Yale E360
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The UN climate agreement reached in Glasgow fell far short of what scientists say is needed, angering activists and many delegates. But the pact achieved progress, agreeing to toughen emissions targets by next year and to compensate developing nations for “loss and damage.” Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Drought, a financial crisis, and political collapse are accelerating the country’s decline into all-out famine. Almost two-thirds of the country’s population is facing acute hunger. Photo © Mohammed Rahmani / Unsplash. Afghanistan has been facing a drought-induced hunger crisis since last year. This summer’s political upheaval has kneecapped response efforts, pushing the country into famine.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Regulations have pushed car manufacturers to offer the most efficient vehicles ever, but much more can and must be done to address climate change.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The atmosphere for climate litigation in our Supreme Court is decidedly chilly. Some of its peers in other countries have taken a much different approach. US lawyers tend to be inward focused, adept at understanding our own legal system but largely unaware of developments elsewhere. Here, I want to briefly summarize some key rulings. Germany. In a pathbreaking opinion, the German Constitutional Court ordered the government to adopt much stricter emissions targets for 2030.
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
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Markets that connect businesses hoping to offset their carbon emissions with climate change mitigation projects have been plagued by problems. But an economist and his co-authors argue that carbon markets can be reformed and play a significant role in slowing global warming Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 15, 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 Afghanistan, a UN food agency says that humanitarian aid must increase in order to stem a severe hunger crisis. Nineteen million people in the country are not getting enough calories each day. Richard Trenchard of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that without outside assistance, that number could rise to nearly 23 million by the end of the ye
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
A fresh look at what we know about the first covid-19 cases shows that the earliest known case was in a person who worked at the Huanan Market in Wuhan, which was suspected as the source from the start of the pandemic
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
The Glasgow climate conference reached a successful conclusion on Saturday, with almost 200 nations signing up unanimously to the Glasgow Climate Pact. The diplomatic success was palpable, but climatically the outcome was more ambiguous, with no new moves in the final hours to bridge the gap between the aspiration to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C and nations’ actual greenhouse gas emissions pledges on the table, which still would lead to future warming above 2 degrees C.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Studies of living and mummified baboons hint at why ancient Egyptians revered these pesky primates and uncover the probable location of the fabled kingdom from which they imported the animals. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Someone who makes less than I do shouldn't have to pay more for solar than I do.
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 18, 2021
A manifestation of the Pauli exclusion principle in ultracold atomic gases has been spotted for the first time by three independent research groups. Called Pauli blocking, the effect was first predicted 30 years ago and occurs when fermionic atoms in a quantum gas are unable to make transitions to nearby quantum states. In the three experiments, Pauli blocking reduced the ability of atoms to scatter light, making the gases more transparent.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
A new study maps out the old growth forests, peatlands, and mangroves that must be preserved to prevent catastrophic climate change. Though these areas cover only around 3 percent of land, they contain vast stores of carbon that, if unleashed, could not easily be recovered. Read more on E360 ?.
Cool Green Science
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Your bird feeder doesn’t stand a chance. New research shows squirrels combine incredible physical abilities with split-second decision making. The post Squirrel Parkour? The Science Behind Squirrel Acrobatics appeared first on Cool Green Science.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
On September 27, the American Political Science Association, the Electoral Integrity Project, and the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Center for Science and Democracy brought together a unique group of scholars, organizers, activists, and analysts. Their task was to consider challenges facing American democracy, work through the implications of potential reform coalitions, and propose new democracy-reform […].
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 17, 2021
A privately funded telescope called Toliman will seek habitable worlds in our nearest neighboring star system, potentially sparking a new wave of exoplanetary exploration. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
In the United States, armadillos were historically confined to Texas and the Deep South, but in recent years the hard-shelled mammals have been pushing north. Scientists believe that climate change has expanded their range by producing milder winters, allowing them to comfortably inhabit new areas, including parts of the Blue Ridge Mountains, The Guardian reported.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Optogenetics – a technique that uses light to control the activity of neurons or other types of cell – has revolutionized our ability to manipulate and discern the mechanisms underlying brain function. Spinal cord activity underpins control of movement and several other basic physiological functions. But compared with the brain, optogenetics in the spinal cord presents a series of challenges that require the development of new light-delivery technologies.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
We can promote offshore wind and equity at the same time.
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
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Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
This is a guest blog by Irene Ford and Jenni Le Forestier. Since Premier Ford decided to become a champion of highways there has been a lot of attention on two proposed highways in the Greater Toronto area: the Bradford Bypass and the 413. Citizens and residents along the routes have been fighting these projects for years, but the recent attention has brought more and more people out to support our efforts. .
Physics World
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The amounts of heavy elements such as gold created when black holes merge with neutron stars have been calculated and compared with the amounts expected when pairs of neutron stars merge. The calculations were done by Hsin-Yu Chen and Salvatore Vitale at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Francois Foucart at the University of New Hampshire using advanced simulations and gravitational-wave observations made by the LIGO–Virgo collaboration.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Various species were found deliberately chafing on sharks around the world, though why they do so is not entirely clear. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Past climate summit decisions have been disconnected from reality, scientists say. Some find hopeful signs in COP26 draft documents; others see the “same old, same old.” By Bob Berwyn GLASGOW—As COP26 delegates went into overtime Friday night, shaping the language of their final climate communiques into something all 197 countries could agree on, scientists from around the world issued their latest, and perhaps starkest warning.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Pauli blocking, a quantum phenomenon that makes a dense quantum gas suddenly turn transparent, has now been observed in three independent experiments
Physics World
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
One billion people could access safe drinking water using devices that use solar energy to condense water from the air. That is the conclusion of a team of researchers in the US led by Jackson Lord at X, The Moonshot Factory , who have developed a new tool for assessing the global potential for water harvesting. Their tool could soon help researchers to design completely off-grid water sources, suitable for use in local communities in many parts of the developing world.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Changes in the activity of immune system genes in the placenta could explain the association, researchers speculate. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Cool Green Science
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
We think of raptors as exclusive carnivores, but at least 29 species also consume fruit. Including avocados. The post Meet the Raptors That Eat Avocados (and Other Fruit) appeared first on Cool Green Science.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Artificial intelligence can be used to scour the crowdsourced encyclopaedia for contradictory information and flag it to human editors
Physics World
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Time crystals are special quantum systems that exhibit periodicity in time, just as crystalline materials are periodic in space. Since 2012, when they were first proposed theoretically , several groups have built experimental systems that demonstrate key characteristics of time crystals, but these results lacked a method to generally stabilize the time crystalline phase.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Pulses of cold seawater mislead millions of sardines into swimming along the South African coast to their death. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
About 932 miles northwest of Perth, Australia, a renowned atoll resides: Christmas Island. The region’s namesake traces back to 1643, when an English voyager sailed past it on Christmas Day. Today, nearly two-thirds of this incredibly biodiverse island is protected as a national park. While Christmas Island contains wetland, rainforest and marine ecosystems that host many remarkable creatures, there’s one species that steals the spotlight each year: Gecarcoidea natalis , appropriately nicknamed
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
A chemical called hexadecanal that is emitted from skin, breath and faeces has no scent but exposure to it can influence people’s behaviour
Physics World
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie ( HZB ) have developed a new X-ray tomography technique that’s capable of acquiring a record-breaking 1000 tomograms per second. The microscope could be used to monitor extremely fast processes in materials with high spatial resolution. Computed tomography (CT) is a popular medical imaging tool in which a part of the body is X-rayed from all sides to produce three-dimensional images of internal structures.
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