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Washington Nature
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Black History Month started on Tuesday, and there has been a lot of appropriate focus on the work and contributions of countless Black leaders, communities, and people thus far. This is not a short-term play or disingenuous attempt to wave our own flag during Black History Month.
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New Scientist
JANUARY 9, 2024
Several moon missions are planned for 2024, including some that will attempt to mine for ice on the moon and test out new lunar rovers – and they can teach us about Earth’s history
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
New Scientist
JANUARY 10, 2024
Intriguing facts and forgotten history mingle in what is essentially Rebecca Boyle's love letter to the moon
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
These images from a new illustrated book chart the long human love affair with orchids, the incredible family of flowering plants that continue to captivate us today
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New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Our amazing picture of the particles and forces that make reality took decades of invention and experiment to piece together
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New Scientist
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
A genealogy of humans constructed from thousands of genomes gives us clues about where our species first evolved and how we spread across the world
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
We tend to perceive things as permanent and immutable only because their rate of change is imperceptible on the timescales of our own experience. When it comes to geologic time, the disconnect between our lived experience and the magnitude of Earth history is almost irreconcilable. billion-year history. CC BY-SA 4.0
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New Scientist
MARCH 16, 2022
million years ago reveals which are our close relatives and which are only distant cousins A new family tree of apes that lived in the Miocene between 23 and 5.3
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 6, 2024
While it is a faithful rendition of a critical chapter of nuclear history, what is most striking about the film is how that history is repeating itself. No film could fully capture the scale of the Manhattan project, one of the largest scientific and industrial efforts in modern history.
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New Scientist
JUNE 28, 2023
At a time when the future of human civilisation looks shaky, a reappraisal of how we got here suggests that changing direction may be easier than we think
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
I magine if history had been a little different. The point that I’m trying to make is not about alternative history but about our ways of conceptualizing environmental law. In 1965, scientists sent LBJ a memo mentioning the risks of climate change. Understanding that should lead us to reconceptualize the field as a whole.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Black History Month, for me, has always been a time to celebrate Black people, and our contributions to society. As we continue make scientific advances and strides toward a more inclusive academia and America at large, this Black History Month I wanted to share a few things we can all reflect on this month, and beyond.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Yesterday was the start of Black History Month. This year, I want to go back earlier in history to highlight the environmental contributions of three Black figures in much earlier times. He acquired a broad knowledge of natural history and lectured frequently throughout the D.C.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Sites like Abu Simbel were more than testaments of Egyptian history; they were the indivisible inheritance of all humanity from one generation to the next. And that these sites, our non-renewable legacy, must be preserved through a shared, global commitment. . The campaign, and the idea of world heritage, won.
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PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 21, 2023
The rich history of Pennsylvania cannot be told without acknowledging the contributions and legacy of the Lenape. The bill was opposed by the Lenape Nation at that time because the difficulty of the process did not account for the history of the Lenape Nation in Pennsylvania. Click Here for a copy of the co-sponsor memo.
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Legal Planet
JUNE 3, 2022
And because they are public, their management is accountable to all Americans through our elected representatives (at least in theory, if not always in practice). Given the importance of history for our public lands, we are fortunate to have a valuable new resource for that history, authored by one of the foremost experts on that history.
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Scientific American
MARCH 4, 2024
Science is becoming more diverse, but to make it more welcoming we need to examine our history and not repeat it
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
Below is an abridged version of our conversation. EN: Our car-dependent culture does more than threaten public health and the environment. EN: Back in 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , which included the largest federal investment in public transit in history of $109 billion over 5 years.
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Legal Planet
MARCH 2, 2023
She deserves recognition as part of Women’s History Month, begun yesterday. Her paper was read at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. That paper, along with another paper of hers, were the only physics papers by an American woman for the next thirty years.
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Scientific American
JANUARY 16, 2024
The latest star maps are rewriting the story of our Milky Way, revealing a much more tumultuous history than astronomers suspected
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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Climate action is limited by political will (not technology) In this pivotal moment of history, where the imperative to avert the worst impacts of climate change is clear, the world stands at the cusp of a transformative shift toward a renewable energy paradigm. But we can alter our energy trajectory. We just need to do it.
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
This alternate history saga is as riveting as ever, but with added gravitas as it tackles questions also facing us in our world – such as how to convince people to act for future generations, says Bethan Ackerley
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
This fall and holiday season, Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents Life in One Cubic Foot. The exhibition is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Kamin Director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. “We
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Scientific American
JANUARY 12, 2024
Our planet’s precession is scarcely noticeable during anyone’s lifetime, but across history, it has had enormous effects
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 18, 2024
It is crucial for the climate , promotes thriving economies , can help address the long history of fossil-fuel backed politicians and corporations leaving Black and brown folks stuck in place. We need more buses and trains Our country’s expectations for transit have been ground down over the years.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
These companies have been polluting our planet for decades with impunity and they are planning to continue their harmful fossil fuel extraction despite global efforts to tackle climate change. Following that important development, annual international negotiations began to figure out how to achieve the goals of the UNFCCC.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
APRIL 11, 2024
Seeing the lack of urgency to prevent the flooding that was happening here, in such an important landmark for Black History, she began to understand why it was happening in her hometown and others that didn’t have the same historical significance. “I I didn’t have the political language,” Resita said. “It’s not just a film; this is my life.
