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US DOI report highlights impacts of climate change on Western water resources

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Projected median temperature change in °F (of 112 climate projections) over the Western United States, 2070–2099 relative to 1950–1979. The report, which responds to requirements under the SECURE Water Act of 2009, details several increased risks to western United States water resources during the 21 st century.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. According to the University Center for Atmospheric Research, more than 75% of natural disasters are triggered directly or indirectly by weather and climate.

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UI, ExxonMobil study finds where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing detrimental effects on aquatic ecosystems

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A team from the University of Illinois, Urbana and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) has identified regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing effects on water quantity and quality. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Atul Jain.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The projects were selected as part of ARPA-E’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program. First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Earlier post.)The Feedstocks will include Li/Ni/Ca/Mg-rich igneous and sedimentary minerals.

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USDA and DOE Partnership Awards $8.9M to 9 Projects to Develop Better Plants for Biofuels

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New projects to be funded this year aim at enhancing productivity, yield, nutrient and water utilization, and sustainability of plant feedstocks. The resources developed will enable analysis of the genes that modulate these traits and facilitate improvement of energy sorghum and other bioenergy grasses. 1,000,000 (USDA). 793,413 (DOE).

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco). Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID): $30 Million. ARID AWARDS. Description.

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