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Flooding Hot Spots: Why Seas Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast - Yale E360 - 0 views

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    The article focuses on rising sea levels, specifically on the east of coast of the US. WIth higher sea levels comes increased flooding and subsequent damage. The article mentions changes in the Gulf Stream, and how those changes affect the East Coast. Ultimately, people that live in these areas need to be prepared as the frequency of severe weather events, especially flooding, increases. This will effect port operations as people are relied upon to monitor and operate the ports. Can the displacement of people be compensated through increased automation?
jamesm9860

Sea-level rise in ports: a wider focus on impacts - ProQuest - 2 views

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    Article takes a look a worldwide effects of rising sea levels. There seems to be a more drastic effect likely in areas in Northern Sea areas, but all ports to be affected, and since 80% of commerice is shipped, the areas serviced by the ports will be affected.
cferiante

'China Is Its Own Biggest Enemy': French Report Gives Panoramic View of Beijing's Push ... - 0 views

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    "Beijing is isolating itself on the world stage after taking an aggressive turn on the diplomatic front in recent years, according to the report, which was released earlier this week. That behavior has sparked rising blowback, even from countries traditionally on friendly terms with the regime. "China is its own biggest enemy when it comes to influence," the report"
blakefrere

'Conditioning an entire society': the rise of biometric data technology | Biometrics | ... - 0 views

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    This article discusses a number of implementations of facial-recognition technology, and while this can make the specific use run smoother, there are concerns about what is done with the scans. They also discuss a number of outlandish uses - in Shenzhen, pedestrians who crossed the road at a red light had their faces beamed on to a billboard. Trying to weigh the benefits realized by the specific uses with the privacy compromise of the scanned images and how they are used. And while the data is publicly used only for specific applications there are endless opportunities to misuse the data.
jamesm9860

Climate change impacts on seaports: A growing threat to sustainable trade and developme... - 1 views

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    More on the impact of climate change and sea ports and the cascading effect on the economy. Nature of ports makes them more susceptible to environment changes as a result of climate change--increased intense events and rising sea levels. Author calls for change now .
cferiante

Imaging the emergence of bacterial turbulence: Phase diagram and transition kinetics - 1 views

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    "Collective motions of biological systems such as bird flocks, fish schools, and bacterial swarms are the most vivid examples of the emergent behaviors of active matter (1). While moving independently at low density, self-propelled units in active matter can move collectively at high density, giving rise to coherent flows at length scales much larger than the size of individual units. In bacterial suspensions, these coherent flows exhibit a chaotic pattern of intermittent vortices and jets, reminiscent of turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers. Hence, the flows induced by bacterial collective swimming are also known as active or bacterial turbulence (2-5)."
dexlam

Rise of the mutants: New research to improve enzyme design methodologies - 0 views

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    Please add a short description here...and...is this H1, H2, or H3...in your view?
laurentarin

Farmworkers are dying in extreme heat. Few standards exist to protect them | PBS NewsHour - 0 views

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    Rising temperatures and lack of protection, both politically and from the environment, may be leading to an increase in farmworker deaths.
blakefrere

The Problem with Automation: Humans vs. Machines | Business Aviation News: Aviation Int... - 0 views

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    Mastering automation is a foundational skill required to safely operate any modern state-of-the-art aircraft. Under normal circumstances, automation reduces workload, creates efficiencies, and, to a fault, is highly dependable. On rare occasions, these highly reliable systems present pilots with an unexpected, obscure, or highly complex scenario that if mismanaged may quickly deteriorate and jeopardize the safety of flight. The article focuses on situations to where the human was unable to work with or override an autonomous system, resulting in lost of craft and life. This is a situation that will continue to rise in significance as we transition to more autonomy in our lives. We must understand the machines as we understand ourselves and others involved in our lives.
blakefrere

Satellite images show China built mock-ups of U.S. warships - 0 views

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    Satellite images show China has built mock-ups of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer in its northwestern desert, possibly for practice for a future naval clash as tensions rise between the nations. Provocation involving superpowers is typically a bad idea. It's hard to understand the value in an action like this, given that China likely knows a bit about our satellite reconnaissance technology. It's a strange mentality and makes one wonder what sort of response they are hoping for.
jamesm9860

Report says climate change will have 'increasingly disruptive effect' on coastal Va. - ... - 4 views

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    Talks about rising sea levels, specific east coast and the effect it will have on life as we know it today
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    Have a look at the tags on this one..."Climate Change" should be one tag...
jamesm9860

Demand for Ports to 2050: Climate Policy, Growing Trade and the Impacts of Se... - 1 views

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    THis is an extensive look at seaports and anticipated changes in coming years leading up to 2050. One big factor it mentions is that existing ports will need more space due to increased volumes and climate change factors. More space has to be considered in planning. With more space for the ports to operate, more is likely displaced and that will have an effect on surrounding communities.
jamesm9860

Seaports Expected to Grow by up to Fourfold by 2050 - Eos - 1 views

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    Short article that says that ports will need to grow in coming years (next 3 decades) to accomodate growing world trade. A fourfold increase would be considerably more volume than we presently see. The article says that the cost of expanding port capacity will exceed required rising sea level adaptation.
jamesm9860

This is how climate change is impacting the ocean | World Economic Forum - 0 views

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    Article talks about the rising sea levels if climate change goes unchecked. It touches on everything from eliminating certain species to ruining many coastal cities around the world. Mentions that there is still time to recover from the current path with the right measures.
jamesm9860

East Coast port volumes rise as some importers avoid West Coast congestion | Supply Cha... - 2 views

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    Bottlenecks are happening at many ports. Demand is exceeding capacity to where shippers are seeking alternate ports to ship to. Some say bottlenecks will easily last through the fall and possibly up until 2023. US west coast ports traditionally see a higher volume of throughput than the east coast ports, but with bottlenecks, traffic is being redirected to the east coast ports and will likely be into the future.
blakefrere

The Institute of Politics at Harvard University - Spring 2021 Harvard Youth Poll - 0 views

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    A national poll of America's 18-to-29 year olds released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School shows that despite the state of our politics, hope for America among young people is rising dramatically, especially among people of color. As more young Americans are likely to be politically engaged than they were a decade ago, they overwhelmingly approve of the job President Biden is doing, favor progressive policies, and have faith in their fellow Americans.
jeff0brown0

The Property Line: 8 Housing and Mortgage Trends for 2021 - NerdWallet - 0 views

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    1. Mortgage rates may slide even more 2. Home prices and sales will rise 3. Housing counselors will be in demand 4. Millions of renters may be evicted 5. Homes will go to well-off buyers 6. Black households will fall further behind 7. Suburbs may grow at cities' expense 8. Ability-to-repay rule may be revised
laurentarin

Trends in U.S. income and wealth inequality | Pew Research Center - 1 views

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    Household incomes are growing Upper-income households have seen more rapid growth in income Income growth has been most rapid for the top 5% of families The wealth of American families is currently no higher than its level two decades ago The wealth divide among upper-income families and middle- and lower-income families is sharp and rising The richest are getting richer faster Income inequality in the U.S has increased since 1980 and is greater than in peer countries
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    The report provides an overview of the changes occuring with U.S income and wealth inequality. It highlights key trends as wealth increases and addresses which groups of people are being most affected.
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