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Legal Planet
APRIL 24, 2023
In our new report, Managing Water Scarcity: A Framework for Fair and Effective Water Right Curtailment in California , we argue that the state needs to act now to strengthen its capacity to fairly and effectively allocate water in times of scarcity. Our new report finds improvements during the recent drought. Key takeaways 1.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Scientists have unequivocally confirmed that human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, are driving unprecedented changes to the Earth’s climate, raising fundamental questions about our responsibility to safeguard the environment for future generations. The answer surely should be yes, we do.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Along with co-discoverer and co-researcher Neil Shubin, PhD, of the University of Chicago, their work in scientifically discovering and publishing about this type-species fossil shed light on a pivotal point in the history of Earth: when life ventured onto land.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 26, 2023
One of his earlier films, Prestige (2006), blends history with fantasy; the protagonist, driven by competition with a rival, acquires a machine from David Bowie’s Nikola Tesla that accelerates his descent into amorality. As faith in arms control efforts erodes, our military leaders urge us to chase the deadly illusion of supremacy.
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Circle of Blue
APRIL 7, 2022
However, our increasingly threatened global water security demands that accounting for water use and risk rapidly acquire the same urgency with which we address carbon. The paths of our water and climate journeys have led us to one abundantly clear realization.
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2024
Totaling over 20,000 linear feet, the records housed at Earth Conservancy go back over a century and represent virtually an intact history of Glen Alden, Blue Coal, and their predecessors and subsidiaries. Later, Glen Alden began dyeing its coal an iconic blue color, and in 1966 sold off its mining wing as the Blue Coal Corporation.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 18, 2022
Each has its own character, architecture, arts scene, mix of peoples and histories, its delicious foods and its distinctive accents. Those of us who are sick about this, are sick of this, who cannot stand by while our brothers and sisters are slaughtered, need to come together. The Poor People’s Campaign offers one such analysis.
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Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Since this is Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about some of the prominent contributions by Blacks to understanding and addressing climate change. At the same time, we must redouble our efforts to ensure that they do not remain isolated exceptions in a sea of white faces. Download as PDF.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
Without the considerable carbon absorption capacity of our lands (and oceans), we’d currently have much more CO 2 in the atmosphere and an accelerated timeline of warming. Here, I’ll dig into why we made that choice, and provide an overview of the history and disruptions to the land carbon sink as well as some thoughts about its future.
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New Scientist
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Galaxies spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope seem far too massive to have formed so early on in the universe’s history, which could be a problem for our ideas of galaxy formation
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Enviromental Defense
APRIL 26, 2024
In 2011, my community experienced what was the second-largest oil spill in the province’s history – 4.5 Our community closed schools and told kids to stay inside. Our guide sets the vision of a path forward that’s already being built, but that needs to be accelerated and supported. The effects of the spill were disastrous.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 21, 2022
But as a lifelong student of history and an unbridled optimist, I still find hope and inspiration in its radical roots. A big tent for our planet. Our trusted, credible analysis, and advocacy has helped carved new pathways in this movement. The buildup to a movement. Earth Day didn’t come out of nowhere.
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Legal Planet
AUGUST 18, 2021
I chronicled my “top 10” worst environmental decisions in the state’s history last year. Imagine our coastline and disadvantaged communities with all those polluting power plants that ultimately were not needed. Mercury from the mines still plague our waterways. But what about the good things state policy makers have done?
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Today we introduce to the world Scientific American ’s redesign, which we hope will nod to our rich history while also look forward to the everchanging landscape of publishing
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PBS Nature
JANUARY 27, 2022
Horses helped shape the landscape of our nation,” said Fred Kaufman, executive producer for Nature. Their stories are a fascinating look at how their history and our history are inseparable.”. With their return, the stage was set for a new generation of American breeds and a lifelong partnership with humans.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Energy equity involves confronting the asymmetric suffering faced by the most disadvantaged groups in our communities in the context of access to energy resources. They have borne the consequences of sharing more than 100 years of history with the Chevron Richmond oil refinery operating nearby.
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Physics World
JULY 2, 2021
Subtle beauty: The Magnetic Field of our Active Sun by Andrew McCarthy. Called The Magnetic Field of our Active Sun , the photo was captured in black and white. Larger than life: a 3D visualization of raider ant done by Diamond for the Natural History Museum. Courtesy: Andrew McCarthy). Courtesy: Diamond Light Source Ltd).
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