissions, making its newly announced climate plan an important move ahead of the COP26 climate summit
Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Studies suggest that a reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision would be detrimental for many. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
We only had a skin-deep look at Jupiter before the Juno spacecraft began orbiting the planet in 2016 and the measurements the NASA mission has taken reveal unexpected information about its deep interior
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.
Environmental News Bits
OCTOBER 28, 2021
by Guangqing Chi, Penn State; Davin Holen, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Heather Randell, Penn State; Megan Mucioki, Penn State, and Rebecca Napolitano, Penn State America’s bridges are in rough shape. Of the nearly 620,000 bridges over roads, rivers and other waterways across the U.S., more than 43,500 of them, about 7%, are considered “structurally deficient.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 28, 2021
On October 28, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued its fifth Fall Foliage Report that gives a preview of next week’s leaf viewing. Alternating periods of cool to abnormally warm weather have slowed the stages of fall color transition, leading to an unexpected (but welcome) lengthening of peak conditions throughout a large part of the Commonwealth.
Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Climate change is flushing more sediment into the rivers that pour out of Asia’s high mountains. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Problems and symptoms For Larry Gladney, being a physicist means “there’s literally a universe of mystery mocking your ambition to understand how reality works” but burnout is neither inevitable nor equally distributed. (Courtesy: Larry Gladney). Three years ago I left the University of Pennsylvania, where I was dean of natural sciences, former chair of the department of physics and astronomy, and an endowed chair in that same department.
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Inhabitant
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The Guardian published an interesting opinion piece yesterday about who is really responsible for climate change. According to the progressive U.K. newspaper, the average person doesn’t need to feel so guilty about ruining the world.
Ocean Conservancy
OCTOBER 28, 2021
When it comes to a fish’s ability to be simultaneously majestic and athletic, none can quite compare to billfish. And while all the marlins, spearfish and swordfish on our blue planet are impressive in their own right, I’ve always thought there to be something truly mesmerizing about one billfish in particular: the sailfish ( Istiophorus ). See more wonderful ocean animals!
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
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Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In beetles—we are talking beetles—some of whom have learned, over millions of years of evolution, to dampen the stench of decay in order to help their young thrive. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Tatanka Iyotake, popularly known as Sitting Bull, is famed as a 19th century leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux people – and DNA strengthens the claim that he has living descendants
Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
It’s time to redirect your major focus to how we deal with the problem. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Blue Origin is one of a number of firms hoping to build a commercial space station, but it isn't clear any will be ready before the International Space Station reaches the end of its life
Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Researchers in China and Spain have succeeded in making a saser – the equivalent of a laser for sound waves – by adding a gain medium to artificial acoustic materials known as sonic crystals. The new saser could have applications in medical ultrasonics and non-destructive materials testing, among other areas. Gain media (also known as active media) are commonplace in optics and are a crucial part of lasers.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
By analysing images of giant pandas as a big cat would see them, biologists have discovered that a black and white coat is great for hiding in a forest, both in winter and in summer
Environmental Leader
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with science, recently launched the world-first Net-Zero Corporate Standard. The post Science Based Targets Initiative Launches the First Net-Zero Corporate Standard appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In 2019, YouTube altered its recommendation algorithm to stop promoting videos the company deemed harmful, which limited how much they were viewed even on other social media platforms
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 28, 2021
On October 28, the Delaware River Basin Commission posted draft changes to its Water Code regulating wastewater from high volume hydraulic fracking oil and gas drilling operations. The proposed regulations prohibit the discharge of wastewater from high volume fracking operations in the watershed and set criteria for the import and export of wastewater, although in both cases the practice is discouraged.
Physics World
OCTOBER 28, 2021
With the COP26 climate summit underway in Glasgow, Physics World Weekly is bringing you a two-part series on climate change. Last week’s episode explored how extreme heat will affect global health and the challenges faced by climate modellers. Today’s episode is focussed on climate solutions. First up I look at some of the latest developments in energy research – wind, solar, nuclear and energy storage.
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Truffles, the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, rely on mammals to eat them and spread their spores – and in Patagonia, it turns out birds help with dispersal too
Inhabitant
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Researchers are in a race against time to salvage Georgia peaches as global warming worsens. The fragile fruits are synonymous with Georgia, but that relationship may end if scientists don't find a workable solution soon. For a plant that relies on hundreds of chill hours to fruit, climate change can be devastating.
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