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$79 billion—the hidden climate costs of US materials production

A study published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, has revealed a staggering $79 billion in annual climate-related costs from the production of common materials in the United States. These costs, which stem from greenhouse gas emi.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailOct 24th, 2024

A first step towards integrating marine plastics into urban recycling

In response to the millions of tons of marine litter, mostly plastics, floating on the oceans, the need to manage this waste effectively is more urgent than ever. Faced with this reality, the UPV/EHU's Materials + Technologies research group decided.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News12 hr. 4 min. ago

New chemical structures show vastly improved carbon capture ability

Oregon State University researchers have synthesized new molecules able to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, an important tactic in climate change mitigation......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News13 hr. 4 min. ago

Southern states brace for water changes, report finds

Water is everywhere. It falls freely from the sky and flows across the earth. Humans are inextricably connected to water and to forests. Changes in land use, forest conditions, and climate affect water – with consequences for drinking water treatme.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News13 hr. 36 min. ago

Climate change intensified back-to-back Philippines storms: Study

Human-induced climate change fueled a rare string of back-to-back typhoons that battered the Philippines this year and boosted the chances of powerful storms making landfall, a new study said on Thursday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News13 hr. 36 min. ago

Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska"s dominant seabird

The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News13 hr. 36 min. ago

One of world"s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, where more than 3,000 billion liters of meltwater were unleashed in just weeks. This rare, natural flooding event, witnessed by University.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News16 hr. 36 min. ago

Can the UK"s "Online Safety Act" tame the hidden violence in leisure communities?

The UK's new Online Safety Act, programmed for implementation in the second half of next year, could reshape how social media platforms deal with harmful online content. This legislation aims to protect users by requiring platforms to swiftly remove.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News16 hr. 36 min. ago

How sulfur affects the carbon cycle of subtropical seagrass meadows: New findings from Florida Bay

Seagrass meadows have an important climate protection function due to their long-term carbon storage potential. An international research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) has now been able to show that seagr.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News16 hr. 36 min. ago

Catalyst "breathes" new life into acrylonitrile production

A team of engineers is reimagining one of the essential processes in modern manufacturing. Their goal? To transform how a chemical called acrylonitrile (ACN) is made—not by building world-scale manufacturing sites, but by using smaller-scale, modul.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated News16 hr. 36 min. ago

LG exits Blu-ray player production, but that doesn’t mean discs are dead

While LG is stepping away from the Blu-ray player market, it's not necessarily the doom and gloom some are making it out to be......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News18 hr. 36 min. ago

Kokumi compounds: The hidden enhancers in your sparkling wine

"Rich" and "full-bodied" are terms that people often use to describe the taste of wine. They are also the properties that kokumi compounds bring to foods like mature Gouda cheese, though scientists haven't widely explored them in wines. In the Journa.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News20 hr. 36 min. ago

Polluting shipwrecks are the ticking time-bomb at the bottom of our oceans

At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News20 hr. 36 min. ago

How "thirsty" trees may make forests more vulnerable to climate change

A new study suggests that increased maple populations may leave forests in western North Carolina more vulnerable to extreme weather conditions like flooding and drought......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News22 hr. 4 min. ago

Google boosts Android security against unknown tracking devices

Google's unknown tracker alerts system will now let users disable their phone's location sharing and use a map view to find the hidden tracking device......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 12th, 2024

Mosquito genetics may explain why Zika virus outbreaks are rare in Africa: Climate change could shift the balance

A study reveals that Africa's low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

Hyundai Ioniq 9 vs. Kia EV9: Electric SUV sisters battle it out

The Hyundai Ioniq 9 is finally on the way, and we have an idea of what the production model will look like. But how will it compare with the Kia EV9?.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

Report: Google told FTC Microsoft’s OpenAI deal is killing AI competition

Microsoft gatekeeping OpenAI models saddles AI rivals with costs, report says. Google reportedly wants the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to end Microsoft's exclusive cloud dea.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

The Galaxy Z Flip 7’s biggest change may be hidden inside the phone

There's more confirmation that Samsung is making a huge switch on next year's Galaxy Z Flip handset......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

Seeing no road to profit, GM shutters Cruise

GM decides to cut its losses, will focus on partial automation for passenger cars. After spending more than $10 billion to try to develop an autonomous robotaxi, General Motors is.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024

The first search for soft unclustered energy patterns in proton–proton collisions at 13TeV

A key objective of many physics studies is to experimentally observe exotic phenomena beyond the Standard Model (SM) that are predicted by theoretical models. These include hidden valley models, which predict the existence of a dark sector in which p.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsDec 11th, 2024