Circle of Blue

JUNE 18, 2021

YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. A new study finds pesticide contamination in streams in Germany is widespread. In the United States , drought is diminishing hydropower generation in California , forcing ranchers in Colorado to sell off cattle, and contaminating water supplies in Iowa. Pakistan’s supreme court upheld the government’s decision to demolish thousands of homes blamed for flooding last year.

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Yale E360

JUNE 18, 2021

Volvo has announced plans to manufacture cars using fossil fuel-free steel by 2026. The company is partnering with Swedish steel firm SSAB to source steel made with hydrogen. Read more on E360 ?.

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Scientific American

JUNE 18, 2021

Some researchers suspect these bacterial ancestors living within our cells may contribute to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2021

By K.E.D. Coan, science writer. Cupiennius salei wandering spider. Image credit: Kevin Wells Photography / Shutterstock.com. A recent study by the open access publisher Frontiers shows the first evidence that the individual hair-like structures that form spiders’ adhesive feet are far more diverse than expected. By looking at a sample set of these hairs, researchers have found that they have varied shapes as well as attachment properties.

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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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Physics World

JUNE 18, 2021

A new on-chip device that is very good at mediating interactions between light and atoms in a vapour has been developed by researchers in Germany and the UK. Flavie Davidson-Marquis at Humboldt University of Berlin and colleagues call their device a “quantum-optically integrated light cage” and say that it could be used for wide range of applications in quantum information technology.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JUNE 18, 2021

From 2017 to 2019, I served as the Chair of the USC Economics Department. Josh Aizenman served before me and he taught me the ropes. Under Josh's leadership, great things were already taking place at USC Econ and I built on this momentum. Romain Ranciere took over as Chair in Summer 2019 and he has done an outstanding job building up the department's research, teaching and outreach activity.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 18, 2021

To advance its Ambition 2030 sustainability objectives, P&G has opened a new Product Supply Innovation Center (PSIC) in Germany’s Rhine-Main region. The Center will serve as a hub for collaboration with a network of local suppliers, tech companies, R&D institutions and top universities to develop solutions to decarbonize its global. Read more ».

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Physics World

JUNE 18, 2021

This edition of the Red Folder focuses on spinning objects flying through the air – and first up is the baseball. Just like in particle physics, spin plays a crucial role in how a baseball is pitched. If the ball has little or no spin when it is released by the pitcher, its flight to the batter will be erratic. Called a knuckleball, this type of pitch can be very difficult for a batter to hit.

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National Law Center

JUNE 18, 2021

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. REGULATORY: EPA, The post Ag & Food Law Daily Update: June 18, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Scientific American

JUNE 18, 2021

Their complex songs have striking similarities to Beethoven, Tuvan throat singing, a Disney musical and Kendrick Lamar. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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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 Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

Meat Me Halfway is a thoughtful, engaging documentary about our attachment to eating animals and how we might move on from it to help tackle climate change

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

The mission of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the University at Buffalo is to promote the development and dissemination of materials and practices for case teaching in the sciences. Their website provides access to an award-winning collection of peer-reviewed case studies.

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New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

Elephants that lived on the island of Sicily lost more than 85 per cent of their body mass over a period of 350,000 years before going extinct around 19,000 years ago

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Scientific American

JUNE 18, 2021

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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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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New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

A religious settlement in India located temples and dormitories near a natural reservoir and left gaps in the brick walls to let in cool winds, creating an early air conditioning system

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Scientific American

JUNE 18, 2021

What’s the worst that could happen? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

In a nod to LGBTQ+ Pride Month and the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County , the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released new resources “to educate employees, applicants and employers about the rights of all employees, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers, to be free from sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in employment.

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New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

A construction vehicle designed to operate on difficult terrain and "walk" up steep slopes can operate on its own, building walls, moving heavy stones and trees, and even digging trenches where safety hazards make it difficult to allow human operators

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

A new, 53,000-square-foot building in Aspen is set to become one of the first multi-family structures run entirely off of electricity and solar energy in Colorado.

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New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

Working excessive hours has long been thought to increase the risk of depression – but after conducting the largest ever review of research into this area, researchers say there is a surprising lack of evidence supporting the link

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Scientific American

JUNE 18, 2021

Here is our next installment of a new pop-up podcast miniseries that takes your ears into the deep sound of nature. Host Jacob Job, an ecologist and audiophile, brings you inches away from a. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

On Thursday, the European Parliament approved a report petitioning the European Commission to end caged farming of animals.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

by Katharine M. Donato (Georgetown University), Amanda Carrico (University of Colorado Boulder), and Jonathan M. Gilligan, (Vanderbilt University) Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance.

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

According to the study, climate change has led to decreased snowfall and increased the length of summers, triggering more wildfires.

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New Scientist

JUNE 18, 2021

In the Early Middle Ages, many European people reopened their relatives’ graves to recover family heirlooms.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

Read the full story from Penn State. Despite the devastating impact the emerald ashborer beetle has had on forests in the eastern and midwestern parts of the U.S., climate change will have a much larger and widespread impact on these landscapes through the end of the century, according to researchers.

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

A new urban district is rising from the dust of the former Kellogg's site on the Überseeinsel in Bremen, Germany.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

Read the full story at European Scientist. By-products from the beer industry can be used in agriculture to improve soil quality and increase crop yields, according to a study published by a team of Spanish researchers. The team is keen to explore what other types of waste can be used in a similar manner.

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

This portable wind-turbine weighs less than three pounds and fits in your backpack.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

Read the full story at ESG Today. Truck, bus and construction equipment company Volvo Group announced today a series of climate initiatives and targets, including a goal to achieve net zero value chain emissions by 2040.

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Nanotech

JUNE 18, 2021

The SUSNANOFAB project, funded by the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, is conducting a survey on industrial needs. The SUSNANOFAB project intends to create a nanofabrication ecosystem that will include an integrated roadmap of the relevant public and private initiatives at the EU level and with international cooperation.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

Read the full story in High Plains Journal. An increasing awareness and concern about the environment, changes in government policy, America’s re-entry into the Paris Agreement and a robust demand for carbon offsets all point toward an appetite for a different type of agricultural crop—carbon.

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