Credit to Author: Michael Grinshpun| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:59:28 +0000
A new study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, published in the Science of the Total Environment journal, has found a link between the increased use of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and improved air quality and public health in California. This is one of the first studies using real-world data to show […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:35:57 +0000
“Climate change is also indirectly affecting winter storms, making these extreme events happen more often. This is less intuitive and a very active area of research, but we’re starting to understand how these extreme events are happening more often because of climate change.”
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 15:24:37 +0000
If you’re a regular around here, you probably know that we prefer renewable electricity for powering vehicles. This usually involves battery storage, though. While battery technology has gotten to the point where it’s viable to do things like electric cars, boats, trucks, and even some planes, the relatively low energy density of batteries will be […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:00:56 +0000
Evaluating Reef Persistence Under Climate Change And Ocean Acidification
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
Spun out of Exelon Corp. a year ago, Constellation Energy’s competitive generation and customer-facing energy businesses represent a new power company paradigm that conforms to decarbonization. But the company that today holds the largest nuclear fleet in the U.S. will still face a unique array of challenges.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Naomi Cole & Joe Wachunas| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:00:17 +0000
A number of organizations have charted a path to a decarbonized world by 2050 and broken down required action into four areas or “pathways.” In recent posts, we discussed the first three pathways — decarbonizing electricity, electrifying everything, and using energy efficiently. We also discussed how individuals can take part in, and move the needle on, […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:00:13 +0000
An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, according to newly published research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF), […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:45:59 +0000
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 04:13:58 +0000
Montanans are working to alleviate the impact of the region’s climate-fueled drought by building faux beaver dams, and they’re hoping to attract beavers back to the region in the process, Yale Climate Connections reports. European colonizers wiped out local beaver populations. Now, the Big Hole Watershed Committee is building replica beaver dams to slow runoff-fed […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:05:19 +0000
Our society generally agrees that in times of crisis, rules may have to be broken for vital causes by those willing to risk the consequences. But what of the climate crisis? What rules should scientists be breaking, repercussions be damned, to help solve it? How should the keepers of dire knowledge behave when the whole […]