News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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1### [Innovative Clothing Companies More Capable in Implementing Sustainability Throughout Their Supply Networks](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160502082826.htm)
1June 3, 2016 - Extracting gas from shale rock not only causes environmental disturbances below ground, the surface infrastructure required to drill the wells can cause a variety of problems above ground, from ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160603110602.htm)
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3May 2, 2016 - Companies with a great capacity for innovation turn out to be more dedicated to improving social sustainability aspects. Researchers have investigated the sustainability strategies of clothing ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160502082826.htm)
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7Apr. 28, 2016 - Over 300 million people worldwide use groundwater contaminated with arsenic or fluoride as a source of drinking water. Now a research team has developed a method whereby the risk of contamination in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160428094707.htm)
5### [Researchers Mine Twitter to Reveal Congress' Ideological Divide on Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602162933.htm)
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7June 2, 2016 - Senate Democrats are three times more likely to follow science-related Twitter accounts than their Republican peers, according to a new study. The research shows the growing divide between parties on ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602162933.htm)
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11### [Home Movers More Likely to Be Green Commuters, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160427151202.htm)
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13Apr. 27, 2016 - People who have just moved house are significantly less likely to travel to work by car, opting for a greener mode of transport instead, a study of 18,000 UK residents has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160427151202.htm)
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17### [Landscape Ecology Must Play a Role in Policymaking](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160427150339.htm)
11### [Survey Describes Values, Challenges of Largest Shareholder in US Forests: Families](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602121841.htm)
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19Apr. 27, 2016 - Landscape ecology considers the influence of time and space on environmental patterns. Because of this focus, it is uniquely positioned to inform crucial policy decisions -- in particular, those ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160427150339.htm)
13June 2, 2016 - Family forest ownerships control 286 million acres of forestland, or 36 percent of the nation's forestland. New research reveals the motivations, management activities, future plans, and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160602121841.htm)
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23### [Framing Discourse Around Conservative Values Shifts Climate Change Attitudes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143307.htm)
17### [Politics, Not Ignorance, May Pollute Support for Pro-Science Solutions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160601132310.htm)
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25Apr. 25, 2016 - Conservatives' attitudes toward climate change and other environmental concerns shift when the issues are reframed in terms more closely aligned with their values, a new study ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143307.htm)
19June 1, 2016 - Mentioning politics in a message about an environmental issue may turn people -- even people informed about the issue -- away from supporting a pro-science solution, according to a team of ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160601132310.htm)
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29Apr. 25, 2016 - While environmental issues are often cited as a major factor in cities and towns in pursuing sustainability, a new study shows that economic concerns can be just as important to local governments in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143304.htm)
23June 1, 2016 - Irrigation systems caused New Zealand farmers to think their local area cooler and wetter than it was -- inaccurate perceptions that may slow their efforts to address climate change. The study is the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160601110726.htm)
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33### [Environmental Impacts of Demand-Side Technologies, Strategies for Carbon Mitigation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143112.htm)
27### [Like to Get More Bang for Your Sustainability-Boosting Buck? Here's How](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160531182433.htm)
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35Apr. 25, 2016 - A new article aims to advance our understanding of life cycle environmental and natural resource implications of energy efficiency ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425143112.htm)
29May 31, 2016 - A new method for assessing and comparing the various costs and benefits of green products has been developed, making it possible for purchasers to get the most environmental bang for their ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160531182433.htm)
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39### [Changing Climate Conditions in Michigan Pose an Emerging Public Health Threat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425100427.htm)
33May 29, 2016 - Habitat conversion and fragmentation, logging, illegal hunting, fires: The rainforests and wildlife on Borneo, the third largest island in the world, are highly threatened. Now scientists have ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160529174439.htm)
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41Apr. 25, 2016 - Changing climate conditions-including warmer temperatures and an increased frequency of heavy rainstorms-represent "an emerging threat to public health in Michigan," according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160425100427.htm)
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45Apr. 22, 2016 - Staghorns, the very corals responsible for establishing today's reefs, are now some of the most threatened coral species due to climate change and other human-made ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160422163142.htm)
37May 20, 2016 - Climate scientists have long recognized the importance of forest conservation and forest regrowth in climate mitigation and carbon sequestration -- capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160520142918.htm)
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49Apr. 22, 2016 - Climate change is likely to worsen the situation of the largely drought-stricken hypersaline Urmia Lake in Iran. Even in the most optimistic climate change scenario and without any further human ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160422075421.htm)
41### [Atmospheric Aerosols Can Significantly Cool Down Climate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160519120731.htm)
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43May 19, 2016 - It is possible to significantly slow down and even temporarily stop the progression of global warming by increasing the atmospheric aerosol concentration, shows a new study. However, climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160519120731.htm)
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53### [Better Data Needed to Stop Sixth Mass Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160421145750.htm)
47May 18, 2016 - Solar power could deliver $400 billion in environmental and public health benefits throughout the United States by 2050, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160518165257.htm)
