After COP26 – Wasted Time or Time Well-Spent?
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
People blocking progress need to get out of the way.
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No country has met welfare goals in past 30 years ‘without putting planet at risk’
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
No country has managed to meet the basic social needs of its population in the past 30 years without putting undue pressure on the Earth’s supply of natural resources, according to a study. Read more on E360 ?.
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The Stream, November 24, 2021: Industrial Fisheries Are Costing Millions of Africans Their Jobs
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. The U. S. Supreme Court denies claims that Tennessee is taking Mississippi water from a shared aquifer. Industrial fisheries ran by international corporations are threatening the livelihoods of millions of Africans. One of Britain’s largest water utilities announces it will meet water quality targets in nine years. Bamboo could protect Ugandans from floods.
Robotic exosuit uses ultrasound imaging to provide personalized walking assistance
Physics World
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Wearable robotic systems have great potential for assisting locomotion during clinical rehabilitation, as well as use in recreation and to ease demanding occupational tasks. Walking patterns, however, vary according to a person’s age, height and physiology, may be affected by neural or muscular disorders, and change in different environments. As such, there’s a need for wearable robotics that can customize walking assistance to each user and task.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Red light therapy could improve eyesight that has declined due to age
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Exposure to deep red or near-infrared light can improve the function of the eye’s mitochondria, the powerhouses in cells, resulting in slight but lasting improvement to declining eyesight
Albatross 'Divorce' Rate Rises as the Ocean Warms
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Monogamous black-browed albatross may split up from the stress of less food availability. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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When Did Life Start in the Universe?
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Interstellar xenia, or the welcoming of cosmic strangers, could solve this mystery. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
California fires killed nearly 20 percent of the world's Sequoias
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Wildfires in California over the past five years have claimed nearly 20% of the world's largest Sequoias. Frequent fires in the Sequoia National Park and the surrounding forests have claimed a third of groves in California.
Physical Activity Could Be an Evolutionary Adaptation for Grandparenting
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
It may force energy shifts to repair and maintenance, which could slow aging and make us more available to care for younger generations. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Black lava from this bizarre volcano could reveal Earth's deep secrets
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Tanzania's Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only volcano known to spew out carbonatite lava, which could offer fresh clues about Earth's mysterious mantle – but getting hold of a sample is no simple matter
Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation
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.
We Need School-Age Vaccine Mandates to End the COVID Pandemic
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Vaccine refusal by parents is not about a lack of education, but amassing social status. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
How to slash the shipping industry's enormous carbon emissions
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The climate crisis means we must urgently cut the huge emissions from sea transport.
Sharing is caring: open hardware has global impact
Physics World
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The open hardware movement advocates the sharing of designs for material objects. For the global science community it means people can access instructions to 3D print increasingly sophisticated tools. Just as importantly, the movement is decentralizing knowledge and giving users the ability to customize scientific equipment then repair it when things go wrong.
Why the oil industry’s pivot to carbon capture and storage – while it keeps on drilling – isn’t a climate change solution
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
by June Sekera, The New School and Neva Goodwin, Tufts University After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a new strategy: presenting itself as the source of solutions. This repositioning includes rebranding itself as a “carbon management industry.
Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations
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.
Opinion: COP26 and the paradox of last chances
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
By Jeremy Williams. It’s been a popular refrain in the run-up to the Glasgow climate talks: this is the last chance to prevent catastrophic climate change. Boris Johnson told his audience it was “one minute to midnight”. John Kerry says it’s our “last best hope.” My personal favourite is Prince Charles , who said “literally, it is the last chance saloon” – though I went to Glasgow and can confidently report that COP26 is not literally a saloon of any kind.
More than 20 ill after officials failed to warn about sewage-contaminated oysters
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Read the full story in The Hill. More than 20 people fell ill after Maryland officials failed to warn residents about oysters that were contaminated by raw sewage. Between Oct. 28 and Oct. 30, heavy rain sent 25,000 gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, contaminating oysters in the water, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Atlantic Ocean water began warming the Arctic as early as 1907
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A sediment core from Svalbard has revealed a sudden influx of warm water in the Arctic in 1907, which is evidence of a process that is spurring ice loss
Climate Adaptation Scientists of Tomorrow Program
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Apply by December 20. To advance climate adaptation science and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields, the Climate Adaptation Scientists of Tomorrow Program brings undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty together with CASC partners to cultivate the next generation of climate scientists.
Sustainability at Retail
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Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.
Break the Internet review: How influencers will take over the world
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Don’t be too quick to write off influencers as vacuous kids, they are much more important than that, writes Olivia Yallop in her book Break the Internet: In pursuit of influence
Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 24, 2021
National Law Center
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. Judicial: Food. The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: November 24, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Probiotics may prevent bacterial infection of the blood in mice
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Feeding mice a probiotic of harmless bacteria helps prevent harmful microbes entering the blood where they could build up and potentially cause a condition called sepsis
100-year-old railway yard turned into a green space
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Parco Romana is an urban-scale redevelopment project in Milan’s Porta Romana district. The international team behind it includes OUTCOMIST, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, PLP Architecture, Carlo Ratti Associati and Arup.
The visionary university solving problems that don’t exist yet
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
How PR-person logic is challenging the notion of time, plus motion-detecting toilets and “interactive sonification of sexual arousal”, in Feedback’s weekly round-up
Virtual pavilion looks into the future of sustainable design
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The built environment is responsible for consuming over one-third of global energy and produces 40% of the world's energy-related carbon emissions. To highlight the impact of sustainable design for local and global contexts, the Visualization and VR team at AECOM, in collaboration with exhibition designers at Install Archive, designed a virtual pavilion called Build Better Now for COP26.
What can we can learn from being the last type of human left standing?
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Compassion and sociability helped Homo sapiens survive climatic changes that wiped out other types of humans. Will those skills be enough to survive another bout of climate change?
Northeast States Abandon Cap-and-Trade Plan for Cars
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The demise of the program is the latest setback for carbon pricing in the U.S. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Magnificent photos from the sharp end of historical adventure
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Epic expeditions ranging from the ceiling of the world to the frozen poles are captured in glorious photographs in Light and Shadows, an exhibition on now at the Royal Geographical Society
Thanksgiving and the Myth of Native American 'Savages'
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Prominent scientists exaggerate the violence of Native Americans, whom European invaders ravaged. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
North American monsoon triggered by air currents over Mexico mountains
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The monsoon that hits Mexico and the south-western US every year appears to be triggered by a jet stream over the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range
Tom Ford launches new plastic film alternative competition
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
In a world shifting focus towards more sustainable products, research and development is crucial in order to find viable alternatives to plastic. Innovation can come from surprising sources when it’s flushed out with the proper support.
Lab-made diamond's unique structure allows it to tolerate extreme heat
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A new form of diamond created by crushing buckyballs is as strong as natural diamond and better able to withstand heat
Earth911 Podcast: Budderfly Delivers Energy-Efficiency-as-a-Service for Business
Earth 911
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
The cost of energy-efficient upgrades prevents many businesses from reducing their environmental impacts. We talk. The post Earth911 Podcast: Budderfly Delivers Energy-Efficiency-as-a-Service for Business appeared first on Earth911.
Physicists have created a new type of diamond by crushing buckyballs
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A new form of diamond created in the lab is as strong as natural diamond and better able to withstand heat
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