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PHYS.ORG - Technology

Chinese car giants locked in a cut-throat price war descended on the capital for the start of the Auto China show Thursday, vying to draw consumers and headlines in the world's biggest electric vehicle market and abroad. China's EV sector has exploded in recent years, and firms are now engaged...

New York Times - Climate Section

The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded. Reporting from Washington The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a rule meant to speed up federal permits for major transmission lines,...

New York Times - Climate Section

Limiting power plant pollution is the last major climate rule expected from President Biden. Donald J. Trump has already vowed to “cancel” it if re-elected. The Biden administration on Thursday placed the final cornerstone of its plan to tackle climate change: a regulation that would force the...

Washington Post - Climate and Environment

New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized an ambitious set of rules aimed at slashing air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions spewing from the nation’s power plants. If fully implemented, the rules will have enormous consequences for U.S. climate goals, the...

PHYS.ORG - Technology

Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot

A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the crash Friday in a suburban area...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change

To design these climate-saving plants, scientists in Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative are using a sophisticated new research tool called SLEAP—an easy-to-use artificial intelligence (AI) software that tracks multiple features of root growth. Created by Salk Fellow Talmo Pereira, SLEAP...

PHYS.ORG - Technology

Saliba and Malekshahi reached out to researchers at the Molecular Foundry, a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Fast forward several months, and the Berkeley Lab team has applied a set of techniques to reveal...

Yale Climate Connections - Policy

'Basic peer pressure’: The plan to turn out millions of pro-climate voters in the 2024 U.S. election

Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections With the November election fast approaching, political campaigns across the country are targeting that most coveted of groups: “likely voters.” Once identified, most campaigns...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

'Diverse' Agriculture Benefits People and the Environment at the Same Time

Rotating crops, conserving soil nutrients and deploying other strategies to "diversify" agriculture all at the same time can yield major benefits for the environment and people alike -- including increased crop yields and improved food security for entire communities. That's the take-home...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Extreme heat scorched the Philippines on Wednesday, forcing schools in some areas to suspend in-person classes and prompting warnings for people to limit the amount of time spent outdoors. The months of March, April and May are typically the hottest and driest in the archipelago nation, but...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

A new study finds that "sunny day flooding," which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal waters tend to dissipate quickly, the findings suggest policymakers and public health officials should be aware...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

'Tug of War' Tactic Enhances Chemical Separations for Critical Materials

Lanthanide elements are important for clean energy and other applications. To use them, industry must separate mixed lanthanide sources into individual elements using costly, time-consuming, and waste-generating procedures. An efficient new method can be tailored to select specific lanthanides....

‘Pathetic, Really, and Dangerous': Al Gore Reflects on Fraudulent Fossil Fuel Claims, Climate Voters and Clean Energy

NEW YORK CITY - Former Vice President Al Gore paid a visit to the Big Apple earlier this month to help train a new cohort of climate activists just ahead of Earth Day. The training session, which took place from April 12 to 14, was part of The Climate Reality Project, Gore’s nonprofit that...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

38 Trillion Dollars in Damages Each Year: World Economy Already Committed to Income Reduction of 19 % Due to Climate Change

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19 % until 2050 due to climate change, a new study published in Nature finds. These damages are six times larger than the mitigation costs needed to limit global...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

Common "hard" coastal defenses, like concrete sea walls, might struggle to keep up with increasing climate risks. A new study shows that combining them with nature-based solutions could, in some contexts, create defenses which are better able to adapt. Researchers reviewed 304 academic...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

A New Estimate of U.S. Soil Organic Carbon to Improve Earth System Models

Soil contains about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and plants combined. It is a major carbon sink, capable of absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases. Management of soil carbon is key in efforts to mitigate climate change, in addition to being vital to soil...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

As any surfer will tell you, waves pack a powerful punch. Now, we are one step closer to capturing the energy behind the ocean's constant ebb and flow with an improved "blue energy" harvesting device. Researchers report in ACS Energy Letters that simply repositioning the electrode -- from the...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

A city's skyline -- the distinctive shapes and arrangements of its buildings -- impacts the safety of its population during floods. When the streets flood, pedestrians can be swept under the current and injured or killed. With climate change and rising urbanization, the likelihood and severity...

PHYS.ORG - Earth

Africa's megacities threatened by heat, floods, disease - action needed to start greening, adapt to climate change

African megacities like Lagos, Nigeria (with 21 million residents) and Cairo, Egypt (with 10 million residents) are experiencing significant temperature increases due to the urban heat island effect and climate change. Meelan Thondoo is a medical anthropologist and environmental epidemiologist...

Science Daily - Earth and Climate

Artificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately predict the path and intensity of major storms, a new study has demonstrated. Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez, who led the study, said: "AI is transforming weather forecasting before our eyes. Two years ago, modern machine learning...