Yale E360
JUNE 3, 2021
From California to Maine, land is being given back to Native American tribes who are committing to managing it for conservation. Some tribes are using traditional knowledge, from how to support wildlife to the use of prescribed fires, to protect their ancestral grounds. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 2, 2021
This year and next, Arizona and California intend to draw on water they banked in the big reservoir, even as water levels drop. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, is a centerpiece for water supplies in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Mead’s declining water levels, projected to reach record lows in the next two years, will challenge water managers in the basin.
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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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 3, 2021
Radical changes to core electoral procedures are transforming several states into political systems that no longer meet the minimum conditions for free and fair elections.
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.
Yale E360
JUNE 4, 2021
Countries need to fulfill their commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of degraded land, an area larger than China, by 2030 to avert dangerous climate change, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Read more on E360 ?.
Scientific American
JUNE 3, 2021
The space agency’s DAVINCI+ and VERITAS missions could spark a sea change in planetary science when they launch later this decade. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 3, 2021
The John Lewis Voting Rights advancement act must be passed to protect the universal right to vote and keep it free from political influence.
Yale E360
JUNE 1, 2021
The oil and gas giant BP has agreed to buy a group of U.S. solar energy farms that, once completed, will be capable of generating enough electricity to power 1.7 million homes. Read more on E360 ?.
Physics World
JUNE 4, 2021
Black holes are nature’s fastest data-scramblers, and new research suggests that secrets thrown into them may be more secure than previously thought. In a paper published in Physical Review Letters , researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the US show that once a message has been scrambled by a black hole or another system with similar properties, not even a quantum computer can put it back together.
Legal Planet
JUNE 3, 2021
Last month, Miami appointed the country’s first Chief Heat Officer charged with addressing the impacts of extreme heat. Heat is already the leading climate-related cause of death and health impacts, responsible for thousands of US deaths and emergency room visits each year and countless hours of lost productivity and educational attainment. Recent research indicates that over one third of global heat-related deaths (which total tens of millions since the 1990s) are attributable to anthropogenic
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 3, 2021
We must abolish the capacity of the Senate to filibuster questions of civil rights and democracy once and for all.
New Scientist
JUNE 4, 2021
An estimated 1 million people reported experiencing long covid in the latest UK statistics, and 376,000 of them suspect they first caught the coronavirus at least a year ago
Physics World
JUNE 4, 2021
Iron Man, Doctor Octopus, Wolverine, even Geordi LaForge. Body augmentation has been fantasized by writers for decades. Many readers have questioned how realistic the development of such technologies might be in today’s world, as this futuristic vision relies on the human brain’s ability to interface with external devices and learn to use them. Researchers from University College London are investigating the use of motor augmentation with the development of a “Third Thumb,” publishing their find
Scientific American
JUNE 4, 2021
Fusion devices for clean, safe, and affordable electricity and industrial heat are making advances and need a push. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 1, 2021
The US scientific research enterprise is completely intertwined with US global hegemony.
New Scientist
JUNE 3, 2021
Neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue and depression are common among people with covid-19 and may be just as likely in people with mild cases
Physics World
JUNE 2, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are increasingly employed for biomedical data analysis, for applications such as helping clinicians detect cancers in medical images, for example. AI models require large and diverse training datasets, most commonly anonymized or pseudonymized patient data, which are sent to the clinics where the algorithm is being trained.
Enviromental Defense
JUNE 3, 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT JUSTICE SUPPORT, TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, CITIZENS’ NETWORK ON WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE WATCH OTTAWA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION. Toronto, Ont. – Today, Minister Yurek announced changes to Ontario’s Blue Box recycling program. Unfortunately, this long-awaited shift of responsibility for Blue Box recycling from municipalities to the businesses who make, use and sell packaging will do little to reduce plastic pollution.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 1, 2021
From COVID-19, to toxics, to health--there's a lot to watch for.
Cool Green Science
JUNE 1, 2021
Cicadas are in the news, but here are 5 other natural spectacles to catch. The post Move Over, Cicadas: 5 Other Great North American Wildlife Hatchings (and Emergences) appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Physics World
JUNE 4, 2021
This edition of the Red Folder has gone to the birds – or more precisely, to the raptors. First up is the news that peregrine falcons have evolved the natural equivalent of eyeliner to help them hunt. Fans of American football know that players will smear dark makeup below their eyes to reduce glare when they are trying to catch fast-moving balls. Peregrine falcons have similar patterns of dark feathers below their eyes — called malar stripes – and it had been long thought that they perfor
Scientific American
JUNE 2, 2021
There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 3, 2021
What ALS can teach us about degenerative conditions like climate change.
New Scientist
JUNE 1, 2021
The highest-resolution image of atoms has been captured, doubling the resolution of an image made in 2018 by using an algorithm to reduce blurring
Physics World
JUNE 2, 2021
As a PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Waterloo in the late 2000s, I was asked to proctor a final exam in first-year mechanics that was being taken by a diverse student group. During the test, nearly every question from the students was about a problem that required knowledge of “football”. We were in Canada, and the exam did not specify whether it was referring to American football or what we Americans call soccer.
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.
Scientific American
JUNE 1, 2021
The air was likely frigid as the hunter lit a small fire. The caribou would come in the morning—forced through the narrow strip of marshland where he camped. There was nowhere else to go. The. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
JUNE 4, 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
Physics World
JUNE 4, 2021
Water molecules on cold surfaces require some additional heat before they can form ice, an international research team has discovered. Their novel experiment found that water molecules on a cold graphene surface initially repel each other, until additional energy allows them to reorient themselves and form electrostatic bonds. The findings fill an important gap in our knowledge of ice formation – and could lead to new ways of controlling the freezing process.
Environmental Leader
JUNE 2, 2021
‘True Zero,’ as Steve Hoy, former IBMer and CEO of Enosi, calls it, may be the new term used to talk about achieving carbon emissions reductions goals. While net zero refers to an overall balance between emissions produced and emissions removed from the atmosphere, true zero, or 24/7 carbon-free energy, Read more ». The post Are We Pivoting From Net Zero To True Zero?
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 4, 2021
By Anna R. Pauletta, PA Student Member, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Board Of Trustees Since I was a child, I have always had an interest in wildlife and the environment. Most of my spare time was spent in the creek behind my house in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, flipping stones and logs to find salamanders after school. My interests quickly turned into a lifelong passion after my exposure to wildlife and ecology classes in my secondary education.
Scientific American
JUNE 3, 2021
Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
JUNE 3, 2021
NASA has announced it will send two missions to Venus to study the planet’s atmosphere and geological features. Planned for launch between 2028 and 2030, the missions have each received $500m and will become part of the agency’s discovery programme. They represent the first dedicated NASA missions to Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour in over 30 years.
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