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JANUARY 27, 2018

Scientists have known that aerosols may play an important role in shaping weather and climate; the new study shows that the smallest of particles have an outsize effect. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather. Credit: AAAS, Fan et al.

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The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. Kholod said that when a closed mine is flooded, water stops methane from leaking almost completely within about seven years. —Nazar Kholod.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The Arctic climate is changing drastically at a rapid pace and the effects will be felt on a global scale. That was the overall conclusion from a scientific conference on climate changes in the Arctic which was held in Nuuk, Greenland last week. The mass-loss has been accelerating in the last couple of years.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The study, set in Singapore, suggests that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions. This is important for policymakers when forecasting and influencing future emissions paths in the context of climate change.

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JULY 23, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Argonne National Laboratory to lead a consortium of university, private sector and national laboratory partners for a new, medium- and heavy-duty truck technical track under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center ( CERC ) Truck Research Utilizing Collaborative Knowledge (TRUCK) program.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Researchers at the University of California-Riverside have characterized the effect of decreased aromatic content fuels combusted in advanced vehicle technologies on emissions of particulate matter (PM). High vehicular speeds impact the particle hygroscopicity parameter κ and the fraction of water-insoluble particles.

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APRIL 24, 2018

These critical factors include a) regional air/water temperatures, which can strain energy grids; b) water availability, which affects power plant operations; c) extreme water-cycle events (e.g. Biogeochemistry: How do biogeochemical cycles interact with other earth system components to influence the energy sector?

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MARCH 6, 2010

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Inspired by the Japanese concept of sato-umi —the convergence of land and sea where human and marine life can harmoniously coexist—Honda has established the Honda Marine Science Foundation , a new initiative to address marine ecosystem restoration and the impact of humans and climate change on oceans and intertidal areas.

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JUNE 6, 2016

The companies and organizations driving the initiative include ABBI, Arizona State University, Audi, CGEE, Copersucar, DSM, DuPont, GranBio, the International Energy Agency (IEA), SkyNRG, Joule Unlimited, LanzaTech, LCFC, Novozymes, Pannonia, Poet, Red Rock Biofuels, RSB, SE4ALL and Yale University.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

A study by researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Bioscience Institute (IB-USP) in Brazil, with colleagues at the Ohio State University, has found that the rising atmospheric concentration of CO 2 is beneficial for the physiology of sorghum, an economically and nutritionally important crop grown worldwide.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries. watt utility, $2.37/watt watt residential scale.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. California Energy Commission.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Apollo participants will test the second generation of Evatran’s technology, improved through the first phase of the pProgram, launched in March 2012 with Google, Hertz, Duke Energy, Clemson University, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). million by 2020.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Coccolithophores —unicellular, eukaryotic phytoplankton (algae)—have been increasing in relative abundance in the North Atlantic over the last 45 years, as carbon input into ocean waters has increased. The lead author of the paper was Sara Rivero-Calle, a PhD candidate at John Hopkins University. —Anand Gnanadesikan.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

The research, conducted by Argonne researchers in collaboration with Stanford University and the University of California, Davis, analyzed the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas and the Bakken play mainly in North Dakota. As reported in a 2015 paper by Rahman et al. Total well-to-wheels (WTW) GHG intensities are 89.2,

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APRIL 30, 2015

million to a team comprising researchers from the University of Utah, HRL Laboratories and GM Global R&D for a project to develop a new generation of high-density thermal battery based on advanced metal hydrides. In 2011, the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $2.7 Earlier post.) In the video, Dr. John J.

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MAY 9, 2017

This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. These activities will become a part of initiatives aimed at meeting the goals set out in the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, which was announced in October, 2015. Climate Change. Climate Change. Ube Network for Climate Change Actions.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The genesis of the noise sensor development, in 2015, was that noise is one of the top quality of life issues identified in New York City, yet the city had a mere 50 noise enforcement officers on hand to deal with millions of such complaints every year. At that point, we realized we needed to collect that data ourselves." cm) in depth.

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JUNE 28, 2023

CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new process that can sprout microscopic spikes on nearly any type of particle and that may lead to more environmentally friendly paints and a variety of other innovations. VOCs can cause a variety of respiratory and other ailments and also contribute to smog and climate change.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

This idea was put to the test during a series of experimental campaigns that ran from late 2012 to the spring of 2015 in KIT’s KALLA (KArlsruhe Liquid Metal LAboratory). The compared hydrogen production technologies were steam methane reforming (SMR) and water electrolysis coupled with renewable electricity. The final design is a 1.2-meter-high

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APRIL 14, 2015

Researchers from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the Arctic University of Norway have discovered a growing Arctic abiotic methane- and methane hydrate–charged sediment drift on oceanic crust in the deep Fram Strait of the Arctic Ocean. —Joel Johnson. —Johnson et al. Arctic Natural Gas'

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JULY 10, 2015

A team at the University of Calgary (Canada) has compared the energy intensities and lifecycle GHG emissions of unconventional oils (oil sands and oil shale) alongside shale gas, coal, lignite, wood and conventional oil and gas. —Nduagu & Gates. They found that if the energy content of bitumen is taken to be 42.8 —Nduagu & Gates.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Mediterranean migration hit international headlines in 2015 when the Syrian civil war helped drive up numbers to around 1 million people. But the post-2015 rules ballooned its budget. Dan Fisher of the University of Glasgow, who has published on SIVE. It is a problem of the entire society.” But that was an unusual year.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

1) Greenland’s sparsely populated landscape may seem unspoiled, but climate change is actually tearing away at its icy mantle. Ominously, the experts’ predictions were “far below the actually observed losses” since 2015, as stated by Martin Rückamp of AWI. One Glacier That Holds 1.1 It is a fantastic tool for trying out new ideas.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). —Licht (2017). 2017.02.005.

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MAY 26, 2016

The project is part of the California Climate Investments, which use proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a variety of additional benefits to California communities. The commercial component followed.

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JULY 9, 2009

They applied the global climate model ECHAM5/MESSy1-MADE to geospatial emissions inventories to determine worldwide concentrations of particular matter (PM 2.5 ) from oceangoing vessels. Climate change, acidification, visibility, eutrophication, and other environmental effects are closely related to the type of fuel used in ships.

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JULY 15, 2023

We just hope we can do it in time to be a major part of the solution to the climate crisis.” In 2015, Mumgaard huddled with a group of his fellow MIT researchers to rethink the approach to fusion power. national labs and universities as well as international research institutes. I’m watching it happening all around me.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. He said that the Administration has already approved 39 new shallow water permits, and an additional 7 deepwater permits in recently weeks. For onshore drilling, the Administration approved more than two permits last year for every new well drilled.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

Climate change mitigation will create new natural resource and supply chain opportunities and dilemmas, because substantial amounts of raw materials will be required to build new low-carbon energy devices and infrastructure. Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex. Their paper is published in Science.

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APRIL 3, 2009

However very few studies include water use impacts. in their paper conclude that, when factoring in land use change, “ when biofuel cropping is associated with the conversion of native ecosystems, the net GHG balance is negative, implying no net immediate climate benefits from shifting to biofuels.”. Ravindranath et al. Simpson et al.

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JULY 14, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.”

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