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FAU study reveals how camels "beat the heat" at the cellular level
47+ min ago (448+ words) By Gisele Galoustian, FAU News Desk Living organisms must constantly adjust to their environment to survive. One of the most fundamental challenges is temperature. Even small shifts in heat or cold can disrupt the delicate balance inside cells, affecting how…...
Keeping data centers" costs off families" power bills
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (418+ words) By Scott Bores, Florida Power & Light Company Large energy users " including manufacturing facilities, industrial operations or emerging sectors like data centers " can play an important role in a growing economy. The key is making sure that growth happens responsibly and…...
The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (158+ words) By Matt Simon, Grist "I think what maybe was surprising is that there was a dramatic amount of consistency," said Steve Whitesell, executive editor at the Healthy Green Spaces Coalition, which authored the report. "In other words, they were all…...
Your local fishing hole is getting browner, changing which fish species thrive and struggle
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (645+ words) By Allison M. Roth, University of Missouri-Columbia, and Irene Gregory-Eaves, Mc Gill University The lakes, streams and ponds you've visited for years are likely looking more brown than they used to. And people who are fishing those waters are likely catching…...
President Trump: Our unexpected climate president?
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (226+ words) In one of the most ironic twists of his tenure, President Donald Trump's military confrontation with Iran may end up with an unintended consequence: accelerating the world's transition away from fossil fuels. The president's intentions are clear " boost U. S. fossil fuels…...
Creating hope and opportunity for migratory birds
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (501+ words) Recently lovers of all things wild, both in Florida and around the globe, celebrated World Migratory Bird Day. I am making the sweeping declaration that it should be extended to a month!" So, throughout the month of May, let us…...
Offshore winds identified as a culprit in coastal floods, research finds
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (285+ words) By Michelle Marie Arean, FIU News A Florida International University student has exposed a hidden driver of coastal flooding, and it could help improve warning systems for entire communities. Earth and Environment Ph. D. student Dafrosa Kataraihya's latest research, published in…...
Parks, not prisons: What I learned in the Everglades
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (316+ words) By Jordan Holaday, Sierra Club Florida That weekend, Sierra Club activists, environmental-justice organizers and immigrant-rights advocates from across the country gathered in the Everglades to experience the beauty of this remarkable ecosystem and to stand against the harmful idea that…...
Stashing CO" in the sea
1+ week, 5+ day ago (729+ words) By Sandy Ong, Knowable Magazine The world's window for limiting global warming beyond catastrophic levels is fast closing. Experts increasingly agree that to prevent runaway climate change and to reach net-zero emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere, we need to look…...
Industrial redlining: Data centers repeating historic pattern of harm
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (565+ words) Annexation was completed in 1971, but the promised water, sewer and electricity took decades longer to arrive. After a class action lawsuit and federal pressure in the early 1980s, the city secured $12 million in federal redevelopment funds. Boxtown received $1. 7 million. Sixty-five years…...