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.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
A new federal assistance program is slow to launch. At least one state is turning to other pots of money to help residents with overdue water bills. A water meter cover in Los Angeles, California. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. Though Congress set aside more than $1.1 billion to assist low-income households with past-due water bills, the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program is still being established and no aid has been provided to people.
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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 ?.
Law and Environment
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Earlier this week, Greenwire (subscription required) had an interesting story about the role that EPA’s estimate of the cost to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule played in the politics and judicial review of the rule. It turned out that compliance costs were much less than originally estimated by EPA – let alone by industry. Unfortunately, the $9.6 billion price tag originally put on the MATS rule lived on, even after it was clear that that number was way off.
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.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Highly impulsive people who lean conservative are more likely to share false news stories. They have a desire to create chaos and won’t be deterred by fact-checkers. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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.
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Physics World
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Quantum materials known as Mott insulators can “learn” to respond to external stimuli in a way that mimics animal behaviour, say researchers at Rutgers University in the US. The discovery of behaviours such as habituation and sensitization in these non-living systems could lead to new algorithms for artificial intelligence (AI). Neuromorphic, or brain-inspired, computers aim to mimic the neural systems of living species at the physical level of neurons (brain nerve cells) and synapses (the conne
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
The population of botos, river dolphins found in the Brazilian Amazon, is declining due to fishing with gill nets and is predicted to fall by at least 95 per cent in less than 50 years
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year. That deadline is eight years earlier than the original goal of 2030. EuroNews reports that biodiversity advocates are praising the move.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
With ministers from around the world back in Glasgow to take control of negotiations, delegates at the UN climate talks Wednesday were digesting the first draft of the pact to be signed at the climate conference’s scheduled close on Friday. Having failed to persuade countries to up their commitments to meet the Paris target of keeping warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F), the British hosts suggested that the agreement instead commit nations to having a second go in time for COP27 in Egypt at
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.
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
Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a … fish? Although most fish don’t take to the skies, flying fish are one spectacular exception (kind of). Read on to see how flying fish get their distinctive name and learn more fun facts about this small but impressive species. See more wonderful ocean animals! Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
While climate adaptation planning is more widespread than ever, the U.N. says the gap between current spending and needed funding is enormous, and widening. Floodwaters submerge a road sign in Davenport, Iowa. Photo © Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash. T here is a huge gulf between what communities are spending to prepare for climate change and what they ought to spend, a new U.N. report found.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
The Glasgow climate conference edged toward a close on Friday, with agreement on a final declaration near. But detailed discussion on particular issues — especially finance for developing nations to cope with climate change — is widely expected to push the final session beyond the scheduled close at 6 p.m. local time Friday, and likely into Saturday.
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.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The election of Glenn Youngkin and other anti-CRT candidates demonstrates how exploiting white fear continues to galvanize voters. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Leaders must lead.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Short and stout: a teapot shown pouring, dripping and dribbling. (Courtesy: B Scheichl, RI Bowles and G Pasias/ Journal of Fluid Mechanics ). Cast your mind back to 2009 and you might remember how physicists in France devised a way to end the trauma of tea dribbling down the underside of the spout of a teapot when you are pouring a brew. They found that the surface of the spout affects the ?
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.
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Scientific American
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
People with diseases or treatments that suppress their immune system cannot count on the same protection most vaccinated people have. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Millet farmers living 9000 years ago in what is now north-east China may have spoken a proto-Transeurasian language that gave rise to Japanese, Turkish and other modern tongues
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
As the second week gets under way, how is the Glasgow climate conference going? How is the planet faring? Is it on target for capping warming at 2.7 degrees C (4.9 degrees F) by later this century? Or are we headed for 2.2 degrees C or 1.8 degrees C? Or is it still a doomsday 4 degrees C (7.2 degrees F) or more? All those numbers have been in circulation in recent days.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
An analysis of roughly 135,000 watersheds reveals that large amounts of key pollutants come from human wastewater, not just agricultural runoff. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. Due to breathing motion, lung tumours move during stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Scatter imaging, which collects photons scattered out of the radiation therapy beam, is a potential technique for real-time tracking of lung tumours. In this webinar, presented by Kevin Jones, the scatter imaging method is characterized through simulation, phantom experiments and analysis of clinical patient scatter images.
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer. Image: SciePro/Shutterstock.com. Future planetary colonists will experience isolation like no other group in human history, which is why scientists on Earth are attempting to see how we communicate in the most extreme situations. In a paper published with Frontiers, researchers in Russia observed volunteers in isolation attempting to replicate life in deep space to see how it would impact their mood and communication styles.
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
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.
Environmental Leader
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Market research company MarketsandMarkets recently published a global forecast of the combined heat and power market projecting major growth in the coming years, from an estimated $26.6 billion in 2021 to $35.2 billion by 2026 — a combined annual growth rate of 5.8%. The post Combined Heat And Power Market To Grow By Billions Over The Next Few Years, Says MarketsandMarkets appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
A self-assembling gel that stimulates nerve regeneration has shown promise as a treatment for paralysis in mice
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
A team led by physicists at the University of Nottingham, UK has created a 3D-printed magneto-optical trap (MOT) capable of holding more than 2 × 10 8 rubidium atoms at temperatures a fraction of a degree above absolute zero. The demonstration shows that 3D printing, which is more formally referred to as additive manufacturing (AM), can meet the demands of highly precise cold-atom experiments, potentially paving the way for portable quantum devices based on this technology.
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Infrastructure experts in the San Francisco Bay Area have begun replacing impermeable roads and stormwater drains with water gardens and restored marshlands. By Elena Shao As an environmental officer in Samoa, Violet Wulf-Saena worked with the Lano and Saoluafata Indigenous peoples to restore coastline mangrove ecosystems that could slow incoming waves and protect communities from storm and flood damage.
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