Yale E360
APRIL 20, 2021
Ending the use of fossil fuels to heat homes and buildings is a key challenge for cities hoping to achieve net-zero emissions. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where technical and financial hurdles and a reluctant gas company stand in the way of decarbonization. Read more on E360 ?.
Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 20, 2021
There is a lot of “buzz” this spring about periodical cicadas, using scary terms like “billions” and “invasion.” But these are insects that have always occurred here, at least for hundreds of thousands of years, and are one of our special natural phenomenon. Each individual cicada is older than nearly all children alive in Philadelphia right now – yes, an insect that is 17 years old!
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Yale E360
APRIL 20, 2021
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are projected to increase by 1.5 billion tons this year , the second-largest increase in history, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2021
Researchers at the laboratory Physics for Medicine Paris have performed the first microscopic mapping of the vascular network in the human brain. The team used transcranial ultrafast ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) of intravenously injected microbubbles to capture intracranial blood flow dynamics with a resolution of around 25 µm. This breakthrough in ULM technology, described in Nature Biomedical Engineering , may help expand the fundamental understanding of brain haemodynamics and she
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.
Environmental Law Centre
APRIL 20, 2021
ELC’s Written Submission on the Coal Policy The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) is Alberta’s oldest public interest environmental law organization and believes that law. The post ELC Submission on the Coal Policy appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2021
The measured domain pattern of the “incommensurate spin crystal” phase. Credit: University of Warwick. Scientists searching for magnetic skyrmions – quasiparticles with a vortex-like structure – have instead stumbled upon something even more unusual. The researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, say the object they call an “incommensurate spin crystal” resembles a skyrmion hidden in an ultrathin film with ferroelectric and ferromagnetic layers, and could be used to make storage b
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Physics World
APRIL 20, 2021
NASA are preparing a second test flight of their Ingenuity rotorcraft as early as Thursday following a successful vertical lift-off and landing yesterday. The second flight will aim to reach an altitude of 5 m, then fly laterally about 2 m, come back 2 m before landing softly in the same spot. What is discovered over the next few weeks of test flights will help planetary scientists and engineers plan for future missions to Mars and other planets — including the Dragonfly rotorcraft that will hea
Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 20, 2021
When will we start to see the 17-year cicadas emerging from underground in the Philadelphia region? Academy Entomology Curator Jon Gelhaus tells us what to expect in Part 2 of Brood X Cicadas, and he can’t wait to see and hear the big show. To read Part 1, visit this link. How many do you estimate will emerge? If you are in an area with periodical cicadas, you will know it.
Earthava
APRIL 20, 2021
If we consider a home in an undeveloped region with no access to the electricity grid, solar panels are worth of million smiles with a sense of development and upbringing. For developed regions, solar panels are a sign of positive climate action and sustainability. But still! Are Solar Panels Worth It? The demand for energy everywhere on the planet is rising from the time humans started using wood fuel as an energy source for many purposes.
PBS Nature
APRIL 20, 2021
African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier. But, can elephants cooperate to solve a puzzle? How good are they at understanding themselves and their place in the savannah? What does an elephant really know?
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.
Nanotech
APRIL 20, 2021
The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) has published a March 2021 position paper, A changing regulatory landscape and language for the nanoscale , that examines the transition from “nanomaterial” to “nanoforms” to reflect better the differences in nanomaterial properties both in relation to bulk counterparts and to nanoforms of the same substance.
Physics World
APRIL 20, 2021
It’s the late 1990s deep inside an underground data room at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. The committee that awards beam time at the lab’s heavy-ion accelerator has approved an experiment in which we’ll fire a beam of uranium at a tungsten target. One of us ( Philip Walker ) and his PhD student Carl Wheldon have flown over from the University of Surrey in the UK to do the work.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
Click to download testimony. Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce For a hearing on “Power Struggle: Examining the 2021 Texas Grid Failure” Written statement submitted by: Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President Environmental Progress 2569 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 March 24, 2021 Good morning Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Rodgers, Chairperson DeGette of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations DeGette, and members
Law Columbia
APRIL 20, 2021
By Hillary Aidun. On January 20 of this year we launched the Climate Reregulation Tracker to follow the Biden-Harris administration’s progress in undoing its predecessor’s assault on climate change policy by reinstating, expanding and building upon previous climate actions. Three months into the new administration, what has been accomplished so far?
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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