- The number of research papers with more than 1000 authors is increasingly quickly and reaching many fields.
- Researchers at Facebook use neural networks to solve fancy algebraic problems that may be out of reach of computer algebra systems.
- At least on the short term, wind turbines may contribute more to global warming than equivalent fossil fuel technologies. The warming effect has been empirically measured.
- The Bengal tiger population is increasing quickly in India.
On the wind turbines, I think the result was more limited. At least in my read, they said surface temperatures rise due to mixing of layers of air. That’s quite a bit different than talking about global warming or global climate changes; this appeared to be a more isolated effect.
Thanks for pointing to these though. I hadn’t seen this or the Facebook result (which also seems more limited, though still interesting it is possible at all).
@Greg
As far as I can tell, the concerns regarding global warming have mostly to do with surface temperature. From the paper : “We find that generating today’s US electricity demand with wind power would warm Continental US surface temperatures by 0.24°C.”
Maybe your argument is that it won’t warm the stratosphere… ?
From the paper itself:
“Wind’s overall environmental impacts are surely less than fossil energy. Yet, as the energy system is decarbonized, decisions between wind and solar should be informed by estimates of their climate impacts.”