Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2020
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2020
New research led by the University of Washington (UW) is the first to measure this phenomenon’s effect over years and at a regional scale. Past attempts to measure this effect from ships had focused on places where the wind blows across the shipping lane, in order to compare the “clean” area upwind with the “polluted” area downstream.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2015
Although a 2013 White House report noted that major power outages and severe weather events are increasing, this study is the first of its kind to use econometric analysis techniques to statistically correlate these events with electricity reliability.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2010
The Colorado State University forecast team predicts an above-average 2010 Atlantic basin hurricane season based on the premise that El Niño conditions will dissipate by this summer and that anomalously warm tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures will persist. The team began using a new early April statistical model in 2008.
Green Car Congress
MAY 11, 2020
Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. annual increase over the next three decades), and global fuels consumption (solid gray, 2018 value taken from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 11, 2017
For example, a team at the University of Surrey found that particulate pollution levels inside cars are up to 40% higher when the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam or stopped at a red traffic light compared to free-flowing traffic conditions. Earlier post.). That gave them rare, real-world look at pollutant exposure. —Anna Leavey.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2010
Parametrix (Auburn, Washington) will apply advanced probabilistic statistical methods to integrate oceanographic, ecological, human use data, stakeholder input, and cumulative impacts for the purpose of evaluating ocean renewable energy siting proposals. Approximate award amount: $499,000 (over three years); Funding agencies: BOEMRE, NOAA.
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