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2019 TYLER Prize for Environmental Achievement Winners - Warren M. WASHINGTON & Michael E. MANN

Pioneering Black Scientist to Win Novel Prize for Climate Change (Marlene CIMONS, Nexus Media ; February 12, 2019) https://nexusmedianews.com/pioneering-black-scientist-to-win-nobel-prize-of-climate-change-db68a711ce53 Michael Mann awarded the 2019 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (Patricia L. CRAIG,  Penn State News : February 12, 2019) https://news.psu.edu/story/558486/2019/02/12/research/michael-mann-awarded-2019-tyler-prize-environmental-achievement Tyler Prize Awarded to Climate Scientists Washington and Mann (Randy SHOWSTACK, EOS - Earth & Space Science News ; 12 February 2019) https://eos.org/articles/tyler-prize-awarded-to-climate-scientists-washington-and-mann Dr. Warren  Washington:  A Pioneering Black Climate Scientist That Overcame More Than Skepticism (Marshall SHEPHERD, Forbes ; February 2, 2019) https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/02/02/dr-warren-washington-a-pioneering-black-climate-scientist-that-overcame-more-th...

Millions of tons of the world’s plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other products through chemical conversion

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Millions of tons of the world’s plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other products through chemical conversion (Research Foundation News Release, Purdue University ; February 6, 2019) Featured Research Article: Use of Supercritical Water for the Liquefaction of Polypropylene into Oil (CHEN et al ., 2019) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03841 N. B. :   Research Article Abstract only! Video: Chemical Conversion of Plastic Waste into Fuel (Purdue Engineering; February 7, 2019)

New Ranking System for Atmospheric Rivers

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Sharing today's post from my "Environmental Geochemistry Issues" blog spot at c.meilinghamilton.com New Ranking System for Atmospheric Rivers https://cmeilinghamilton.com/2019/02/07/new-ranking-system-for-atmospheric-rivers-in-california / Infographic: The Science behind Atmospheric Rivers ( NOAA , 2015)