Yale E360
MAY 27, 2021
The cultivation of palm oil, found in roughly half of U.S. grocery products, has devastated tropical ecosystems, released vast amounts of C02 into the atmosphere, and impoverished rural communities. But efforts are underway that could curb the abuses of this powerful industry. Read more on E360 ?.
Legal Planet
MAY 31, 2021
This post was delayed due to a technical problem at Legal Planet, but it was originally scheduled for Memorial Day — an apt date to think about how wars, along with their other tragic costs, impact the environment. We are now in the process of ending our “Forever War” in Afghanistan. The country has been at war at least since the Soviet invasion decades ago.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 14, 2021
In the last few years, many elected leaders have attacked voting rights, cast doubt on free and fair elections, and served private interests over the public good. To pull American democracy back from the brink, we must use the full force of the law—and four laws will, if passed, set us on the right track. […].
Circle of Blue
MAY 25, 2021
The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking The very ground upon which Corcoran, Calif., was built has been slowly. but steadily collapsing, a situation caused primarily not by nature but agriculture. The Cross Creek Levee in Corcoran, CA was rebuilt in 2017 after having sunk seven feet since 1983. The levee is now at least twice the size of the previous one and protects the town from flood water coming from the south and west.
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.
New Scientist
MAY 28, 2021
In the first of a new series of pandemic profiles, New Scientist talks to Hannah Ritchie, who reveals what it's like to provide presidents and the public with vital covid-19 data and what the trends suggest the virus has in store for us next
Cool Green Science
MAY 11, 2021
Death fainting! Walking embryos! And other weird facts about the underrated Virginia opossum. The post Strange and Surprising Facts about Opossums appeared first on Cool Green Science.
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Ocean Conservancy
MAY 17, 2021
Historical illustrations give us a glimpse into the scientific research of the past—and they can be very cool to look at! We can view thousands of historical illustrations of marine life thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). The BHL is the largest open-access digital library for biodiversity archives. They work with libraries around the world to offer millions of books dating back to the 15 th century for free.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 25, 2021
State treasurers manage their state's investments, which means they're making big decisions about where big budget items, like public pensions, are being held. Treasurers are seeing that demands for climate action can’t wait, and they're in a position to pressure fossil fuel company investors to finally vote for serious climate leaders and all-important climate risk disclosure.
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
In 2011, during her undergraduate degree at Georgia Institute of Technology, Ghanaian-US computer scientist Joy Buolamwini discovered that getting a robot to play a simple game of peek-a-boo with her was impossible – the machine was incapable of seeing her dark-skinned face. Later, in 2015, as a Master’s student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab working on a science–art project called Aspire Mirror , she had a similar issue with facial analysis software: it detected her face o
Inside Climate News
MAY 15, 2021
Does using 30-year weather averages mask rapid global warming? By Bob Berwyn and Matt deGrood When climatologists started standardizing global weather data about 100 years ago, they didn’t know that heat-trapping greenhouse gases were already pushing the planet’s climate inexorably in one direction, off the charts of human experience.
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.
Cool Green Science
MAY 23, 2021
Octopuses are awesome. These eight-legged oddballs of the ocean have always had a dedicated fanclub, and the recent documentary My Octopus Teacher helped millions more people fall in love with them. And yet, I’d argue that anyone but the most… The post Meet the Argonaut, The World’s Weirdest Octopus appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Yale E360
MAY 11, 2021
As climate change intensifies and human activity impacts every corner of the planet, repairing our world increasingly means realizing that our fate is intertwined with that of other animal and plant species — not separate from theirs — and that we must think and act accordingly. Read more on E360 ?.
Frontiers
MAY 30, 2021
By Tayyibah Aziz, science writer. A productive lettuce yield following the researchers’ new biodisinfestation method. Image: Maite Gandariasbeitia et al. A new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers has demonstrated that beer bagasse and rapeseed cake can be used as effective biodisinfestation treatments to reduce populations of soil parasites and increase crop yields.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 18, 2021
New research from the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that 25 states have taken up substantial discussion of the issue of coal self-commitment in state public utility proceedings. This suggests that the issue of coal plants running when cleaner and cheaper resources are available has now become a far more commonly understood and talked-about issue.
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.
Physics World
MAY 28, 2021
Scientists in the US have produced a detonation that is fixed in space for the first time. This standing wave detonation was created in a prototype engine and the researchers say that such a system could one day power aircraft at up to 17 times the speed of sound. Most fires are deflagrations. This form of combustion creates a subsonic reaction wave and powers much of our transport technology.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 19, 2021
The West Credit River is home to a one of the last remaining self-sustaining native Brook Trout populations in southern Ontario. But they are under threat from a proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant that will dump its effluent into the river. That’s why the Coalition for the West Credit River has asked the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change to designate the Town of Erin’s Wastewater Treatment Plant – in Wellington County, Ontario – for a Federal
Inside Climate News
MAY 16, 2021
New studies sharpen warnings for unlivable heat in the tropics, and nearly unthinkable extremes in major Northern Hemisphere cities. By Bob Berwyn While scientists warn with increasing urgency that global warming is sharply increasing the likelihood of deadly heat waves , many regions are doing little to protect vulnerable populations.
