Tag: Climate Change
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Glacier cliffs break into sea faster than predicted, but restabilize
Over 15,000 aerial and satellite images suggest that glaciers can undergo faster periods of disintegration than previously assumed.
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A self-cleaning device for oceanic carbon capture
Cyclic pH swings wash away electrode fouling, and a ridged flow channel swirls water to reach an industrial-scale current density.
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Harnessing climate investments to serve development goals
Analysis reveals how wealthy nations can unlock more non-climate benefits by fulfilling their declared climate plans than those with emerging and vulnerable economies.
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Global urban methane emissions are growing more than estimated
Satellite measurements suggest that scientific and government reports don’t capture how methane emissions are rising, which could hamper mitigation efforts.
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Hurricane outages: analysis details the where, and who, of increased future power cuts
A new analytical tool from U-M provides guidance for municipal and emergency planning.
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Between rain and snow, machine learning finds 9 precipitation types
Leveraging 1.5M minutes of precipitation data and a nonlinear method to handle complex relationships between variables, the team created a new classification system
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AI increases accuracy of National Water Model flood predictions
AI designed to weed out errors bolsters forecasts and could reduce damage costs.
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Satellites reveal tropical wetland flooding did not cause methane surge
Human activity or other wetland factors like temperature or soil chemistry could be at play.
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Fire-monitoring satellite aims to transform wildfire detection and response
Remote-sensing technology originally designed for hurricane forecasting at the University of Michigan inspires tools to help fight wildfires from space.
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Home AC units can balance the electrical grid without impacting comfort
A real-world frequency regulation experiment demonstrates that managing AC units can help actively balance electricity supply and demand.
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Q&A: Getting serious about atmospheric methane removal
Margaret Wooldridge discusses report from the National Academies, calling for increased research into another greenhouse gas to target for removal.
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Up to 30% of the power used to train AI is wasted. Here’s how to fix it.
Smarter use of processor speeds saves energy without compromising training speed and performance.