As the UN prepares its report on the fate of the world’s ice, Adam Vaughan visits the dramatically changing landscape of Mer de Glace near Mont Blanc Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332483-600-special-report-how-climate-change-is-melting-frances-largest-glacier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Earth Warming More Quickly Than Thought, New Climate Models Show
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Greenhouse gases thrust into the atmosphere mainly by burning fossil fuels are warming Earth’s surface more quickly than previously understood, according to new climate models set to replace those used in current UN projections, scientists said Tuesday. By 2100, average temperatures could rise 7.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels if carbon emissions continue…
School strikes are changing the world, says UN climate science advisor
Students and adults all over the world will strike to protest climate change this Friday. UN science advisor Petteri Taalas says such action could help make progress at next week’s climate summit Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216611-school-strikes-are-changing-the-world-says-un-climate-science-advisor/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Next Energy-Efficient Architecture Revolution: A House Built By Robots
“Erecting a new building ranks among the most inefficient, polluting activities humans undertake,” reports Qz. “The construction sector is responsible for nearly 40% of the world’s total energy consumption and CO2 emissions, according to a UN global survey. A consortium of Swiss researchers has one answer to the problem: working with robots.” Over four years, 30 different industry partners joined a…
Is K2-18b really a habitable super-Earth?
It was exciting last week when scientists announced water vapor in a super-Earth’s atmosphere. But, even as the announcement came, other scientists were cautioning that the planet – K2-18b – is probably less like a super-Earth and more like a planet Neptune. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/k2-18b-habitable-super-earth-or-mini-neptune…
Transgenic Mosquitoes Transferred Their Genes Into a Natural Population
Long-time Slashdot reader cccc828 shares a Nature article “about genetically modified mosquitoes that were supposed to reduce the mosquito population. However, instead of dying, some survived, spreading the new genes.” In an attempt to control the mosquito-borne diseases yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika fevers, a strain of transgenically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes containing a dominant lethal gene has been developed…
World leaders set to discuss how to ramp up climate change efforts
The UN climate action summit on 23 September will be the most important event since the Paris climate deal, but a lack of ambition could hold efforts back Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215668-world-leaders-set-to-discuss-how-to-ramp-up-climate-change-efforts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Everything you need to know about the UN’s upcoming climate summit
The UN climate action summit on 23 September will be the most important event since the Paris climate deal, but a lack of ambition could hold efforts back Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215668-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-uns-upcoming-climate-summit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – August 2019
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 44 courses on our platform in August. We are particularly excited to announce a range of new courses from the manufacturing, architecture, and engineering design software industry leader, Autodesk, on Generative Design and CAD/CAM for manufacturing. Here are our top picks for enterprise for this past […]
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New Scientist joins the Covering Climate Now initiative
New Scientist has joined Covering Climate Now, a journalistic collaboration providing extensive coverage of the UN climate action summit taking place this month Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215495-new-scientist-joins-the-covering-climate-now-initiative/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…