Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Utah’s Water Dilemma Record-breaking drought along the Wasatch Front forces tough decisions about water supply. Brett Walton, Circle of Blue November 29, 2021. BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah – Sitting inside a shepherd’s trailer hitched to his white pickup truck, Robert Child recounts a lifetime spent running sheep in the pastures of northern Utah. Wind gently rocks the compact trailer as Child, who is 75, describes the grazing rotations for his 2,000-head flock.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“Smart cities” built from scratch have so far failed to live up to their much-hyped promise. Some critics argue that rather than grafting a new city onto the landscape, it is better to integrate high-tech for clean, efficient energy and transportation into existing cities. Read more on E360 ?.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

There are so many paths for using your expertise, energy, and passion to make this world a better place -- my reflections on 17 years as executive director of UCS, and a lifetime of public service.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Like everyone else, I’m sure you find fundraising appeals annoying. That’s why we only do them two days a year on Legal Planet. But there couldn’t be a more important time for the work we do, given the urgency of the climate crisis and the ongoing policy disaster in D.C. Yes, we’re struggling to deal with a pandemic and the economy. But climate change and the biodiversity crisis aren’t going away while we deal with those other problems.

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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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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A growing number of Michigan households are burdened by high water bills, report finds. The community action group Detroit Water Brigade delivered water in August 2014 to city residents whose water had been shut off because of late payments. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. The rising cost of water and sewer service is a problem across Michigan, but especially for high-poverty communities.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The U.S. generates more plastic waste than any other country, producing roughly 287 pounds of plastic per person per year, according to a new congressional report. Read more on E360 ?.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The CMIP6 multi-model ensemble is a unique resource with input from scientists and modeling groups from around the world. But as we’ve discussed before ( #NotAllModels ) there are some specific issues that require users to be cautious in making predictions. Fortunately, there are useful ‘best practices’ that can help avoid the worst pitfalls.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. This is Eileen Wray-McCann. In South Africa, cities in Eastern Cape province are once again facing the threat of water shortages. Reservoirs in the province are extremely low, especially those that serve over a million people living in Nelson Mandela Bay.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Ecuador's constitutional court has blocked plans to mine copper and gold in Los Cedros, a protected cloud forest, ruling that the plans violate the rights of nature. Read more on E360 ?.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Combining solar and storage has its benefits.

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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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Scientific American

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Vaccination is likely to prevent many more COVID cases than it is to cause a rare and nonfatal heart side effect in 5–11-year-olds. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The observation of black holes with unexpectedly high masses could be partly explained by an effect related to the expansion of the universe, astronomers in the US have proposed. The team, led by Kevin Croker at the University of Hawai’i at M?noa, used comparisons between simulated black hole mergers, and gravitational waves detected by the LIGO–Virgo collaboration, to show how ignoring the expansion of the universe may be limiting our understanding of black-hole physics.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Over the next five years, Nissan Motor Company will put 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) toward developing a cheaper, more powerful battery to serve its expanded lineup of electric vehicles, the company announced Monday. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The 2021 hurricane season is what it looks like to get “lucky” in our warmed world.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Gene-edited foods may one day be sold in UK shops, but ethicists warn that using the technology in livestock may exacerbate animal welfare issues if, for example, it leads to the creation of disease-resistant animals that can be housed together more densely

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Fabrication of a double-layered skin model using human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and an immortal human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaTs). (Courtesy: Biofabrication 10.1088/1758-5090/ac2ef8). Skin is the body’s first line of defence against toxins, radiation and harmful substances. It has at least six functions, regenerates itself approximately once each month, and consists of up to seven layers of tissue.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A tale of two continents: Europe's emissions rose by one fifth in the spring, as manufacturing and construction rebounded from the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, in China, emissions scarcely grew in the spring and fell in the summer amid a shortage of coal and a slowdown in construction. Carbon emissions from European Union countries were 18 percent greater in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year, Reuters reported , though emissions remain lower than before the pa

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 2, 2021

We're going to have to make a lot of changes at home to address climate change.

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Bilingual people engage the same brain region that monolingual individuals use to put together words—even when combining different languages. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Evidence suggests that vaccine booster programmes can take people’s covid-19 protection to unexpectedly high levels, but we don’t yet know how effective existing vaccines will be against the omicron variant

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Physics World

DECEMBER 3, 2021

At the entrance to the quantum physics and information lab at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), the country’s premier quantum research centre , visitors are greeted by a message in Chinese: “When I look back on my life, there were many hardships. My only hope is a prosperous homeland with advanced science and technology. We have done all we can, but our country is still poor and lagging behind.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Developing countries came away with few commitments from rich nations.

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The first-ever report on the world’s coral reefs presents a grim picture, as losses mount due to global warming. But there are signs of hope. By Nicola Jones, Yale Environment 360 This article was originally published by Yale Environment 360. Read the original story here.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A high-fat diet is thought to increase the risk of a heart attack. But some say that the long-held dogma of “bad” cholesterol might be flawed. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation – Today, Ontario’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk lent her authoritative voice to the chorus of citizens, Environmental NGOs, land use planning experts, and non-partisan civil servants who have sounded the alarm about the government’s approach to land-use planning in Ontario.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Earth might have received a large amount of its water from interplanetary dust grains interacting with the solar wind, according to new research that has picked apart the atoms in water molecules found in samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Itokawa. According to Luke Daly of the University of Glasgow, who led the research, there could be what he whimsically describes as “half a glass of sunshine in every cup of water”.

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A species of dolphin that hunts prey living 600 metres below the surface spins its body as it dives so it can drill down through the water rapidly

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Frontiers

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By Conn Hastings, science writer. Image: Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock.com. A new study shows the long-term implications of severe Covid-19 infection, with such patients demonstrating significantly increased chances of death in the 12 months following the illness. The majority of deaths occurred for a wide variety of reasons, suggesting that severe infection damages overall health.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Coronavirus infections might cause lasting harm to the heart even in those who have never had symptoms. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Quantum technology: on the cusp of a revolution. (Courtesy: IOP Publishing). Physicists have long boasted of their success in “quantum 1.0” technology – semiconductor junctions, transistors, lasers and so on. But the future will increasingly depend on “quantum 2.0” technology, which taps into phenomena like superposition and entanglement to permit everything from quantum computing and cryptography to quantum sensing, timing and imaging.

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Cool Green Science

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Scientists are studying the effects of sea-level rise on salt marshes, and two imperiled sparrow species. The post How Sea-level Rise Impacts Marsh Sparrows appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Environmental Leader

DECEMBER 3, 2021

As support grows to reduce waste, the plastic recycling industry is expected to grow at a substantial rate over the next few years. The post Plastic Recycling Market Rapidly Growing Aided by Government and Industry Support appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Changes in publishing have altered this genre for the better, so put some books on your holiday list. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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