Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Canada, an Indigenous community is celebrating the arrival of clean drinking water. For the first time in 24 years, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation has water that meets national standards. Shoal Lake 40 is on the Ontario-Manitoba border.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
I have written before about the importance of taking action quickly to reduce and eliminate methane emissions, including here. On Friday, the US and EU announced a Global Methane Pledge, which the UK and others immediately joined. The Pledge received limited press coverage, but it is an important step that will lead to real action, particularly if more nations join the Pledge in the run-up to COP 26 in November.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Climate Resilience Analyst Shana Udvardy examines part of the budget reconciliation bill that would help bolster our flood resilience in the United States. Here are three reasons why it should pass.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Rising gas prices mean the UK is facing a difficult winter and some people are keen to point the blame at the shift to renewables – but relying on fossil fuels will always lead to cyclical crises
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
A UCS team looked closely at an industrial fire's health effects on a fenceline community.
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Construction will soon be starting on the world’s first national laboratory to be dedicated to quantum computing. With funding of £93m over the next five years, the primary objective of the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) is to accelerate the scale-up and exploitation of practical quantum computers. The NQCC will be built in Harwell, Oxfordshire, alongside several other top-tier scientific facilities operated by the Science and Facilities Technology Council (STFC), and
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Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Quantum mechanics inspires us to speculate that interactions between entities, not entities in themselves, are fundamental to reality. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Publishing industry veteran and a former chief executive officer of MDPI, Dr. Franck Vazquez, has been appointed to lead Frontiers’ strategic partnerships. Dr. Vazquez will spearhead the direction of Frontiers’ global partnership program, enabling growth into new communities, markets, and regions. He brings considerable experience of successful leadership and strategic business development to the role, as well as a resolute commitment to open science and open access publishing.
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
A new “time lens” that can magnify the difference in arrival times between individual photons within an ultra-short pulse has been developed by researchers in the US. Using an advanced optical setup, Shu-Wei Huang and colleagues at the University of Colorado, Boulder, showed how the arrival times of individual photons within a femtosecond-length pulse could be stretched out while retaining the quantum information that they carry.
PBS Nature
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
An osprey soars over a small saltmarsh at the delta of the Connecticut River. From somewhere along the east coast of South America, he has just flown 4,000 miles to the place that is imprinted on his memory since birth, the saltmarsh where he will rejoin his mate. Witness their reunion in Season of the Osprey , premiering nationwide Wednesday, October 27 at 8 p.m.
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.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Standard remedies offer little relief for the itchy rash caused by the plant, but researchers have found promising clues in the immune system. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
By Peter Rejcek, science writer. Image credit: Ricardo Canino / Shutterstock. More than 80 cultures still use whistled language to communicate over long distances by simplifying words, syllable by syllable, into whistled melodies. Researchers trying to decode how bottlenose dolphins, highly social mammals with the second largest brain relative to their body size after humans, communicate are leveraging insights from studies looking at how human whistled speech is structured and organized.
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The British Nobel-prize-winning astronomer Antony Hewish has died at the age of 97. He was awarded one half of the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics for his research in radio astrophysics and his “decisive role in the discovery of pulsars”. He shared the other half with Martin Ryle who bagged the award for the invention of the “aperture synthesis” – a type of interferometry that mixes signals from a collection of telescopes to produce images having the same angular resolution as an instrument the siz
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
There are times when critically ill patients must wait for beds, and some facilities have contingency plans to limit scarce supplies to certain patients. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
People who have had a stroke are generally given physiotherapy for around a month, but those who received extra treatment saw improved physical ability, against the received wisdom that only early intervention helps
Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
by Kerry Rippy (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-growing U.S. energy source through 2050. However, it’s still relatively expensive to store energy.
Inhabitant
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Are you mechanically inclined? Do you enjoy climbing tall ladders and yearn to join the green economy? If so, consider retraining and switching to the fastest-growing job in the U.S. — wind turbine technician.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
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A Greener Life
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The Orca direct air carbon capture plant. Photo credit: Climeworks. By Anders Lorenzen. Swiss company Climeworks has opened the world’s largest plant that will directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere. Named Orca, the plant is based in Iceland so that it can tap into the island’s geothermal renewable energy sources. . Climeworks says that Orca is the world’s first and largest climate-positive direct air carbon capture and storage plant.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Five planetary nurseries have been chemically mapped in the most detail ever, showing hints of unexpected variety and high concentrations of the chemicals required for life
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Penn State Extension is hosting a free October 12 webinar on the Benefits And Challenges Of Lawn Conversion, Native Landscaping For Landowners, Local Officials from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Speakers will provide firsthand knowledge from their experiences in designing, installing, planning for, and regulating sustainable landscaping. Participants will also learn about new programs being developed to help with outreach, funding, and technical assistance for lawn conversion projects.
Cool Green Science
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Twenty years of conservation writing, and a creek runs through it. The post Moose in the Morning: 20 Years of Silver Creek appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
By inserting some genes and knocking down others, scientists solved a core problem in synthetic biology. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
National Law Center
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: USDA, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: September 20, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
By aiming at specific genes or cells, researchers can boost effectiveness and reduce side effects. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Inhabitant
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The world will face catastrophic weather events unless governments take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions. This is according to a new report released by the United Nation last Friday. The report reviewed all the commitments submitted by the Paris Climate accord signatories and found that the globe would experience a 16% rise in greenhouse gasses by 2030 compared to 2010 levels.Scientists have warned that the world would be inhabitable if governments will not stop greenhouse gas emissions and
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Chief among them are convincing other countries to sign on and putting specific policies in place. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Quantum computers can simulate quantum circuits, which helps to speed up the design of new quantum processors
Inhabitant
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
All over the world, unique projects are being developed to mitigate carbon emissions. One such project comes from Anders Berensson Architects in Sweden. The firm's bold proposal is for Bank of Norrland, the world's largest timber structure.
Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Read the full story at Centered. Skokie, Illinois-based chemistry design startup NuMat Technologies announced a new partnership with Japanese chemical company Sumitomo Chemical to develop more energy-efficient and cost-effective chemical separation technologies.
Earth 911
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Recyclops founder Ryan Smith has a vision for locally grown recycling services. The company’s Uber-like. The post Earth911 Podcast: Reinventing Community Recycling With Recyclops’ Ryan Smith appeared first on Earth911.
Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Read the full story in the New York Times. Hurricane Ida, which struck the Louisiana coast on Sunday with winds of 150 miles an hour, gained power faster more than most storms. Because of climate change, such rapid strengthening is happening more often as hurricanes pick up more energy from ocean water that is warmer than before.
Environmental Leader
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Entergy New Orleans through its Energy Smart Program has launched the Hurricane Ida Recovery Fund to help its small businesses, commercial and industrial customers cover up to 100% of the cost for new and sustainable energy projects as they recover from the natural disaster. Those eligible for the program must. Read more ». The post Entergy Program Encourages Sustainable Energy Rebuild in Wake of Hurricane Ida appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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