Warming Trends: Carbon-Neutral Concrete, Climate-Altered Menus and Olympic Skiing in Vanuatu – InsideClimate News

SOLUTIONS  Growing the Limestone for Climate-Friendly Concrete Concrete is the most prolific man-made material on the planet, and as a result, its production is one of the most significant contributors to climate change.  The concrete production process involves burning quarried…

Self-driving taxis take to the streets of San Francisco

Phoenix, Arizona, already has self-driving taxis, and now San Francisco, California, becomes the 2nd major U.S. city to have them.

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Climate Change Can Be Stopped, Scientists Say. Computer Models Show How – NPR

Electrical workers check solar panels at a photovoltaic power station built in a fishpond in Haian in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP via Getty Images Electrical workers check solar panels at a…

Computer Models Of Civilization Offer Routes To Ending Global Warming – WBUR

As the world’s top climate scientists released a report full of warnings this week, they kept insisting that the world still has a chance to avoid the worst effects of climate change. “It is still possible to forestall most of…

Computer Models Of Civilization Offer Routes To Ending Global Warming – KALW

As the world’s top climate scientists released a report full of warnings this week, they kept insisting that the world still has a chance to avoid the worst effects of climate change. “It is still possible to forestall most of…

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2021 inductees

(University of South Florida (USF Innovation)) Seven Florida Inventors whose discoveries are saving lives, transforming the environment, and creating new technologies are named as 2021 Inductees to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Among them are Dean Kamen, often referred to as the modern Thomas Edison due to the scope of his trailblazing inventions, including the Segway®; and Mark Dean, who holds three patents for the original IBM PC and is co-inventor of the ISA bus which revolutionized modern computing.

What impact will robots and autonomous systems have on urban ecosystems?

(University of Seville) Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), autonomous cars, robots that can repair urban infrastructure and wireless sensor networks used for monitoring, etc. are just some of the devices that will spring up all over our cities in a few years. They have a wide range of potential applications, such as autonomous transport, waste collection, infrastructure maintenance and repair, surveillance and precision agriculture, among others. However, we must also consider the impact these technologies will have on urban biodiversity and its ecosystems in the future.

Measuring melting ice

(University of Delaware) As glacial ice melts, what happens to the freshwater and how it is affecting coastal systems in Antarctica becomes an important question. The University of Delaware’s Carlos Moffat has been awarded a five-year, $787,528 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Faculty Career Development Award.

A robotic revolution for urban nature

(University of Leeds) Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife.

An underwater navigation system powered by sound

Underwater backscatter localization could allow for battery-free ocean exploration. The system is akin to subsea GPS and has potential applications in marine conservation, aquaculture, underwater robotics, and more.