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JUNE 1, 2021

A new study led by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Hokkaido University and the University of Washington explains why. We need to understand this multiphase chemistry in the atmosphere to design an efficient strategy to manage air pollution and accurately predict future air pollution and climate change impacts.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants, especially O 3 (ozone), is significantly associated with increasing emphysema, according to a new study led by the University of Washington, Columbia University and the University at Buffalo. This work in the MESA Air study was led at the University of Washington.

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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities. While this is just a first step in demonstrating robustness, it is an important step.

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APRIL 7, 2024

A new study from the University of California (UC) Berkeley shows a steady, albeit modest, decline in carbon emissions with increased electric vehicle (EV) adoption over the last few years. million units in 2023 , according to Cox Automotive data, with California , Washington, New Jersey, Connecticut and Texas making up the top five adopters.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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JUNE 3, 2012

A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. Source: van Vliet et al.

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MAY 2, 2020

A new report from the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis has found that total US vehicle miles traveled (VMT) at the county and state level have declined by 61% to 90% following the various government stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC Davis Road Ecology Center).

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Scientists have taken a major step toward accurately determining the amount of energy that the sun provides to Earth, and how variations in that energy may contribute to climate change. W m -2 established in the 1990s, which energy balance calculations and climate models currently use.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Rio Tinto has assembled a team of climate innovation and research leaders to explore new approaches in carbon mineralization technology as a way to store carbon as rock safely and permanently. The US Department of Energy has awarded $2.2

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JULY 22, 2009

Winter chill, a vital climatic trigger for many tree crops, is likely to decrease by more than 50% in California during this century as global climate warms, making the state no longer suitable for growing many fruit and nut crops, according to a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Washington.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

New University of Washington research indicates that even if Earth warmed enough to melt all polar sea ice, the ice could recover if the planet cooled again. Climate change doesn’t have to exhibit exotic phenomena to be dangerous. A paper on the work is to be published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Without systematic, transformative changes, the US is unlikely to succeed either in averting the worst economic and environmental consequences of climate change or in achieving a secure, affordable and reliable energy supply. Current difficulties in Washington only add to the case for regionalization.

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APRIL 14, 2021

But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment. Research and development efforts by the team will focus on NextGen environmental goals for noise, air quality, climate change and energy.

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APRIL 27, 2012

The research team included members from the National University of Singapore; Stichting Deltares, The Netherlands; International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), Washington, DC; and the University of Leicester, UK. —Miettinen et al. Everywhere we looked, the drainage of peat to plant palm oil is increasing.

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JULY 8, 2013

Sponsored by the DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, the Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) will conduct aircraft observations to study the near-field evolution of changes in chemical, optical, and microphysical properties of aerosols generated in biomass burning events.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Scientists from Emory University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board teamed to analyze satellite data to determine the 15-year trend of PM 2.5 The MISR instrument used in the study was initially designed to help understand Earth’s climate. pollution in the state. to predict PM 2.5 Resources.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. —Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the US EPA, and lead author of the PNAS paper.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin along with Ohio State University and Columbia University-Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory will examine what the primary influences are on the development of persistent, massive hydrate accumulations in deep sediments below the seabed.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

This study, done in collaboration between NTU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed that a 0.1 Air pollution, together with climate change, is one of the greatest environmental threats to human health. LSCC is often linked to a history of smoking. The results of the study were published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

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APRIL 21, 2022

University of Washington has designed tiny sensors that mimic the shape and aerodynamic capability of the dandelion’s fuzzy, seed-bearing spores. Mark Stone/University of Washington AI on the Fusion Menu. Texas A&M University. A team of researchers at the. But it’s actually a tokamak fusion reactor.

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MARCH 16, 2024

Even if Washington hadn’t buckled to outside pressure, the U.S. However, according to the World Resources Institute , “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at keeping global warming to 1.5 to a level still well below 20 percent.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Stuart Licht, a chemistry professor at the George Washington University, and his team of researchers are among the finalists announced today in the $20-million Carbon XPRIZE competition. There is building consensus that unchecked climate change can lead to a planetary extinction event.

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JULY 24, 2014

The research team, led by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists, used data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ( GRACE ) satellite mission to track changes in the mass of the Colorado River Basin, which are related to changes in water amount on and below the surface. Stephanie L. Castle, Brian F.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent. Soft universal grippers are advantageous to safely grasp a wide variety of objects. HRC Model 4 ] Thanks, Lingkang!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The National Academy of Sciences is hosting an intensive two-day Sackler Colloquium 21-22 May in Washington, DC, to survey state-of-the-art research on science communication and to consider its implications for governance, policy, and public engagement. The Arthur M.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

He has served as a board member of the California Air Resources Board since 2007, where his chief responsibilities are implementation oversight of the state’s climate change, alternative fuels, vehicle travel and land use, and zero emission vehicle programs.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Maybe you missed their headline yesterday that read: Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates. A piece so filled with lies and disinformation it was eviscerated by climate expert Joe Romm in his piece “ Is George Will the Most Ignorant National Columinst? They haven’t for a long time now. million sq.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s How We Could Brighten Clouds to Cool the Earth Geoengineering—altering the planet to mitigate the worst effects of climate change—is an idea that has taken on new currency of late. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer. She looked at a recent study out of the U.S.

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JULY 19, 2017

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have demonstrated the first facile high-yield, low-energy synthesis of macroscopic length carbon nanotubes (CNTs)—carbon nanotube wool—from CO 2 using molten carbonate electrolysis ( earlier post ).

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend leading toward ice-free Arctic summers, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

University of Washington. Before the company’s founding, the university team had collaborated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers. Nuclear fusion could be it, but mainstream approaches are too costly and advancing too slowly to make an impact on the climate crisis. They won a series of U.S.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. presidential election, it seemed that we were entering one of those rare windows where you might see substantial policy action on climate and clean energy. C in this century. clean-tech legislation.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.)

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JULY 12, 2010

Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University have launched a strategic initiative to promote aviation biofuel development in the Pacific Northwest. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

A new NSF-funded study by authors from Yale Law School, the University of Oklahoma and George Washington Law School presents correlational and experimental evidence showing that cultural cognition also shapes individuals’ beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus. —Dan Kahan. —Dan Kahan.

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