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Skeptical Science

Sea ice forms during the Antarctic winter and retreats during the warmer months. Such freeze-thaw cycles have no impact on sea levels since they happen within the ocean. However, Antarctic land ice has seen a net decrease, resulting in a significant increase in fresh water flowing into the sea....

PHYS.ORG - Earth

NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet

NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 again in a way that makes sense. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November. Flight controllers traced the blank communication to a bad computer chip and rearranged the spacecraft's coding to work...

Huffington Post

The Biden administration has finalized a major rule change that raises the bar for real estate developers who want newly built homes to qualify for U.S. government-backed loans, laying the groundwork for a massive overhaul in the way Americans build houses. Regulators issued a final...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Scientists discover higher levels of CO2 increase survival of viruses in the air and transmission risk

Lead author Dr. Allen Haddrell, Senior Research Associate in Aerosol Science at the University's School of Chemistry, said, "We knew SARS-CoV-2, like other viruses, spreads through the air we breathe. But this study represents a huge breakthrough in our understanding of exactly how and why that...

VOX -Environment

The biodiversity crisis, explained More than five years ago, the world’s top climate scientists made a frightening prediction: If the planet warms by 1.5 degrees Celsius, relative to preindustrial times, 70 to 90 percent of coral reefs globally would die off. At 2°C, that number jumps to more...

Washington Post - Climate and Environment

How groups execute the new plan could mean the difference between saving what’s left on Florida’s 360-mile-long coral reef and another summer of catastrophic loss.

In Florida, swaths of coral paint a colorful landscape across the ocean floor and serve a key role in its ecosystem. But last summer, amid the longest marine heat wave in decades, many were scorched - drained of color and their survival left in question. It’s a scenario becoming much more...

PHYS.ORG - Technology

A framework to compare lithium battery testing data and results during operation

Existing methods to estimate the amount of Li in batteries rely on capacity measurements, describing how much charge a battery can hold, and coulombic efficiency values, which indicate how much charge a battery retains during cycles. Yet these measurements are not always accurate, as they do not...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Anthropologist documents how women and shepherds historically reduced wildfire risk in Central Italy

The latest research paper from environmental anthropologist and University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Andrew Mathews explores these issues in the Monte Pisano region of Central Italy. The paper is published in the journal Ambio. In particular, Mathews found that peasant women, who...

Yale Climate Connections - Policy

Atlanta's population could boom as people flee sea level rise, wildfires, and hurricanes

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PHYS.ORG - Technology

California battery storage increasing rapidly, but not enough to end blackouts, Gov. Newsom says

Gov. Gavin Newsom said on April 25 that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is crucial to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was still not enough to avoid blackouts during heat waves. Standing in the middle of a solar farm in Yolo County, Newsom announced...

PHYS.ORG - Technology

Cat hides in Amazon return package - then ends up in California 700 miles from home

A cat went missing after hiding in an Amazon return package. Then her Utah owner got a call - from hundreds of miles away - that "changed everything." On April 10, Galena the kitty "vanished" from her home in Lehi, her owner, Carrie Stevens Clark, said in an April 21 Facebook post. Clark said...

PHYS.ORG - Biology

Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe's largest reef. This is offering scientists hope

Just like the animals on Noah's Ark, the corals arrived in a pair. On Monday, divers with gloved hands gently nestled the self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project among their cousins in Europe's largest coral reef at the Burgers' Zoo in the Netherlands. "This is the first...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water resources. The Nile is one of the longest rivers globally and spreads over 11 countries in East Africa, supplying water, energy production, environmental quality and...

EQT Says Fracked Gas Is a Climate Solution, but Scientists Call That Deceptive Greenwashing

This article was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for its free weekly newsletters at publicsource.org. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. “The biggest green initiative on the planet.” That’s what EQT CEO Toby Rice...

New York Times - Climate Section

He has called for increased oil production and said that electric vehicles will result in an 'assassination’ of jobs. Former President Donald J. Trump has vowed to “cancel” President Biden’s policies for cutting pollution from fossil-fuel-burning power plants, “terminate” efforts to encourage...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Herds of endangered hippos stuck in the mud of dried-up ponds are in danger of dying in drought-struck Botswana, conservation authorities told AFP Friday. Southern Africa has been affected by severe drought, caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has threatened harvests and plunged...

New York Times - Climate Section

The polarization of politics means that rules are imposed, gutted and restored with each election. Experts say that’s bad for the economy. The Biden administration’s move on Thursday to strictly limit pollution from coal-burning power plants is a major policy shift. But in many ways it’s one...

Sustainable Brands

While heat is the leading cause of weather-related illnesses and deaths in both Canada and the US, companies can explore nature-based solutions to help reverse this trend and foster spaces where people can thrive. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 2023...

The Climate United Coalition has billions of dollars to give out to advance decarbonization. Here’s how to qualify. Invest in urban decarbonization. Graphic: Sophia Davirro The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the nonprofit organizations that will receive some of its $20...