Yale E360
MAY 3, 2021
The northernmost tip of South America, home to the Indigenous Wayúu people, is the epicenter of Colombia’s nascent wind energy industry. But Wayúu leaders are concerned that the government and wind companies are not dealing fairly with the inhabitants of this long-neglected land. Read more on E360 ?.
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Cool Green Science
MAY 3, 2021
Baby eagles are hatching: it’s time to tune into nest cams! The post Bald Eagle Cams Are Active. Here Are 4 of the Best appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 24, 2021
Africa Day celebrates independence, freedom from colonialism, and looking forwards to a peacful and thriving future in the 55 African Union nations. This year’s theme is “Arts, Culture and Heritage” and UCS is helping to raise up climate change in that context. Climate change is probably the fastest-growing threat to African cultural heritage, much of which was left in a parlous position because of the legacies and structural inequalities of past colonial rule.
Physics World
MAY 24, 2021
MR images show that anhedonia, a distinct clinical feature of frontotemporal dementia, is correlated with decreased grey matter intensity in different brain regions (the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), insula and striatum) to those seen in apathy or depression. (Courtesy: S R Shaw et al Brain 10.1093/brain/awab032). Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a brain disorder that most commonly affects those under the age of 60.
Environmental Leader
MAY 21, 2021
The renewable energy industry is growing faster than ever, and, correspondingly, searches for “renewable energy stock” have spiked in recent years. Worldwide, Tesla is the most-searched renewable energy stock, with an average of 21.8 million searches each month, according to energy comparison site SaveOnEnergy. The post Tesla, Plug Power, GE Snag Top Spots for Most-Searched Renewable Energy Stock appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
Shell Canada says it really cares about climate action. No really. It keeps telling us how much it cares so it really must. And yet, as the old adage goes, “Tell us who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.” One of Shell Canada’s longest standing relationships is with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), an industry lobby group that is quite possibly the biggest barrier to climate action in Canada. .
Academy of Natural Sciences
MAY 13, 2021
The 17-year cicadas, Magicicada spp. , are nearly here! They have risen to the surface of the soil and it is only a matter of days before they complete their final molt, expand their wings, and take to the sky. The tree canopies will fill with the other-worldly chorus of their mating calls, which sounds different from our annual cicadas. After mating, the females will lay eggs in the tree twigs, the eggs will hatch, and the tiny hatchlings will fall to the ground and burrow down to the depths wh
Cool Green Science
MAY 17, 2021
It’s an intimate moment. On this mid-morning in late May, the sun is just creeping through the hole in the top of the nesting box. The female American kestrel is quietly preening her feathers when the movement starts. She shifts… The post Kestrel Cam: A Story from Egg to Falcon appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 18, 2021
The world must reach net-negative CO2 emissions by midcentury, not only to slow the pace of climate change, but to reduce the millions deaths yearly from fossil fuel air pollution. Much of the burden of our energy choices falls on Black and brown communities. We must weigh these factors, including the massive benefits of renewable energy, as we face tough choices in addressing the climate crisis.
Physics World
MAY 18, 2021
A group of “ethical hackers” has obtained access to sensitive systems and proprietary online data hosted by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the US after accessing multiple unsecured entry points in late April and early May. The group – Sakura Samurai – discovered configuration data for the lab’s NoVa experiment and more than 4500 “tickets” for tracking internal projects.
Earth 911
MAY 24, 2021
Solar energy and electric vehicles (EVs) are a winning combination. If you drive an EV, The post Solar Panels and Electric Vehicles: a Match Made in Heaven appeared first on Earth911.
Frontiers
MAY 31, 2021
Arabic speakers worldwide can now access a library of kid-friendly scientific articles thanks to a newly launched educational resource. Penned by leading scientists and published in Arabic by scholarly publisher Frontiers, the online learning resource includes a collection of fascinating scientific articles designed to inspire the next generation of young scientists.
Corp Watch
MAY 5, 2021
South African prosecutors seized luxury property and vehicles worth some 1.4 billion South African rand ($96.8 million) in early May from contractors and former officials at Eskom, South Africa's state-owned power utility, as they ramped up criminal proceedings over alleged corruption in construction orders for the Kusile Power Station.
Washington Nature
MAY 3, 2021
The Health Environment for All (HEAL) Act is one of the most meaningful commitments lawmakers made in the landmark 2021 Washington state legislative session. It stands with groundbreaking climate policy, a forward-looking capital budget and dozens of other bills that are crucial to realizing our vision of a world where people and nature thrive. The Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act is a first step toward ensuring that communities overburdened by pollution and other environmental risks can b
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 13, 2021
We’ve heard a lot of opinions about what is, and isn’t, infrastructure. Now I’ll add my hot take: Soil is infrastructure.
Physics World
MAY 25, 2021
The prospect of commercially viable, fusion-power plants based on the spherical tokamak has moved closer after a major experiment in the UK released its first results. Using a novel kind of exhaust, researchers at the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST-U) at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire were able to cut the waste heat load on the reactor walls ten-fold.
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