The prize goes to 2 fields of study that are opposite in many ways though they share the goal of making sense of what seems random and chaotic so that it can be predicted.
climate change
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Maine Voices: Mainers must meet climate change challenges head on
It’s time to increase our offshore wind investments; upgrade EV charging infrastructure, and make public transit accessible – and electric.
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Commentary: Owning up to our part in the plight of the North Atlantic right whale
While the debate continues over how many right whale deaths are caused by lobster gear, the scientific evidence for the toll taken by climate-related ocean change is mounting.
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Owners of Maine’s carbon-sponge forests asked to do more to blunt climate change
Two separate efforts are underway to maximize carbon absorption, one for smaller landowners and the other for forest industry heavyweights.
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Markets that pay woodland owners to store carbon are complex, controversial
Maine, the nation’s most heavily forested state, has been an early participant in so-called carbon offset markets.
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EPA rule sharply limits hydrofluorocarbons, gases used as refrigerants
The new rule is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of HFCs by 85 percent over the next 15 years, part of a global phaseout designed to slow global warming.
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UN tells world leaders to do more to fight climate change
Leaders heard pleas Monday to make deeper cuts of emissions of heat-trapping gases and give poorer countries more money to develop cleaner energy and adapt to climate change.
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More emissions reduction needed to avoid ‘catastrophic’ climate path, U.N. says
A report on all the national commitments submitted by signatories of the Paris climate accord until July 30 found that they would result in emissions rising nearly 16% by 2030, compared with 2010 levels.
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Biden, world leaders push climate action, vow methane cuts
‘We have to act and we have to act now,’ the president says, speaking on a White House set with virtual arrays of solar panels in the background and a wall of other global leaders listening on screens.
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Democrats call oil giants to testify at climate change hearing
The lawmakers say there is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.