News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

ARCHIVED 2015-12-03, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20151203_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20150905_rev01

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1### [How to Curb Emissions: Put a Price on Carbon](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150903121719.htm)
1### [European Business Is Willing, but Not Equipped, for Low Carbon Transition](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151203112620.htm)
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3Sep. 3, 2015 - Literally putting a price on carbon pollution and other greenhouse gasses is the best approach for nurturing the rapid growth of renewable energy and reducing emissions. While prospects for a ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150903121719.htm)
3Dec. 3, 2015 - Most European business leaders have prepared strategies to respond to climate change, but with a lack of focus on innovation, those strategies are likely to be ineffective for a 2°C trajectory, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151203112620.htm)
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7### [Study Shows How Investments Reflected Shift in Environmental Views](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150903121716.htm)
7### [Climate-Change Foes Winning Public Opinion War](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151202155717.htm)
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9Sep. 3, 2015 - A new study is the first to use financial investors' actions, rather than self-reported opinions, to investigate the trans-Atlantic difference in public opinion on climate change and the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150903121716.htm)
9Dec. 2, 2015 - As world leaders meet this week and next at a historic climate change summit in Paris, a new study by environmental scientists suggests opponents of climate change appear to be winning the war of ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151202155717.htm)
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13### [New Survey on Americans' Views on Papal Encyclical on Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826161502.htm)
13### [Not All Canadians Feeling the Heat of Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151130084516.htm)
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15Aug. 26, 2015 - A new national survey found that fewer than one in three Americans, and 40 percent of Catholics, are aware of Pope Francis's efforts to publicize global warming as a priority issue for the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826161502.htm)
15Nov. 30, 2015 - While Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Paris hammering out the details of the global fight against climate change, a new study shows that Canadian attitudes are somewhat ambivalent. The ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151130084516.htm)
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19### [New Affordable Tool to Test Tropical Forest Carbon Stocks](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826151453.htm)
19### [How Finance Ministers Could Fall in Love With Carbon Pricing](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151130130213.htm)
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21Aug. 26, 2015 - Environmental scientists have developed an affordable technique to help provide evidence of the carbon-saving benefits of tropical forest ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826151453.htm)
21Nov. 30, 2015 - Pricing carbon dioxide could help to end the deadlock of international climate policy. Finance ministers around the world would have reason enough to favor carbon taxes or emissions trading even if ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151130130213.htm)
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25### [Post-Hurricane Recovery Analysis](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826113617.htm)
25### [Shedding Light on Oil Behaviors Before the Next Spill](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151125233112.htm)
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27Aug. 26, 2015 - Ten years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, researchers have analyzed and documented the recovery effort for the state. Initial reports on housing, infrastructure and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150826113617.htm)
27Nov. 25, 2015 - There are still critical research gaps hampering efforts to both assess the environmental impacts of crude oil spills and to effectively remediate them, a Canadian, comprehensive scientific report ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151125233112.htm)
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31Aug. 25, 2015 - Targeted punishments could provide a path to international climate change cooperation, new research in game theory has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150825205903.htm)
31Nov. 24, 2015 - The damaging effects of carbon dioxide emissions from tourism could eventually be eliminated if travelers paid just US$11 per trip, according to a new study. Global tourism is largely dependent on ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151124143343.htm)
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35### [California Levees' Vulnerability](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150825083921.htm)
35Nov. 24, 2015 - The transportation sector has the capacity to nearly halve its carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and, hence, to contribute far more than previously thought to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151124081918.htm)
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37Aug. 25, 2015 - With the ongoing extreme drought in California posing a threat to the state's levee systems, there is an urgent need to invest in research regarding the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150825083921.htm)
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41### [Scientists Warn of the Risk from Air Pollution Over the Megacities of West Africa](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150821083442.htm)
39Nov. 23, 2015 - Droughts could kill off the tallest trees in tropical rainforests in coming decades, a study suggests. Over a 13-year period, researchers carried out fieldwork to assess the impact of drought on ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123202509.htm)
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43Aug. 21, 2015 - New research warns of the risks posed by the increasing air pollution over the cities of West Africa - amid fears it could have an impact on human health, meteorology and regional ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150821083442.htm)
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47### [Identifying the Factors That Contribute to Flood Fatalities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150821083738.htm)
43Nov. 23, 2015 - More than half of the world's population is nourished by food grown with fertilizers containing synthetic nitrogen, which is needed for large crop yields but causes significant pollution. With ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123202342.htm)
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49Aug. 21, 2015 - Levels of economic development, population, investment, openness and education can all impact the total amount of human misery and economic devastation caused by floods, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150821083738.htm)
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53### [Boreal Forests Challenged by Global Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150820144722.htm)
47### [Launch of New Peatland Code Could Save More Than 200 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123102104.htm)
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55Aug. 20, 2015 - Forest management must adapt in order to ensure that forests stay healthy in a time of unprecedented environmental change, say experts. Boreal forests are one of the ecosystems most affected by ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150820144722.htm)