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55Apr. 21, 2016 - To prevent a new mass extinction of the world's animal and plant life, we need to understand the threats to biodiversity, where they occur and how quickly change is happening. For this to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160421145750.htm)
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51May 17, 2016 - An extensive study has found that new technologies in genetic engineering and conventional breeding are blurring the once clear distinctions between these two crop-improvement ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517131632.htm)
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59### [1.5 C Vs 2 C Global Warming: New Study Shows Why Half a Degree Matters](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160421085218.htm)
55### [Paris Climate Agreement Cannot Be Met Without Emissions Reduction Target for Agriculture](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517083038.htm)
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61Apr. 21, 2016 - Researchers have found substantially different climate change impacts for a global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C by 2100, the two temperature limits included in the Paris climate agreement. The ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160421085218.htm)
57May 17, 2016 - Scientists have calculated, for the first time, the extent to which agricultural emissions must be reduced to meet the Paris climate agreement's plan to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517083038.htm)
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65### [City, Corporate Actions Are Crucial to Global Climate Response, Researchers Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420162945.htm)
61### [Poor Countries to Bear Brunt of Climate Change Despite Emitting Least Carbon Dioxide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160516212709.htm)
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67Apr. 20, 2016 - When envoys from more than 130 nations, including 60 world leaders, convened to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, this historic deal was bolstered by contributions from hundreds of city mayors ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420162945.htm)
63May 16, 2016 - Many of the world's poorest countries are expected to experience daily heat extremes due to climate change sooner than wealthier nations. New research shows that the poorest fifth of the global ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160516212709.htm)
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71### [New Tool Calculates Economic Costs of Methane Leak Detection](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420162705.htm)
67May 16, 2016 - Fish provide protein to billions of people and are an especially critical food source in the developing world. Today marine biologists confirmed a key factor that could help them thrive through the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160516181221.htm)
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73Apr. 20, 2016 - The 'virtual gas field simulator' calculates the economic costs of different technologies for plugging and repairing leaky natural gas wells. In recent years, there has been a growing ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420162705.htm)
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77Apr. 20, 2016 - Much of the world may cringe as lemurs are hunted and killed or when entire forests are burnt and harvested for charcoal. However, if local residents don't perceive the actions as crimes or they ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420104155.htm)
71May 16, 2016 - Mexican authorities are being called on to immediately and indefinitely close all fisheries within the habitat of Mexico's critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Only around 60 vaquitas ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160516100914.htm)
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81### [Improving Carbon Dioxide Storage Using Hospital Scanner](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420090052.htm)
75### [Frequency of Extreme Heat Waves on the Increase in Africa: Could Occur Annually by 2040](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160511210613.htm)
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83Apr. 20, 2016 - PET scanning is an effective tool for improved oil production and carbon dioxide storage, new research shows. PET scans are well known from the health service and the researchers were investigating ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160420090052.htm)
77May 11, 2016 - Climate analysis shows that periods of unusually hot weather are on the rise for one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change, even if the increase in global average temperature remains at ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160511210613.htm)
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87Apr. 14, 2016 - More than 700 million people worldwide have no running water. A new study shows that a tax on carbon dioxide could help remedy this situation while contributing considerably to climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160414214812.htm)
81May 10, 2016 - Climate change is melting glaciers, reducing sea-ice cover and increasing wildlife activity -- with some of the most dramatic impacts occurring in the northern high latitudes. New research projects ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510143702.htm)
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91Apr. 14, 2016 - A series of seismic surveys for oil and gas planned for the mid- and southeastern Atlantic coastal areas of the United States pose a substantial threat to one of the world's most endangered whale ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160414145645.htm)
85### [Global Scientific Community Must Secure Health of Planet, Report Urges](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510124826.htm)
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87May 10, 2016 - The first annual State of the World's Plants report, which involved more than 80 scientists and took a year to produce, is a baseline assessment of current knowledge on the diversity of plants ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510124826.htm)
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95### [Using Data to Protect Coral Reefs from Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160413140116.htm)
91### [Industry Collaboration, Consumer Pressure Key to Stopping 'Conflict Minerals' Trade](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510124650.htm)
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97Apr. 13, 2016 - Coral reefs are early casualties of climate change, but not every coral reacts the same way to the stress of ocean warming. Researchers have developed the first-ever quantitative 'global ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160413140116.htm)
93May 10, 2016 - Responsible sourcing of raw minerals from conflict regions could be achieved if firms were to collaborate and if there was more pressure from consumers, a new report ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510124650.htm)
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101Apr. 12, 2016 - Global carbon dioxide emissions are triggering permanent changes to ocean chemistry along the North American West Coast that require immediate, decisive action to combat. That action includes ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160412211612.htm)
97### [United States Must Step-Up Forest Pest Prevention, New Study Says](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510124443.htm)
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99May 10, 2016 - Imported forest pests cause billions of dollars in damages each year, and U.S. property owners and municipalities foot most of the bill. Efforts to prevent new pests are not keeping pace with ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510124443.htm)
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