Real Climate
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
We have now updated the model-observations comparison page for the 2021 SAT and MSU TMT datasets. Mostly this is just ‘another dot on the graphs’ but we have made a couple of updates of note. First, we have updated the observational products to their latest versions (i.e. HadCRUT5, NOAA-STAR 4.1 etc.), though we are still using NOAA’s GlobalTemp v5 – the Interim version will be available later this year.
Yale E360
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Drought linked to climate change, along with overgrazing, is destroying the agave plants on which the Mexican long-nosed bat depends. Now, an initiative is trying to restore the balance between the agaves, the bats that feed on them, and the people who live on these lands. Read more on E360 ?.
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Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Wabtec estimates that the FLXdrive reduces a freight train’s total fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, particulate matter, and nitrogen oxides by at least 10%. The post Union Pacific To Purchase Ten Battery-Powered Locomotives from Wabtec appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
As we’ve seen during the Omicron wave and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines can play a powerful role in protecting people’s health and safety and slowing the spread of infectious disease. Unfortunately, the history of vaccination, like much of history of science today, focuses mostly on the accomplishments of white men, and largely ignores or […].
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.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
BMW is increasing its commitment to use green and recycled steel in its European manufacturing plants. The post BMW Increases Use of Green and Recycled Steel in Manufacturing appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Real Climate
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
February in Central Park. This month’s open thread on climate science issues. Please be constructive, non-abusive and on-topic. The post Unforced Variations: Feb 2022 first appeared on RealClimate.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Test your knowledge about warming and the Winter Olympics.
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
BMW is increasing its commitment to use green and recycled steel in its European manufacturing plants. The post BMW Increases Use of Green and Recycled Steel in Manufacturing appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Ocean Conservancy
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
What has eight arms, three hearts, uses camouflage and has a very confusing plural form? The octopus! . The English language can be quite puzzling at times. As a mother of two boys, we have LEGO tiles all over the house. And while there are hundreds of LEGO on the floor that I have to tiptoe around, please notice the plural of LEGO is still LEGO. Confusing?
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Wabtec estimates that the FLXdrive reduces a freight train’s total fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, particulate matter, and nitrogen oxides by at least 10%. The post Union Pacific To Purchase Ten Battery-Powered Locomotives from Wabtec appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
The collapse of the bridge near Frick Park in Pittsburgh is only the latest and most vivid example of the ‘Rob Peter To Pay Paul To Fund Mary’ infrastructure funding policies implemented by the people who now run the General Assembly. Diverting infrastructure funding meant for one purpose and running it through one or more other funds to finance other programs has been their Standing Operating Procedure to balance the state budget for more than a decade.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
How big does a quantum computer need to be to accomplish something useful? Physicists from the University of Sussex, UK recently set out to answer this question for two pragmatic computational tasks: breaking the encryption used in Bitcoin transactions and simulating the behaviour of an agriculturally important nitrogen-fixing molecule. By estimating the number of quantum bits, or qubits, that different types of quantum computers would need for each task, members of the team say their theoretica
Cool Green Science
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Healing through falconry, a field guide to habitats, cutthroat trout, caribou and more in the latest book review. The post Cool Green Winter Book Review 2022 appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
by Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods that swept through mountain towns in Europe and inundated subway systems in China and the U.S., to heat waves and wildfires.
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.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Astronomers in the US have found strong evidence that a merging pair of black holes with highly eccentric orbits has been seen by the LIGO–Virgo gravitational wave detectors. The team, led by Richard O’Shaughnessy at Rochester Institute of Technology, made the discovery after running an extensive series of simulations – which they used to recreate the gravitational waveforms originating from a merger that was spotted in 2019.
National Law Center
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: AMS, The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: February 1, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Solving hard problems: the quantum optimization challenge is the cover feature of the February 2022 issue of Physics World. Quantum computers are often touted as the solution to all our problems – be it curing disease, alleviating hunger or solving climate change. But there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding what these devices might actually be useful for in the near term.
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
A novel method of recycling such batteries could help meet skyrocketing demand. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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National Law Center
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Many agricultural producers borrow money to successfully run their operations. Typically, the lender requires the borrower to give a security interest. The post Lending for Livestock, Credit for Crops: Manner and Methods of a Collateral Sale appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Academy of Natural Sciences
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Q&A With David Scott Kessler, Curator and Filmmaker. The 1.1-million-acre New Jersey Pine Barrens represents the largest open space on the Eastern seaboard between Boston and Richmond and roughly 22% of the nation’s most densely populated state. Under the sandy soil lie 17 trillion gallons of pristine water in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, supplying 2 million people with drinking water.
The Applied Ecologist
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Koh Hasegawa and colleagues describe their latest research examining the geographic clines in Japanese chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Many animal and plant species show geographic clines which are often recognized as adaptations to the associated transitional environments. A well-known example is that the body size of bears increase in more northern regions.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
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Inside Climate News
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
New research finds coral refugia, where reefs are protected from global warming by cool local currents, are disappearing faster than expected. By Bob Berwyn In the race to save at least some remnants of the world’s coral reefs, a new study shows only one thing really matters—capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
The shift to early flowering in the UK is greater for smaller plants than trees and shrubs, and is related to warming temperatures in winter and spring over the past 70 years
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
The 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard analyzes the efforts of 100 major U.S. cities to make buildings and transportation more energy efficient and scale up the use of renewable energy—and do so equitably. It provides a comprehensive national measuring stick for climate progress in cities, from the leaders to those with ample room for progress.
Inside Climate News
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Insect and weed killers designed to replace compounds that cause neurodevelopmental problems in animals and people pose their own set of risks. By Liza Gross A new generation of pesticides promoted as safe alternatives to compounds shown to endanger the environment and public health are turning up in California streams at toxic levels, researchers with the U.S.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
A new optical biopsy technique could improve surgeons’ ability to identify early-stage cancer cells in the liver. Developed by a team at Orel State University in Russia, the approach incorporates a combination of spectroscopy and fluorescence measurements, which can be readily integrated with standard biopsy needles. Liver cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide.
Environment, Law, and History
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
The National Security Archive project recently posted "National Security and Climate Change: Behind the U.S. Pursuit of Military Exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol" , a collection of internal papers and accompanying detailed commentary. Burkely Hermann writes: Journalists and commentators have argued lobbying by the United States meant that the Kyoto Protocol gave militaries a large exemption from emissions targets and standards.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Genetically identical fruit flies raised in the same environment still learn at different rates, suggesting that random differences in brain development may have evolved to produce variation in a species
Environmental Leader
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
A study finds continuing implementation of 5G networks can significantly reduce carbon emissions across industries in the United States. The post 5G Connectivity Could Help Significantly Increase Energy Efficiency, Reduce Carbon Emissions in US appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Ratcheting up national commitments to lower greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to limiting global warming. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Public library of DNA sequences will allow botanists to track the complex evolutionary history of flowering plants in unprecedented detail
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
A genetic change that evolved from ancient wolves can help make dogs giant or small. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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