Tag: news
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Future of Forecasting
Budget cuts are on the headlines of just about every field in America right now, but above all in meteorology. How will recent funding changes impact forecasting accuracy, and will we even see these effects in the short run, or will the next generation be predisposed to worse forecasts? NOAA’s budget was initially cut by…
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Sustainability in a Year
With 2024 coming to an end and the start of 2025 reminding the world of the ever-rising issue of our world’s sustainability. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations has summarized the data gathered on world sustainability in its yearly report, providing crucial metrics for the world’s progress toward sustainability. Although the scope…
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COP29 Changes What?
Introduction The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(COP29) recently concluded on November 22, 2024. This conference resulted in a new commitment being agreed upon to give 300 billion dollars per year to developing countries to aid their transition to clean energy and to help them face the…
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Pathways to Climate Change
Climate change is a complex problem with numerous negative effects but few viable solutions. This lack of clear solutions causes people to innovate and branch in many directions. However, as climate change has come to the forefront of society, there is one clear “pathway” to solving climate change that has been broadly accepted. This methodology…
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The World’s Hidden Reliance on Groundwater
Reliance on Groundwater Overall, groundwater is the single largest source of freshwater, with an estimated 2.78 million trillion gallons of water or 1.7% of the entire planet’s water. Groundwater is utilized for many things, from agriculture, industrial purposes, cooling data centers, mining, and, most importantly, for drinking. Our world relies on groundwater, so much so that roughly half of…
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Infrastructure Inadequacy
Possessing capable and reliable infrastructure is vital for a nation’s prosperity and success. Now, as climate change becomes a more pressing matter and changes to our preexisting infrastructure are made to become less reliant on carbon fuels, these coming years will test infrastructure around the world to see if it can withstand the stresses of…
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The Future of Hydrogen
Introduction The development and production of battery-powered vehicles and devices leading us away from the reliance on non-renewable fuels is only one side of the coin. The other side is hydrogen, with perhaps even more compelling prospects, with an energy-to-weight ratio three times higher than gasoline and four times higher than lithium-ion batteries. Yet nowadays,…
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