Methane must fall to slow global heating – but only 13% of emissions are actually regulated

Major sources, like oil and gas ‘super-emitters’, are almost entirely neglected by regulations.

Paul Balcombe, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
May 19, 2023 ~8 min

Melting glaciers in the Alps will eradicate some invertebrates that are crucial for alpine ecosystems – new research

Meltwater rivers in the European Alps will change as glaciers melt – threatening animals that are vital for alpine ecosystems with habitat loss.

Martin Wilkes, Senior Lecturer of Life Sciences, University of Essex • conversation
May 17, 2023 ~7 min


Hottest days are warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in north-west Europe -- new research

Hot days are getting hotter in north-west Europe – and the region is poorly equipped to cope.

Matthew Patterson, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in in Atmospheric Physics, University of Oxford • conversation
May 17, 2023 ~6 min

Finding “hot spots” where compounding environmental and economic risks converge

A new computational tool empowers decision-makers to target interventions.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
May 12, 2023 ~5 min

What is carbon capture and storage? EPA’s new power plant standards proposal gives it a boost, but CCS is not a quick solution

Carbon capture and storage could keep gas and coal-fired power plants running under newly proposed federal emissions standards, but it faces high hurdles.

Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
May 11, 2023 ~7 min

What is carbon capture and storage? EPA’s new power plant standards proposal gives CCS a boost, but it’s not a quick solution

Carbon capture and storage could keep gas and coal-fired power plants running under newly proposed federal emissions standards, but it faces high hurdles.

Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
May 11, 2023 ~7 min

What is carbon capture and storage? Power plant CCS gets a boost with EPA’s proposed new rules, but it's not a quick solution

Carbon capture and storage is the most promising solution for gas and coal-fired power plants to keep running under the proposed new regulations, but it faces high hurdles.

Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
May 11, 2023 ~7 min

America’s aging flood control infrastructure is failing – federal funding is coming, but too often new construction relies on old data

Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.

Lu Liu, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University • conversation
May 10, 2023 ~9 min


Flooding from California to Florida shows cracks in America's aging infrastructure – help is coming, but fixes too often fail to anticipate future disasters

Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.

Lu Liu, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University • conversation
May 10, 2023 ~9 min

Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – cities need to spend it in ways that anticipate future disasters

Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.

Lu Liu, Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University • conversation
May 10, 2023 ~9 min

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