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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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Rice researchers show ocean could have contained enough methane to cause drastic climate change 56M years ago

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Analysis by researchers at Rice University suggests that the theory that the release of massive amounts of carbon from methane hydrate frozen under the seafloor 56 million years ago drove a massive climate change incident—the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)—is quite possible. Guangsheng Gu, Gerald R.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Since the 2007 IPCC report, wide-ranging surveys have shown changes to the seasonal behaviour and distribution of all well-studied marine, freshwater and terrestrial groups of plants and animals. Climate Change Science Compendium 2009.

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Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day.

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ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

The mean cost of cost of climate change for the four countries—Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam—under a “business-as-usual” scenario and if market and non-market impacts and catastrophic risks are all considered could be equivalent to losing 6.7%

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US Global Change Research Program Issues Report on Impacts of Climate Change in US; Details Point to Potential Value of Early, Aggressive Action

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2009

Widespread climate-related impacts are occurring now in the US and are expected to increase. A product of the interagency US Global Change Research Program, the 190-page report was commissioned in 2007 and completed this spring. It is clear that climate change is happening now. Source: USGCRP. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers find abundance of oil-eating bacteria in northeast Atlantic

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2021

In the event of an oil spill, our results suggest that the response of these organisms is severely hindered by the low temperatures and nutrient levels that are typical for the FSC. The research was funded by the Royal Society, the Society for Applied Microbiology and the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS).

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Marine Ecosystems Capture Carbon Emissions Equal to Near 50% of Emissions of Global Transport; UN Agencies Propose Blue Carbon Fund for Their Support

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

The report estimates that carbon emissions equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector are being captured and stored by marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. Marine-living organisms range from plankton and bacteria to seagrasses, saltmarsh plants and mangrove forests. Click to enlarge.

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Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation. James Orr, Marine Environment Laboratories (MEL-IAEA) and chairman of the symposium. Source: ACECRC. Click to enlarge. Surface ocean pH has already dropped by 0.1

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. IEEE Spectrum : What role does Silver Lining play in climate research or advocacy? In 2015, the U.S.

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CSIRO/BOM: Australias Mean Temperature has Risen 0.7 C Since 1960, Climate Change is Real

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MARCH 15, 2010

C (1.26 °F) since 1960 and other observed changes in rainfall, sea level rise, ocean acidification and atmospheric CO 2 concentration show that “ climate change is real ”, according to a joint CSIRO/Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) statement and snapshot of the state of the country’s climate. F] by 2030.

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This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. Pioneering underwater network technology There are a few marine research stations scattered around the globe (like needles in algal stacks).

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Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is an increase 100 times faster than any change in acidity experienced in the marine environment over the last 20 million years, giving little time for evolutionary adaptation within biological systems, the report says. Carbonate ion concentrations are now lower than at any other time during the last 800,000 years.

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World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The report is not a comprehensive scientific assessment, the authors note; one such is slated to be forthcoming from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013–14 in its Fifth Assessment Report. The report authors acknowledge that uncertainties remain in projecting the extent of both climate change and its impacts.

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Researchers link massive atmospheric carbon injection to end-Triassic mass extinction

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JULY 23, 2011

million years ago), which was marked by terrestrial ecosystem turnover and up to a ~50% loss in marine biodiversity. Concurrent vegetation changes reflect strong warming and an enhanced hydrological cycle. per mil negative excursion, coincident with the extinction interval. —Ruhl et al. Micha Ruhl, Nina R.

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UK Funds £11M Study on Ocean Acidification

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MAY 3, 2009

Ocean acidity, caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the sea, has risen 30% in the last 200 years, faster than any time in the last 65 million years, with serious implications for sealife and our climate, according to a new report by the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. KPMG International is hosting the event, in cooperation with the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Source: KPMG.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2023

I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta. The summit kicked off on 4 May at the Georgia Aquarium with a reception and panel discussion on climate change and sustainability, moderated by Saifur Rahman , IEEE president and CEO. Here are highlights of the sessions, which are available on IEEE.tv.

