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Two years ago, Evan Dishion, a young doctor in Arizona, went hiking with some friends. But temperatures in the desert soared to 109 degrees Fahrenheit, the team ran out of water, got lost, and Ivan began to overheat. Dishion: “Eventually, he lost consciousness before they could find cell service.” Evan was already dead when rescuers arrived, said his wife, Amy Dishion. Today, Amy is working to prevent the same tragedy from happening to others, especially in a warming climate. She said extreme heat can harm anyone. Evan was healthy and active before his death. As a result, she urged people…

Overall, modern buildings have a very large carbon footprint due to polluting concrete, steel, insulation, etc. In fact, according to the United Nations Environment Program, “the construction industry is by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, accounting for a staggering 37% of global emissions.” (Estimates vary, but are all high, including in the U.S. of new homes) so it’s no surprise that ways to reduce these emissions are being looked for. Part of this research involves the recycling and transformation of traditional, natural, low-carbon or even carbon-sequestering building materials, sometimes involving new technologies and sometimes not. The resulting buildings…

The algorithm reconstructs the wind field quickly and accurately with less observation data. With Eurekalert, maybe this will work, maybe not. Worth a try.Washington, November 19, 2024 — A hurricane or tropical cyclone can cause devastating natural disasters, leveling entire cities and claiming hundreds or thousands of lives. A key aspect of their destructive potential is their unpredictability. Hurricanes are complex weather phenomena and it is difficult to estimate their intensity or landfall location. In a paper published this week fluid physicspublished by AIP Publishing, two City University of Hong Kong researchers used machine learning to more accurately simulate the…

Article by Eric Worrell All output from the reopened Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will be used to power artificial intelligence computers. Once-shuttered nuclear power plants may soon be back online. The planned reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant has been hailed as a boon to Pennsylvania and a booster of artificial intelligence, but is still loathed by residents haunted by the near-catastrophic plant disaster in 1979. … Three Mile Island's (TMI) resurgence was driven by Microsoft's need to power its power-hungry data centers, half of which were still operating after the 1979 collapse, only to…

Research Brief by Kip Hansen — November 23, 2024 — 700 words There is a very interesting paper by Anup Malani and Ari Jacob, both from the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA, USA, “This is a study that promotes major economic A private nonprofit organization that provides cutting-edge research and analysis of issues. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of NBER.) The title of this paper is “New measure of children surviving reveals long-term trends in fertility” [ or as .pdf here ]. What are…

By Kevin Dayaratna Roy Spencer Access to affordable and reliable energy is critical to a prosperous society. Everything we do, from waking up in the morning, to going to work, to spending time with our family, requires energy. Fortunately, President-elect Trump’s choice for energy secretary, Chris Wright, understands this. But his credentials have been obscured by media attention focused on Wright's views on climate change. For example, washington post Ridiculing Mr Wright as a “sceptic of mainstream climate science”. But mainstream climate scientists say severe weather has not changed due to greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.…

U.S. forecasters warned that another round of winter weather could complicate travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, with California and Washington states still recovering from storm damage and power outages.A person was found dead in a flooded car in California on Saturday as authorities braced for more rain while dealing with flooding and small landslides. the storm before.The National Weather Service office in Sacramento, Calif., issued a winter storm warning for the state's Sierra Nevada Mountains on Tuesday, predicting heavy snowfall in higher elevations and wind gusts that could reach 55 mph (88 kph). Total snowfall amounts are expected to…

Article by Eric Worrell Last week, the rising tide provided an impressive display of plastic fossil fuel products amid climate protests. Rising tide: climate change protesters arrested over coal exports at Newcastle port Author: Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy in short: Activist group Rising Tide said several people had been arrested at an anti-fossil fuel demonstration in Newcastle. Thousands of people attended the multi-day protests, which featured speeches and performances by Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett. What to do next? Demonstrations are expected to continue into Sunday night. Several arrests have been made at a climate protest in Newcastle that…

As COP29 comes to an end in Baku, it leaves behind a series of unfulfilled promises, empty platitudes, and a $300 billion-a-year commitment to climate finance that has come to be viewed as monopoly money. The summit was supposed to be a turning point for participants – a global summit to double down on the Paris Agreement and give developed countries access to more climate cash giveaways. Instead, they woke up to a harsh reality: President Donald J. Trump is back, and his cabinet is determined to crush the green bureaucratic utopia faster than Greta Thunberg can say, “How dare…

Author: H. Sterling Burnett Subscribe to Climate Change Weekly This issue: Some suggestions for the new mayor on climate and environmental policy Climate change has no significant impact on waves or storm surges Dutch court overturns Shell climate ruling Some suggestions for the new town mayor on climate and environment President-elect Donald Trump's landslide election victory and popular vote victory gave him the power to advance his own agenda, particularly the climate and energy deregulation agenda he pushed during the campaign. In anticipation of a Trump victory, a coalition of groups — including the Heartland Institute, the E&E Law Institute,…