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Greater Snowfall Can Speed Arctic Melting, Unleashing Buried Carbon, Study Finds

Yale E360

With climate change, parts of the Arctic are seeing greater snowpack. Paradoxically, a thick blanket of snow can speed the melting of permafrost underneath, releasing buried stores of carbon, new research shows.

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Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic star

New Scientist

A new type of star may eventually collapse and become a magnetar – a highly magnetic neutron star, whose origins have been a cosmic mystery for decades

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This Bizarre Star Could Become One of the Strongest Magnets in the Universe

Scientific American

Magnetars possess magnetic fields that are trillions of times stronger than those of ordinary stars.

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Black holes may be hurtling around at 10 per cent the speed of light

New Scientist

When two black holes merge to form a single one, it can zoom off at an extraordinary pace – but scientists have found that it does have a speed limit

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Fossils Buried in LA Tar Pit Show Why Saber-Toothed Cats Blinked Out of Existence

Scientific American

At Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits, scientists found they could watch large mammals disappear from the fossil record—and could trace the ecosystem through the catastrophe

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All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be because of the sun

New Scientist

Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface have disappeared, and it may be because of changes in the sun’s activity over its 11-year cycle

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Natalia Kucirkova and Loleta Fahad – We all must come together – without one part of the puzzle, there isn’t a full picture 

Frontiers

Authors: Rose Gordon-Orr and Carolina Capelo Garcia Natalia Kucirkova is a professor at the University of Stavanger in Norway and The Open University in the UK. She also holds the position of visiting professor at University College London (UCL), UK, and acts as the chair of the International Collective of Children’s Digital Books. Loleta Fahad serves as the head of Career Development in Organizational Development at University College London (UCL), UK.

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How Recommendation Algorithms Work--And Why They May Miss the Mark

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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A Trailblazer for Tribal Sovereignty

NRDC

NRDC Board member John Echohawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation, has devoted his career to asserting the legal and civil rights of Native Americans.

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What Happens when People with Dementia Commit Crimes?

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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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Flying bird robot can soar so well it uses almost no power

New Scientist

An autonomous flying robot can float in place like a bird, using its throttle just 0.

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She Helped Build the Atomic Bomb to Stop the Nazis, But Was Haunted by What It Did to Japan

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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From Highways to Healthy Communities

NRDC

Following the Federal-Aid Highway Act's signing in 1956, California fully built out its interstate and state highway system, expanding mobility access for car-owners, stimulating economic development, and creating thousands of jobs. But these benefits came with unacceptable and avoidable costs.

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Negative emotions really do make events seem to last longer

New Scientist

When people are shown pictures evoking negative emotions, they remember time as passing more slowly, however, this is only true when the negative images are seen after a neutral one

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Car Thieves Can Hack into Today's Computerized Vehicles

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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Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out Californian megafauna

New Scientist

A series of catastrophic fires killed off many large mammals in southern California by 13,000 years ago, and they were largely due to the arrival of humans

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Third District Declines To Reach CEQA Exemption Claim In Reversing On Other Grounds Judgment Upholding State Department of Public Health’s Approval of Santa Cruz County Needle Exchange Program But Notes New Statutory CEQA Exemption Now Exists

CEQA Developments

In a published opinion filed August 14, 2023, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed a judgment that denied a petition for writ of mandate challenging the State Department of Public Health’s (Department) approval of Real Party in Interest Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County’s (real party) needle exchange program. Grant Park Neighborhood Association Advocates v.

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Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play

New Scientist

Fruit flies with access to a spinning carousel seem to ride on it for fun in a rare case of play-like behaviour in an invertebrate

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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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New DEP Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy, Definition Of Environmental Justice Areas Effective Sept. 16; Public Comments Accepted Thru Oct. 29

PA Environment Daily

On August 17, the Department of Environmental Protection posted an Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy to guide DEP’s permit application reviews and outreach efforts in environmental justice areas throughout the Commonwealth. At the same time, DEP posted a new state-of-the-art mapping tool-- PennEnviroScreen -- that will redefine environmental justice areas using 32 environmental, health and socioeconomic indicators that are spelled out in a 113-page PennEnviroScreen Methodology Document.

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States File Suit Over E10 Biofuels

National Law Center

On August 7, 2023, the states of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge. The post States File Suit Over E10 Biofuels appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Now On Demand: Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar

PA Environment Daily

Now On Demand: The Energy Efficiency Alliance , Environmental Entrepreneurs , Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia , and Sustainable Pittsburgh webinar on Shaping Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Workforce Future Feature presenters include DEP Secretary Richard Negrin and PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss and will offer participants the opportunities to ask questions.

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Wildfires made worse by plants starting to grow earlier in the year

New Scientist

Wildfires in the northern hemisphere burn more fiercely when plants start growing earlier in the year, which they do because of the warming climate

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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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Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Offering New Watershed Protection Site Assessment Action Kit

PA Environment Daily

Are you and your congregation ready to take action to help restore and protect your watershed, but don’t know where to start? The Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake Bay now has a new Site Assessment Action Kit available with step-by-step instructions for promoting clean water and healthy ecosystems through responsible land and water management. How It Works - A Case Study Right after attending IPC's Faithful Green Leaders Training in October 2021, Christ Church Forest Hill, Rock Spring Paris

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Where Does Wastewater Go?

Earth 911

Other materials may cost more money than clean water, but no resource is more precious. The post Where Does Wastewater Go? appeared first on Earth911.

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Federal Office Of Surfacing Mining Reclamation Awards $100,000 Grant To Treat Acid Mine Drainage In Dunkard Creek Watershed, Greene County

PA Environment Daily

On August 15, the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced a grant of $100,000 in a cooperative agreement for a watershed restoration project in Dunkard Township, Pennsylvania. OSMRE’s Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (WCAP) provides funds to nonprofit organizations for the construction of acid mine drainage treatment facilities that help restore the health of local streams.

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Driverless cars may struggle to spot children and dark-skinned people

New Scientist

The accuracy of pedestrian-detecting AI systems may be biased against some groups of people, fuelling calls for more transparency and tighter regulations

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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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DEP Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Education Grants; New Teaching Green Resources

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for 2024 Environmental Education Grants. The deadline to apply is November 15. Funding priority will be given to environmental education projects that engage people living, working and/or attending school within Environmental Justice (EJ) areas in topics related to Climate Change and/or Water.

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Titanium oxide material lets sunlight drive green hydrogen production

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from Drexel University. As part of ongoing efforts to develop materials that could enable alternative energy sources, researchers have produced a titanium oxide nanofilament material that can harness sunlight to unlock the ubiquitous molecule’s potential as a fuel source.

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The Nature Conservancy-PA Preserves 130 Acres In Pike County, Transfers To State Game Lands

PA Environment Daily

On August 17, The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania announced it has purchased 130 acres in Pennsylvania’s Shohola Township [Pike County] and immediately transferred that parcel to the Pennsylvania Game Commission for addition to State Game Land 116. The newly acquired acreage is located near, but not directly adjacent to, 1,071 acres in the Shohola Creek watershed purchased by TNC and transferred to PGC earlier this year.

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SDG Tracker: Measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Environmental News Bits

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are targets for global development that were adopted in 2015. All countries have agreed to work towards achieving them by 2030. Our World in Data‘s SDG Tracker presents data across all available indicators from their database, using official statistics from the UN and other international organizations.

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

Uncovering the interplay between sustainable travel and cultural preservation in ecotourism, this article reveals environmental promises and potential pitfalls and suggests crucial policy measures to counteract pseudo-ecotourism in the Indian landscape.

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