ARIES Platform Has Essential Capabilities To Emulate and De-Risk Marine Energy Systems for Range of Applications Energy from ocean waves has the potential to power offshore and coastal microgrids for applications like recharging autonomous underwater vehicles, supporting ocean sensors and aquaculture, and securing local power for remote communities. But to … [continued]
The car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution Carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars are six times higher, on average, than official tests suggest, according to new 2024 data published by the EU last week. The gap between PHEVs’ real-world CO₂ … [continued]
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane traps heat in the atmosphere more efficiently than CO2, but has a significantly shorter lifespan, fading after just a few decades. Therefore, reducing emissions of methane — a gas primarily produced by agriculture, fossil … [continued]
The word “science,” according to Wikipedia, is derived from the Latin verb “scire, meaning ‘to know,’ specifically its present participle sciens, meaning ‘knowing.’” The root word scire is also connected to English words like conscience — shared knowledge of right and wrong — and omniscient — all-knowing. My, how times … [continued]
Brooklyn-based Vycarb recently reached a significant milestone in storing low-purity CO2 in sea water. This convenient, low-cost solution has the potential to make CCS more affordable and accessible. I recently met with Vycarb CEO and Founder Dr. Garrett Boudinot to see the progress at their Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters. Founded … [continued]
A new tool that integrates data from cameras, lidar, radar, and vehicle sensors could enable cities and departments of transportation to monitor and analyze intersection activity more effectively, helping reduce crashes and improve efficiency. Illustration by Besiki Kazaishvili, National Laboratory of the Rockies/
Digital-Twin Framework Provides Real-Time Visibility Into Traffic Conditions We have all been there: stopped at a red light at an empty intersection or narrowly avoiding a collision after a driver runs a red light. Researchers at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) are working to reduce such risks by … [continued]
Talk about a vicious circle. A team of climate scientists lead by Judith Cole at the University of Michigan has published new research in the journal Science this week. Here’s what Cole told The Guardian about that research. “We are seeing a trend of stronger El Niños and the one … [continued]
Attributable days of heat stress for different age cohorts (columns), at different warming levels (rows). Each circle contains 100 coloured dots, with each dot representing 1% of the age cohort. Darker dots indicate more heat-stress days. Source: Pietroiusti et al (2026).
By Ayesha Tandon More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress days” due to climate change. This is according to a new attribution study, published in Science Advances, which combines climate models with demographic data to assess the age groups and regions … [continued]
There is a story — which may be apocryphal — about the dean of an elite women’s college in northwest Massachusetts who once counseled her students, “When rape is inevitable, lean back and enjoy it.” Suffice to say, this was before the Women’s Lib movement clicked into high gear. The … [continued]
I’m traveling around Cape Cod, Massachusetts this week. It’s part of a quest to learn how other communities outside my permanent Florida residence are looking ahead to a clean energy and nature-based future. Cape Cod is geographically rare. It is a constantly changing peninsula, altered by winds, ocean currents, climate, … [continued]
