FLOOD INSURANCE: FEMA delays planned rate hike until after 2020 elections
The Trump administration is delaying until after the 2020 elections a plan to increase the cost of federal flood insurance for millions of people, saying it wants to “protect policyholders” as it adjusts premiums so they better reflect each property’s risk of flood damage.
Photosynthesis seen in a new light by rapid X-ray pulses
(Arizona State University) In a new study, led by Petra Fromme and Nadia Zatsepin at the Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, the School of Molecular Sciences and the Department of Physics at ASU, researchers investigated the structure of Photosystem I (PSI) with ultrashort X-ray pulses at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (EuXFEL), located in Hamburg, Germany.
Santiago walking tour and why just transition important for addressing social crisis and ecological crisis
November 7: Today I did a 3 hour walking tour of Santiago with Marcela from Tour4Tips. They are only running walking tours in the morning due to the social protests. Many of the museums are closed due to workers being…
Go with the flow: Scientists design new grid batteries for renewable energy
Scientists have designed an affordable ‘flow battery’ membrane that could accelerate renewable energy for the electrical grid.
Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business
Capturing carbon dioxide and turning it into commercial products, such as fuels or construction materials, could become a new global industry, according to a new study.
Mammals’ complex spines are linked to high metabolisms; we’re learning how they evolved
Mammals’ backbones are weird. They’re much more complex than the spines of other land animals like reptiles. Scientists wanted to find out how these complex backbones evolved in the first place. They discovered that the process was marked by big, dramatic evolutionary changes, and that it’s linked to mammals being active animals with high metabolisms.
Choosing most cost-effective practices for sites could save in bay cleanup
(Penn State) Using site-specific watershed data to determine the most cost-effective agricultural best management practices — rather than requiring all the recommended practices be implemented across the entire watershed — could make staying below the Chesapeake Bay’s acceptable pollution load considerably less expensive.
Breaking down controls to better control wind energy systems
(Chinese Association of Automation) Researchers based in Brazil have developed a way to better control wind energy systems in electrical generation. Wind energy systems are typically expensive to maintain, and they can only convert a portion of their produced energy into storage. The results were published on IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, a joint publication of IEEE and the Chinese Association of Automation, and could have implications for making wind energy systems more efficient and cost-effective.
Donald Trump leaves Paris climate accord because he knows better. Not. – USA TODAY
It isn’t beyond imagination for the world to act in concert against a global environmental threat. After all, it has happened before. When scientists found that chemicals used in refrigeration and aerosol cans were depleting a protective layer of ozone over the Earth,…
Most countries aren’t hitting Paris climate goals, and everyone will pay the price – National Geographic
The majority of the carbon emission reduction pledges for 2030 that 184 countries made under the Paris Agreement aren’t nearly enough to keep global warming well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius). Some countries won’t achieve their pledges, and…
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