Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Yesterday, China and the US announced a “Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s” ( En / Ch ) What to make of it? The short answer is that it only offers slight forward progress on climate action. Increased climate ambition from China and US in the short-term remains the critical metric and in this regard the agreement does not make much of a breakthrough.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
A global initiative to protect 30 percent of the earth’s land and oceans by 2030 is gaining momentum. But scientists warn that as the world warms, many conservation areas will become less and less suited to the types of species and ecosystems they were intended to protect. Read more on E360 ?.
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Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
This pond at Mary Beth Doyle Park in Ann Arbor is one of a series of retention basins that slow the rush of water and allow the stuff washed from parking lots and streets to settle out before the water goes into the Huron River. Photo © Lester Graham, Michigan Radio. Lester Graham, Michigan Radio, – November 11, 2021. [link]. In areas where floods were once rare, now some neighborhoods are flooding repeatedly.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Delegates in Glasgow are applauding a joint statement from the United States and China delegations made on Wednesday evening that they believe can galvanize countries to up their game in the final hours of the conference. The “joint declaration on enhancing climate action in the 2020s” puts to one side the two countries’ mid-century commitments to net-zero emissions and instead focuses on the near-term action needed to drag down emissions during this decade.
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.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Someone asked me recently what I thought law schools should be teaching about climate change. Naturally, my first reaction is that everyone everywhere needs to put climate change at the top of their agenda. As usually happens, when I got past that gut reaction, things got more complicated. There are many important societal issues that don’t get high priority in law school, such as the availability of health care or public health law.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. The chief executive at WaterAid says water isn’t getting enough attention from world leaders at COP26. Last week, youth activists from around the globe took part in a climate march outside conference centers in Glasgow. Life has been upended for villagers in the remote South Sudanese region of Panyaghor because of ongoing flooding.
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Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The American Physical Society’s new policy is a shift from its 2015 statement, which called the magnitude of future climate impacts “uncertain” and referred to “significant” natural sources of warming. By Marianne Lavelle Six years ago, the nation’s largest organization of physicists released a policy statement on climate change that hedged on both the causes and potential impacts of global warming.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The laws of physics have been helping to keep sensitive information secret for well over a decade, with banks and other organizations using quantum cryptography to carry out very secure communications. But new research shows that special relativity can also be exploited to guarantee secrecy. Scientists in Canada and Switzerland have shown that someone can prove their identity without having to provide a personal identification number (PIN) or other information that could potentially be stolen by
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The surprising find has never shown up in nature before, and reveals secrets about Earth’s mantle. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Today, around 30% of all the world’s data is healthcare data, with hospitals generating 50 petabytes of data each year. And by 2025, healthcare data is predicted to be growing at the highest rate of any industry. As such, it comes as no surprise that graphics processing unit (GPU) specialist NVIDIA is developing a host of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and tools designed to transform healthcare AI.
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.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Longevity research often focuses on short-lived lab animals like mice – but a study of long-lived rockfish might offer new genetic clues for extending lifespans
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The GIANT Company recently announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation to power its Pennsylvania operations including select stores, fuel stations and perishable distribution centers with renewable energy. Backed by The GIANT Company’s commitment, Constellation has entered into separate long-term power purchase agreements to procure a total of 80 megawatts of renewable energy.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Our first guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the physicist Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, who is chief executive officer of Nu Quantum. The UK-based company spun-out from the from the University of Cambridge in 2018 and Palacios-Berraquero explains how the firm’s single-photon sources and detectors are used in quantum technologies.
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
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
A self-assembling gel that stimulates nerve regeneration has shown promise as a treatment for paralysis in mice
National Law Center
NOVEMBER 11, 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 11, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Ceasing contact with a partner abruptly is considered more acceptable by people with the personality traits of Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, at least in short-term relationships
Physics World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
You don’t win a Nobel prize by playing it safe. Indeed, physicists who win Nobel prizes often go on to gain additional notoriety for work that is very different from their prize-winning research. This video introduces the colourful careers of two such academics: Luis Walter Alvarez and Brian Josephson. To discover the stories of other physics laureates take a look at the article ‘ Life beyond the Nobel ’, the cover story from the November issue of Physics World.
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Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
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Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Last week, the federal government showed some much-needed climate leadership at COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Joining an ever growing list of countries from around the world, Canada pledged to end public financing for overseas fossil-fuel projects in 2022 and instead prioritize the clean energy transition. This is a big deal.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
by Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University President Joe Biden’s new climate strategy, announced after his original plan crumbled under opposition in Congress, will represent a historic investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure if it is enacted. But it is still not likely to be enough to meet the administration’s emissions reduction goals for 2030.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
This year is unlikely to see as many severe cases as last year, but relaxed restrictions and a patchwork of vaccination could still mean trouble, experts warn. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
In Glasgow, much attention has been paid to the COP26 climate summit but an alternative meeting called the People’s Summit brings together environmental activists and campaigners
Inhabitant
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Australia's policies in response to climate change have been ranked last according to an assessment released during the COP26 global summit in Glasgow. The Climate Change Performance Index ranked 60 countries that contribute up to 92% of global CO2 emissions. Among the countries ranked, Australia ranked 54 in energy use, 52 in renewable energy, and even took the absolute lowest spot in climate policy.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The UK, which is hosting the COP26 climate summit in Glagsow, has not signed up to a new alliance to end oil and gas production, an absence that Oxfam said was disappointing.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
A passionate outdoorswoman, a “rugged individualist” and a bit of an enigma—the few traces Dorothy Andersen left behind give us glimpses into who she was. In this episode, we track. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Studies in the US have revealed a "silent epidemic" of human coronavirus in wild white-tailed deer and it could be circulating in other wild animals in other parts of the world
The Applied Ecologist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
In disturbance-adapted ecosystems, the removal of disturbance can lead to losses of diversity and sometimes irreversible changes in community composition. In their latest research, Michaels and colleagues identify the thresholds at which changes occur and explore the reversibility of these shifts in a vernal pool ecosystem in Northern California.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
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Arnold Porter
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
On Monday, November 8, 2021, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce announced its first enforcement case against a company, Pennsylvania-based SP Industries, Inc. (SP Industries or SP Scientific), for unauthorized exports to Huawei and two of its subsidiaries of EAR99 items in contravention of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Two huge emitters agreed to work together to limit global warming, but the agreement is largely symbolic, as is an alliance to stop extracting oil and gas which hasn't been signed by the biggest oil and gas producers
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
After months of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, economies are reopening, and carbon dioxide levels are rising. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Trapped inside a tiny diamond, there are tinier crystals of a never-before-seen mineral that makes up 5 per cent of the lower mantle
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