Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 8, 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. At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year. That deadline is eight years earlier than the original goal of 2030. EuroNews reports that biodiversity advocates are praising the move.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
As the second week gets under way, how is the Glasgow climate conference going? How is the planet faring? Is it on target for capping warming at 2.7 degrees C (4.9 degrees F) by later this century? Or are we headed for 2.2 degrees C or 1.8 degrees C? Or is it still a doomsday 4 degrees C (7.2 degrees F) or more? All those numbers have been in circulation in recent days.
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Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
While climate adaptation planning is more widespread than ever, the U.N. says the gap between current spending and needed funding is enormous, and widening. Floodwaters submerge a road sign in Davenport, Iowa. Photo © Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash. T here is a huge gulf between what communities are spending to prepare for climate change and what they ought to spend, a new U.N. report found.
Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The State and eNGOs seek to defend an emissions rule that trucking and airline trade groups are challenging in federal court. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Jennifer Garlock. On October 13, 2021, the State of California, on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General and the California Air Resources Board (CARB, and together, the State), filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD or the District) adoption of Rule 2305.
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
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Without human action, extreme fire seasons and their global impacts will persist.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A team led by physicists at the University of Nottingham, UK has created a 3D-printed magneto-optical trap (MOT) capable of holding more than 2 × 10 8 rubidium atoms at temperatures a fraction of a degree above absolute zero. The demonstration shows that 3D printing, which is more formally referred to as additive manufacturing (AM), can meet the demands of highly precise cold-atom experiments, potentially paving the way for portable quantum devices based on this technology.
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Frontiers
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer. Image: SciePro/Shutterstock.com. Future planetary colonists will experience isolation like no other group in human history, which is why scientists on Earth are attempting to see how we communicate in the most extreme situations. In a paper published with Frontiers, researchers in Russia observed volunteers in isolation attempting to replicate life in deep space to see how it would impact their mood and communication styles.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
When things go wrong, flexible moral intuitions cause us to judge computers more severely. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Infrastructure experts in the San Francisco Bay Area have begun replacing impermeable roads and stormwater drains with water gardens and restored marshlands. By Elena Shao As an environmental officer in Samoa, Violet Wulf-Saena worked with the Lano and Saoluafata Indigenous peoples to restore coastline mangrove ecosystems that could slow incoming waves and protect communities from storm and flood damage.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Silk has been modified through the addition of nanoparticles to reflect 95 per cent of sunlight, which means the material stays extra cool on a hot day
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
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
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Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
OpenET uses best available science to provide easily accessible satellite-based estimates of evapotranspiration (ET) for improved water management across the western United States. Using the Data Explorer, users can explore ET data at the field scale for millions of individual fields or at the original quarter-acre resolution of the satellite data.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A forgotten idea of Albert Einstein’s might be the saviour of cosmology, plus the great man’s (vain) quest to undermine quantum weirdness and the question of why the universe looks “just right” for our existence
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
by Sonja Klinsky, Arizona State University Climate change has hit home around the world in 2021 with record heat waves, droughts, wildfires and extreme storms. Often, the people suffering most from the effects of climate change are those who have done the least to cause it.
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.
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer. Image credit: By Stefan_Sutka / Shutterstock.com. Mice who inhale CO2 within hours after forming a new fearful memory show more distress when subsequently prompted to retrieve the memory. This memory-strengthening effect of CO2 requires a functional ASIC1A gene in the mouse brain. The effect is time-dependent, unique to CO2, and specific to only certain types of memories, such as fearful sound cues or environmental contexts.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
by Sula E Vanderplank, San Diego State University The San Pedro River winds from rainforests in Guatemala through the Yucatan Peninsula in eastern Mexico. There, this peaceful river widens into a series of slow-flowing lakes.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 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
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The Conservation Voters of PA will host A Conversation With Adam Waterbear DePaul Of The Lenape Nation Of PA - The Original Stewards Of The Lenapehoking webinar on November 17 from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Join the conversation with Adam Waterbear DePaul, a member of Tribal Council and Storykeeper of the Lenape Nation of PA , who will provide an overview of the history of the Lenape people, discuss the Lenape's pathway to state recognition, and also talk about how conservation and environmental steward
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
More than half a billion years ago, tiny penis worms had learned to protect themselves by grabbing and living inside snail-like shells, like hermit crabs do today
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Nations have promised to end deforestation, curb methane emissions and stop public investment in coal power. Researchers warn that the real work of COP26 is yet to come. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua might pass through our solar system in such high numbers that one could have acted as a seed around which Earth grew
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A team of professionals, including architects, designers and construction contractors, have been selected by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to redesign and develop the East Harlem Multi-Service Center. Located on 413 East 120th St., the historic school building will be redesigned to become a multi-purpose community center.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Consensus on the text of the final COP26 agreement has been hard to come by so far, and former US president Barack Obama today encouraged negotiators to take partial victories
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6 million grant to build one of the largest electric vehicle fleet charging systems in the United States. The system will be fully powered by a solar and storage microgrid.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
This form of recall may control immune responses beyond the central nervous system. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
National Law Center
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
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: November 8, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A new podcast is on a mission to retrieve unsung women scientists from oblivion. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Environmental Leader
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Bloom Energy today announced a one-megawatt (MW) fuel cell deployment at Bar 20 Dairy Farms in Kerman, California to efficiently produce on-site, renewable electricity from dairy cow manure. The post How Bloom Energy Plans to Produce Renewable Energy from Cow Manure appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
On November 8, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee announced a meeting on November 10 to consider three bills-- -- Air Quality Advisory Committee: Senate Bill 301 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) eliminating appointment of DEP’s Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee members by the Governor and changing it to appointments made by the House, Senate and the Governor.
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
From a distance, you would think that The Line — a recently completed residential high-rise building in Amsterdam — is a moored ship. On the IJ Waterway at the heart of Amsterdam's Overhoeks district, The Line embodies sociable, sustainable design.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Earth observation satellites have detected leaks of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, in the US, Algeria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Read the full story at Food Manufacture. Peter Worsey, Sector Specialist in Food & Drink at WRAP, talks about the ways in which manufacturers and retailers can collaborate to improve their current performance and continue reducing food waste and surplus in the UK.
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Goodbye slaughterhouses, hello humane future. UPSIDE Foods just opened a major production facility to produce lab-grown meat.
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