Wed.Nov 08, 2023

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Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?

Yale E360

California’s ancient sequoias — some of which have stood more than 1,000 years — are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. But federal efforts to thin forests to reduce fire risks are drawing pushback from conservation groups.

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Diversity in Science Includes Cultural Dress

Scientific American

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Deforestation in Colombia Down 70 Percent So Far This Year

Yale E360

Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon is down 70 percent, year on year, through the first nine months of 2023, the government estimates.

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A second big bang? The radical idea rewriting dark matter’s origins

New Scientist

The enduring mystery of dark matter has led some physicists to propose that it was forged in a distinct moment of cosmic creation, potentially transforming our view of the early universe

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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.

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How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect Your Health?

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible

New Scientist

The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and it is more than 11 billion years old

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A type of vitamin B3 might treat chronic pain related to inflammation

New Scientist

Chronic pain can outlast inflammation, the usual driver of pain in the body – a study in mice suggests a vitamin supplement could help relieve it

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People Pay Attention Better Today Than 30 Years Ago--Really.

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Why we need to bring stellar astrophysics into the real world

New Scientist

Explaining the structure and evolution of stars may seem as esoteric as can be, but there are many applications for this knowledge in our day-to-day lives, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Nature Retracts Controversial Room-Temperature Superconductor Study

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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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.

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Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Submits Amicus Brief on Climate and Human Rights to Inter-American Court

Law Columbia

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Submits Amicus Brief on Climate and Human Rights to Inter-American Court On Friday, November 3, 2023, the Sabin Center submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of the Request for Advisory Opinion on climate law, human rights, and climate science. This submission responds to the Request for Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Chile, focusing on the intersection of the clima

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When to see Venus disappear behind the moon for its lunar occultation

New Scientist

Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November in Europe, western Russia and some of northern Africa – here’s how to watch it happen

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National Scorecard Says Illinois Can Do Better on Transportation

NRDC

A new scorecard from NRDC shows that Illinois is trailing behind its neighbors in building a clean and equitable transportation system.

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Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

New Scientist

A team aiming to produce the first complex cell with an entirely synthetic genome has created a strain of yeast with half of its chromosomes designed from scratch

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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.

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Now Is the Time to Get Transportation Right

NRDC

With record amounts of federal funding for transportation projects underway, a new NRDC scorecard ranks the states on their transportation priorities.

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The Future review: Doom is booming in a wild tale with a major twist

New Scientist

This science fiction novel shows that its author, Naomi Alderman, is well up to the tough job of satirising end-stage capitalism – and swerving an obvious ending, says Sally Adee

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Colorado: A National Leader in Transportation and Climate

NRDC

New analysis shows Colorado’s remarkable clean transportation progress—and a need for greater transit investment

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Our sketchy understanding of the big bang is ripe for reimagining

New Scientist

Cosmologists have come to see the early universe as a whole series of transformations, or phase transitions, opening the door to intriguing possibilities for what really happened during the big bang

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Sustainability at Retail

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.

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Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine?

Scientific American

Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

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Atom-by-atom recordings track what happens after substances dissolve

New Scientist

Solvation is the complicated process through which a dissolved substance like salt interacts with a solvent like water – and we are closer to understanding how it unfolds at the atomic level

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North Carolina Needs to Live Up to its Transportation Commitments

NRDC

NRDC's recently published scorecard shows some of the progress being made in the state, but also highlights the significant work that remains to be done.

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The cannabis of the future might not come from plants

New Scientist

We can now synthesise THC, CBD and other cannabinoids in bioreactors – these could be used to make new therapeutic compounds with a lower environmental cost

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DCNR Blog: Who Will Plant All Those Trees? Expanding Our Conservation Workforce; PA Outdoor Corps Accepting Applications

PA Environment Daily

Restoring forests and converting lawns along streams and in communities are some of the most important things we can do to improve water quality, support wildlife habitat, and give communities and families spaces to connect to nature. Pennsylvania has ambitious goals for: -- Planting 95,000 acres of streamside buffers statewide -- Converting 10,000 acres of lawn to meadows or forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed -- Planting millions of trees in communities Who’s digging all those holes, plant

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Just 3.5 minutes of intense activity a day may keep your heart healthy

New Scientist

A few minutes a day of intense physical activity, which can come from everyday chores, is linked with a lower rate of heart attacks, particularly in female non-exercisers

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PA American Water Partners With Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Plant 2,500 Trees To Recognize Customers' Switching To Paperless Billing

PA Environment Daily

On November 8, following a highly successful month-long paperless billing customer enrollment campaign, Pennsylvania American Water recently donated $24,000 to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership. This August, in recognition of Water Quality Month, the company committed to donate $12 for every customer who switched from paper to electronic bills during the month, up to 2,000 customers.

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When to see Venus disappear behind the moon this Thursday

New Scientist

Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November in Europe, western Russia and some of northern Africa – here’s how to watch it happen

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Why are Oarfish Known as Doomsday Fish?

Ocean Conservancy

Throughout our ocean, there are some marine species that are so massive or unique looking that they just might explain ancient legends of sea monsters. The giant oarfish ( Regalecus glesne ) is a quintessential example of just that. This strikingly large, odd-looking fish is known for its distinctively long, ribbon-shaped body that enables the species to float inconspicuously throughout the water column.

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Rainforest loss in South-East Asia could extend El Niño and La Niña

New Scientist

Climate models suggest that deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia will cause feedback loops that contribute to longer El Niño and La Niña events, bringing more extreme impacts around the world

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'Dinky' Asteroid Is Three Space Rocks, Not Two, NASA Flyby Finds

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red matter’ study

New Scientist

Nature has retracted the scientific paper that claimed earlier this year that the wonder material known as “red matter” was the world’s first room-temperature superconductor

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National Clean Energy Week Recap

Cresforum

Armchair Discussion: Grid Deployment Office During the 2023 National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium , American Electric Power Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs Emily Duncan sat down with Maria Duaime Robinson , Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Deployment Office , for an armchair discussion on ongoing efforts to modernize the grid and increase resiliency.

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Blood tests for Alzheimer’s may be rolled out within five years

New Scientist

The prediction stems from a project to translate tests currently used in research into aids for routine diagnosis in hospitals

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Registration Open For Rivers Conservation Fly Fishing Youth Camp, June 16-21 At Messiah University

PA Environment Daily

The 2024 Rivers Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp is now accepting applications for their June 16-21 program at Messiah University in Cumberland County. The Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting the 29th Rivers Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp for boys and girls between 14 and 17. If you would like to have fun, work hard, and engage in a unique experience, get your application in early.