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IPCC Scientist Says Climate Change Likely to Accelerate More Quickly and Be More Damaging Than Predicted

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Without decisive action, climate change this century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, according to Professor Chris Field of Stanford University, and a leading member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Researchers Predict Permafrost Thaw Will Intensify Climate Change More Quickly Than Previously Thought; Melting of Greenland Icesheet Could Drive More Water Than Previously Thought to North American Northeast

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Ted Schuur, University of Florida and lead author of the study. The new research was funded by the US Department of Energy and by NCAR’s sponsor, the National Science Foundation. It was conducted by scientists at NCAR, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Florida State University. Vogel, Kathryn G. Sickman, T.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

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Goldman: So there’s a whole suite of different metals that we need, and they each play different roles in the renewable energy system. And so we use copper to move electric power around the vehicle, to move electric power around the energy system in the transmission grid. For the cathode of the battery, we need a layered metal oxide.

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The Quest for a DNA Data Drive

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Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. To last longer than a decade, tape must be carefully stored at cool temperatures and low humidity, which typically means the continuous use of energy for air conditioning. We’ve made considerable progress already, and we can see the way forward.

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