49Nov. 23, 2015 - A new government-backed code which could slash UK carbon dioxide emissions by 220 million tons and protect rare wildlife by restoring moors, bogs and mires has been ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123102104.htm)
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59Aug. 20, 2015 - When trying to explain the potential effects of climate change on plants, fish and wildlife, scientists usually resort to language that fails to convey the impact of warming. Now, a study clearly ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150820123648.htm)
53Nov. 23, 2015 - Scientists are warning of the risks that seismic surveys may pose to sea turtles. Widely used in marine oil and gas exploration, seismic surveys use airguns to produce sound waves that penetrate the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151123101905.htm)
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63### [World Should Heed Lessons from Hurricane Katrina, Economist Says](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150820090722.htm)
57### [Grow Your Own Way: Trade May Not Help a Warming Planet Fight Its Farming Failures](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151120182822.htm)
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65Aug. 20, 2015 - An environmental economist makes the case for coastal protection plans like those adopted by Louisiana for the world's most at-risk ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150820090722.htm)
59Nov. 20, 2015 - A new study co-authored by an economist suggests that international trade will do little to alleviate climate-induced farming problems. Instead, the report indicates that countries will have to alter ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151120182822.htm)
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69### [China's Carbon Emissions Were Less Than Previously Thought, New Estimates Show](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150819132912.htm)
63### [Greater Potential for Transport in Climate Mitigation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119155518.htm)
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71Aug. 19, 2015 - China's carbon emissions have been substantially over estimated by international agencies for more than 10 years, according to research. A research team re-evaluated emissions from the burning ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150819132912.htm)
65Nov. 19, 2015 - The transport sector has the potential to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2050, according to a new analysis. Given the continuing drop in battery prices, electric drives have ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119155518.htm)
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75### [Harnessing the Butterfly Effect](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150818153816.htm)
69### [The Netherlands Scores Average in Climate Change Adaptation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119122319.htm)
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77Aug. 18, 2015 - New research shows how to directly harness the atmosphere's elephantine memory to produce temperature forecasts that are somewhat more accurate than conventional numerical computer models. This ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150818153816.htm)
71Nov. 19, 2015 - Compared to other countries, the Netherlands takes an average position when it comes to implementing climate change adaptation initiatives. In the period 2010-2014, little changes have been observed ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119122319.htm)
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81Aug. 18, 2015 - A new international study is the first to use a high-resolution, large-scale computer model to estimate how much ice the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could lose over the next couple of centuries, and how ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150818085745.htm)
75### [UK Health Professionals Unite for Stronger Measures to Tackle Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119095834.htm)
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77Nov. 19, 2015 - As world leaders prepare to meet in Paris for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, UK health professionals have formed an alliance of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151119095834.htm)
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85Aug. 17, 2015 - Even optimistic estimates for what might be achieved at December's Climate Change Conference in Paris will not be enough to save the world's coral reefs, according to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150817085455.htm)
81Nov. 18, 2015 - A new study by scientists in the UK and France has found that Antarctic ice sheet collapse will have serious consequences for sea level rise over the next two hundred years, though not as much as ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151118155128.htm)
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89### [Study Shows How Climate Change Threatens Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150814145704.htm)
85### [Link Between Air Pollution, Heart Disease Confirmed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151118131018.htm)
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91Aug. 14, 2015 - A new study is focused on the public health implications of climate change on the US Gulf Coast. The study has implications for other coastal regions, including the Northeast and West Coast, author ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150814145704.htm)
87Nov. 18, 2015 - A link between higher levels of a specific kind of air pollution in major urban areas and an increase in cardiovascular-related hospitalizations such as for heart attacks in people 65 and older has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151118131018.htm)
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95Aug. 12, 2015 - A new analysis that provides more accurate estimates of sources of mercury emissions around the world has been conducted by an international team of researchers. New findings show Asia produces twice ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150812131458.htm)
91Nov. 17, 2015 - A new framework seeks to clarify roles, responsibilities of local stakeholders on climate change research. The goal of the project is to help define how research involving collaboration and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117181457.htm)
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99Aug. 12, 2015 - Running streams are key sources of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, but why is it so? An international team of researchers has now published the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150812104047.htm)
95### [Countries on the Rebound Making Significant Climate Adaptation Progress](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117143538.htm)
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97Nov. 17, 2015 - Ten countries have come from behind to make marked progress in their ability to withstand the shocks and stresses of climate change, while five are distinctly less resilient, according to new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117143538.htm)
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103Aug. 10, 2015 - A newly released study offers hope of conservation to the world's low-profile and more unloved members of the animal kingdom. The study demonstrates that a "Wisdom of Crowds" method can ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150810132228.htm)
101### [Impact of Climate Change on Nutrient Load of Pike River Watershed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117091231.htm)
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103Nov. 17, 2015 - Using future climate change scenarios and water quality projections, experts found that sediment and the blue-green algae producing nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen are likely to increase in the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117091231.htm)
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