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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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AUGUST 6, 2019

They provide enough power for the tug to operate at 40 tonnes bollard pull in the event of an electrical system failure or if the vessel needs to operate for a longer duration. The batteries arranged in strings; if one battery in a string fails, the others carry on the work.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

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Forecasting the Ice Loss of Greenland’s Glaciers With Viscoelastic Modeling

Cars That Think

JANUARY 27, 2023

As the leader of the Modeling Group in the Section of Glaciology at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, Humbert works to extract broader lessons from Nioghalvfjerdsbræ’s ongoing decline. 2) has captured a rapid and dramatic calving event in action. Humbert, et al.

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Study Links Accelerating Uplift of Greenland to Accelerated Melting of Ice

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

A study by a team of researchers from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami found that the acceleration of upward vertical motion of the rocky margins of Greenland indicates that accelerated ice loss in western Greenland started in the late 1990s.

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New Joint Research Centre Reference Report sets out options for reducing emissions from shipping

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Marine fuel oil has a very high sulphur content which ranges from a global average of 27,000 ppm (parts per million) to 10,000 ppm in Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs). The shipping sector is also a source of air pollution. of Sulphur content by 2015, as is already the case in the EU ports due to EU legislation.

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£11m to protect our seas from CO2 emissons

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APRIL 28, 2009

A five-year, £11million study into the effects of climate change on Britain’s seas has been announced as scientists warn of more acidic seas affecting the food chain. “We need to understand much more about the scale and nature of the effect CO2 is having on our oceans and marine life.&#.

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Let Us Now Murder AB 2145 Before It Kills Community Choice Power

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JULY 22, 2014

It should surprise no one that the entire event was a sad and cynical dog and pony show for the guest presenters with a minimum of public questions allowed. ” He wants to change the law and slow things down. Senator Wright is a climate change denier and is “suspicious of renewable energy.”

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New Study Shows that Sea Level Rise Resulting From Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Would be Non-Uniform; Some Regions to See Levels Much Higher Than Previously Predicted

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Recent projections of sea-level rise after a future collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (for example, the Fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report) assume that meltwater will spread uniformly (eustatically) across the oceans once marine-based sectors of the West Antarctic are filled.

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APRIL 26, 2021

When Christopher Matos-Rogers launched a new career as an Atlanta-area real estate agent a decade ago, he had just spent five years as a marine biologist and he knew what was up with climate change. Christopher Matos-Rogers’ Tesla parked outside the Atlanta Realtors Center.

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Extreme E tackles tough terrain, promotes sustainable racing

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MAY 18, 2021

Formula E, the FIA-sanctioned electric racing series, has been a powerful ambassador for the EV revolution—and a damn fine sporting event—since its opening season in 2014. Extreme E has totally refurbished the 30-year-old vessel in order to lower its emissions as much as possible.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

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APRIL 13, 2021

With World Earth Day only a week away (22/04/2021), we have decided what better way to embrace this event than for everyone to get involved in some new ‘ green habits’ for 1 month in the spirit of myenergi’s very own Green Reset. Simple changes amongst the masses encourages big changes across big industries.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

Rice researchers show ocean could have contained enough methane to cause drastic climate change 56M years ago

UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

Copenhagen Diagnosis Released, Detailing Accelerating Indicators of Climate Change In Last Three Years

ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

US Global Change Research Program Issues Report on Impacts of Climate Change in US; Details Point to Potential Value of Early, Aggressive Action

Researchers find abundance of oil-eating bacteria in northeast Atlantic

Marine Ecosystems Capture Carbon Emissions Equal to Near 50% of Emissions of Global Transport; UN Agencies Propose Blue Carbon Fund for Their Support

Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

CSIRO/BOM: Australias Mean Temperature has Risen 0.7 C Since 1960, Climate Change is Real

This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems

World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

Researchers link massive atmospheric carbon injection to end-Triassic mass extinction

UK Funds £11M Study on Ocean Acidification

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Forecasting the Ice Loss of Greenland’s Glaciers With Viscoelastic Modeling

Study Links Accelerating Uplift of Greenland to Accelerated Melting of Ice

New Joint Research Centre Reference Report sets out options for reducing emissions from shipping

£11m to protect our seas from CO2 emissons

Let Us Now Murder AB 2145 Before It Kills Community Choice Power

New Study Shows that Sea Level Rise Resulting From Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Would be Non-Uniform; Some Regions to See Levels Much Higher Than Previously Predicted

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Extreme E tackles tough terrain, promotes sustainable racing

World Earth Day & The Green Reset

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