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Climate Change Brings More Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes; NOAA Cuts Make Forecasting Them Harder

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By Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections As Hurricane Helene roared toward the Florida Panhandle on September 26, 2024, the storm put on an intimidating display of rapid intensification, ramping up from a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph (129 km/h) winds to a Cat 4 monster with 140 mph (225 … [continued]

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Some Grey-Bruce municipalities lift burn bans

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The soaking rain that much of Grey-Bruce experienced on Tuesday has led some local municipalities to begin lifting burn bans.  Among those lifting bans on Wednesday were Brockton, West Grey, Meaford, The Blue Mountains and Huron-Kinloss.  Hot and dry conditions had led many municipalities across Grey-Bruce to implement full or partial bans on open air […]

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As the Chinese Offensive Deepens in South America, GM Blunders the Arrival of the Spark EUV

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Much has been said about Legacy Auto’s inability to move at the speed of leaner, younger Chinese brands. Though normally this is said in terms of model and platform development, recent events have convinced me that this issue is not limited to that, and that they also lack the capability … [continued]

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Scientists Hack Microbes to Identify Environmental Sources of Methane

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UC Berkeley researchers tweaked a key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the unique fingerprints of different environments on Earth that generate the greenhouse gas. By Robert Sanders Roughly two-thirds of all emissions of atmospheric methane — a highly potent greenhouse gas that is warming planet Earth — come … [continued]

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Hydrogen Mobility vs. Platinum Reality

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Alstom’s hydrogen train experiment has hit the buffers again, with operators in Germany reverting to diesel because replacement fuel cells are not available. Only four of the 14 Cascadia trains Lower Saxony purchased are in operation. It is tempting to dismiss this as a simple supply chain hiccup, but the … [continued]

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