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Study finds GHG methane offsets its warming ~30% and precipitation increase ~60% by short-wave absorption

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A new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside and colleagues in the US and Europe has now found that methane short-wave absorption counteracts ~30% of the surface warming associated with its long-wave radiative effects. Resources Allen, R.J., Randles, C.A. doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01144-z

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BP awards Colorado State University $5M to research technology for oil recovery from watered-out wells

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Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Understanding processes associated with extracting petroleum resources from rocks in watered-out wells is at the heart of these research efforts. Bill Bailey et al.

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. Feral swine are descendants of escaped or released pigs. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9 O’Bryan, C. Patton, N. Holden, M.

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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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Kholod is a scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a partnership between PNNL and the University of Maryland where researchers explore the interactions between human, energy and environmental systems. The study is the first to attempt to account for methane escaping from abandoned mines. —Nazar Kholod.

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UW researchers discover major lithium resource in Wyoming; potential integrated brine production/CO2 storage system

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Researchers at the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute (CMI) discovered a major new lithium resource near Rock Springs during a geological carbon dioxide storage site characterization project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. Presently, the US imports more than 80% of the lithium used domestically.

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UC Davis Begins $2.8M Studies on Impacts of Escaped Nitrogen

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University of California, Davis researchers will receive $2.8 million in new grants to study the use and impacts of escaped nitrogen from agricultural production. Nitrogen-based fertilizers help California farmers produce more than 400 agricultural commodities—vegetables, fruits, meats and dairy products—worth $36 billion a year.

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Researchers report on inflammatory mechanism caused by airborne particles that can worsen asthma

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Research teams from Hiroshima University, the University of California and the Leibniz Research Institute identified a cell receptor—AhR—that was activated by these particles. Credit: Yasuhiro Ishihara/Hiroshima University. The paper is published in the journal Toxicological Sciences. —Prof.

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