IEA: Huge leap in renewables growth forecast for wind and solar
International Energy Agency (@IEA) recognizes new normal, raises forecast for wind and solar by 25% vs. its forecast 6 months ago
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New Modelling of Antarctic Ice Sheet Shows Rapid and Unstoppable Sea Level Rise
New Study: Failure to meet Paris Climate Agreement (keeping warming below 2C) may result in rapid, irreversible ice loss and sea level rise.
Lord Kelvin, Perry, and the Age of the Earth
The reason Lord Kelvin got the age of the earth wrong was not because he did not know about Radioactivity – that story is a modern myth
Political Polarization: Often Not as Bad as We Think
Everybody and everything feels deeply ensnared by Polarization. New Study confirms that it is not actually really like this at all.
The ‘heat bombs’ destroying Arctic sea ice
New research from @YuengP (@sos_bangor_uni) and collaborators who have discovered ‘heat bombs’ entering the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific.
New CRISPR gene switch – CRISPRoff
Reversible #CRISPR method controls gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged. – #CRISPRoff and #CRISPRon