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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Studies by Oregon State University have found that climate change will damage trees' ability to cool leaves and pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The post Climate change could have devastating effects on forests’ carbon uptake appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest around $1 billion over the next five years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Enhance resilience to physical climate risks. Rio Tinto’s new 2030 climate targets are linked to executive remuneration.

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JULY 11, 2022

A research team, including PhD student Carola Martens, from Senckenberg and South Africa’s Stellenbosch University, has investigated how climate change could pose a threat to Africa’s biodiversity. In this study, scientists demonstrate where these environmental impacts may coincide with population growth and land-use changes.

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MAY 5, 2022

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Rahman: Its charter is to develop a cross-IEEE strategy to synchronize and guide the organization’s response to changes in the global climate. Why should members care about climate change?

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Innovation News Network

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Dr Thomas Shahady, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Lynchburg, details how space activity could impact climate change. The post Are activities in space contributing to climate change? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Universal Hydrogen closed a $62-million new funding round; the oversubscribed round was completed less than six months after the company’s Series A ( earlier post ), bringing total raised to $85 million. Full-scale prototype of Universal Hydrogen's gaseous hydrogen module, with one capsule removed.

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JULY 20, 2021

million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. Their study appears in Global Change Biology. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

and China’s top climate official, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua, signed an agreement on climate change—the first between the NDRC and a subnational entity. The NDRC oversees China’s efforts to address climate change and much of the government’s economic strategy.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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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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JULY 8, 2022

Dr Thomas Shahady, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Lynchburg, discusses the potential impact that water pollution has on climate change. The post Water pollution: A critical driver of climate change appeared first on Innovation News Network. It involves sediment, nutrients and […].

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APRIL 11, 2024

A new University of Birmingham study has demonstrated the effectiveness of cloud engineering as a potential tool for climate cooling. The post Cloud engineering effective for climate cooling, says University of Birmingham appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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JUNE 24, 2022

A research team from Simon Fraser University has investigated the negative impacts of climate change on bees and their populations. The post Refuting the negative impacts of climate change on bees appeared first on Innovation News Network. This study has […]. This study has […].

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JANUARY 24, 2019

After a year of record fires in California and floods in Texas and on the East Coast, more Americans are taking climate change seriously—and significant portions are willing to take financial steps to combat it. The first poll, from the University of Chicago Energy.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto has found that current US policies are insufficient to remain within a sectoral CO 2 emission budget for light-duty vehicles that is consistent with preventing more than 2?°C The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. C global warming.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Moreira’s technology also helps to track the effects of climate change. While leading a research team at the DLR in the early 1990s, Moreira saw the potential of using information gathered from such radar satellites to help address societal issues such as sustainable development and the climate crisis. Moreira earned his Ph.D.

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MARCH 14, 2017

The study, from the University of Washington, the University of California Santa Barbara and federal scientists, is published in Nature Climate Change. Ding designed a new sea ice model experiment that combines forcing due to climate change with observed weather in recent decades.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

The University of Bath aims to tackle the climate crisis and global sustainability issues by launching the new Institute for Sustainability. The post Climate crisis combatted by new University of Bath institute appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Ocean Frontier Institute, led by Dalhousie University, is driving the science and innovation needed to solve urgent ocean-climate challenges. The post Transforming ocean-climate action in Canada appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. Effect of rocket launch and re-entry emissions on global climate forcing.

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JUNE 6, 2011

million) under the International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change (IRIACC). million over five years to study how best to protect people, communities and vital economic sectors, like agriculture and tourism, that are most at risk from the effects of climate change. million (US$12.8

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JANUARY 22, 2022

Projects that lead to a low-carbon society and limit climate change will have more and greater benefits for health than previously realized. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI). From designing cities for walking and biking to preserving ecosystems. By Ann Grauvogl Those are […].

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JUNE 3, 2011

The US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals for transit climate change adaptation assessment pilots. The pilots will fund transit agencies or partnerships with transit agencies to assess the vulnerability of transit agency assets and services to climate change hazards such as heat waves and flooding.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

UCLA and Lawrence Livermore researchers have found that most climate models overestimate the increase in global precipitation due to climate change. The research appears in journal Nature. We sought to understand the sources of this uncertainty and use the best available observations to narrow in on the most likely response.

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MARCH 12, 2011

In response to the measured and projected effects of climate change, US naval forces—i.e., The committee found that even the most moderate current trends in climate, if continued, will present new national security challenges. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

earlier post ), a new study by a team at Environmental Defense Fund finds that the climate impact of hydropower facilities varies widely throughout the world and over time, with some facilities emitting more greenhouse gases than those burning fossil fuels. They also estimated emissions caused by flooding the reservoir.

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APRIL 3, 2022

This finding has the potential to change predictions for climate change, though it is unclear at this juncture if the mismatch will result in more or less carbon dioxide being accounted for in the environment. What we found is that the models of the ecosystem’s response to climate change need updating. Dorheim, K.

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MAY 29, 2012

A new report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows the importance of all major nations taking part in global efforts to reduce emissions—and in particular, finds China’s role to be crucial. C change by the end of the century. Without China, we miss that mark by about 1 °C. 2012.04.007.

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MAY 6, 2022

Some will suffer greatly from climate change, while others may even benefit. A study by University of Chicago economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, the Glen A. A study by University of Chicago economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, the Glen A. —Cruz & Rossi-Hansberg.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has posted a new online collection of resources related to climate change, including audio and visual presentations from a recent ACS forum on the science of climate change and video from an ACS press briefing on this forum. Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Black carbon (BC) is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, according to the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of this pollutant’s climate impact.

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JULY 25, 2011

Relocating species threatened by climate change—managed relocation, also known as assisted colonization—is a controversial strategy for maintaining biodiversity. —Dr Eve McDonald-Madden, co-author, CSIRO researcher and research fellow at the University of Queensland. —Dr Tara Martin. Runge, Hugh P.

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MAY 13, 2011

Illustration of the steps in an iterative risk management approach for addressing climate change. From: America’s Climate Choices. This trend cannot be explained by natural factors such as internal climate variability or changes in incoming energy from the sun. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 2, 2020

For years, scientists have known that these particles are affecting Earth’s warming climate, but measuring their exact effect has proved elusive. Absorption by black carbon strongly affects regional and global climate. If you have larger absorption, it contributes to warming and has greater climate impact.

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JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

The meeting was held in June at Vanderbilt University and was sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research (VECTOR), Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment (VIEE) and the University of Memphis’ Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute. Develop better tools and models for performing risk assessments.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

We do have a climate crisis that needs to be addressed. Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. That has a significant impact on safety for all road users. Electric vehicles powered from a clean grid are an essential step in the right direction.

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