News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy
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| 1 | ### [Time Window for Action to Limit Climate Change Is Closing Rapidly](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901125440.htm) | |
| 1 | ### [Visitors to Countryside Not Attracted by Conservation Importance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161109140609.htm) | |
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| 3 | Sep. 1, 2016 - The window of opportunity for limiting climate warming up to 2°C is closing rapidly. However, a reinforcing upward spiral of national government policy, non-state actions and transformative ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901125440.htm) | |
| 3 | Nov. 9, 2016 - Countryside visitors choose where to go based on the presence of features such as coastline, woodland or abundant footpaths, rather than a site's importance to conservation, according to new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161109140609.htm) | |
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| 7 | ### [Motivating Eco-Friendly Behaviors Depends on Cultural Values](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831143017.htm) | |
| 7 | ### [Experts Call on Climate Change Panel to Better Reflect Ocean Variability in Their Projections](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161109112924.htm) | |
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| 9 | Aug. 31, 2016 - The specific cultural values of a country may determine whether concern about environmental issues actually leads individuals to engage in environmentally friendly behaviors, according to the new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831143017.htm) | |
| 9 | Nov. 9, 2016 - Ocean variability and realistic marine regional projections should be included in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports to better inform policy-makers, state ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161109112924.htm) | |
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| 13 | ### [Study Assesses Climate Change Vulnerability in Urban America](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831085039.htm) | |
| 13 | ### [Herbivory, Climate Change Factors May Significantly Increase BVOC Emissions from Boreal Conifers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161107112642.htm) | |
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| 15 | Aug. 31, 2016 - One of the first efforts to systematically assess how cities are preparing for climate change shows that city planners have yet to fully assess their vulnerability to climate change, leaving serious ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831085039.htm) | |
| 15 | Nov. 7, 2016 - Boreal conifer forests are sources of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions into the atmosphere. Global warming exposes boreal trees to biotic stress caused by insect outbreaks and they ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161107112642.htm) | |
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| 19 | ### [Data Shows Increasing Political Polarization on Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160830212154.htm) | |
| 19 | ### [Sharks Help Prevent Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161107112632.htm) | |
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| 21 | Aug. 30, 2016 - A new article discusses increasing partisan polarization of American attitudes towards climate change. The article details the escalation of partisan polarization, particularly towards environmental ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160830212154.htm) | |
| 21 | Nov. 7, 2016 - Over fishing and shark finning may result on more greenhouse gasses and increased climate change, researchers suggest. Their new paper demonstrates the importance of protecting our oceans, and the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161107112632.htm) | |
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| 25 | Aug. 30, 2016 - Researchers have used 'environmental DNA' to determine the biodiversity of a river. Previously, this involved collecting and identifying all the organisms living in it. Using environmental ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160830113302.htm) | |
| 25 | Nov. 4, 2016 - While China is building a gigantic modern-day upgrade of the famed ancient Silk Road resplendent in global cooperation in the name of economic expansion, a group of sustainability scholars point out ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161104190820.htm) | |
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| 29 | ### [High Seas Fisheries Management Could Recoup Losses Due to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160830113257.htm) | |
| 29 | Nov. 4, 2016 - Measurements reveal the relationship between individual CO2 emissions and the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice. For each ton of carbon dioxide that any person on our planet emits, three square ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161104145708.htm) | |
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| 31 | Aug. 30, 2016 - Closing the high seas to fishing could increase fish catches in coastal waters by 10 percent, helping people, especially the most vulnerable, cope with the expected losses of fish due to climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160830113257.htm) | |
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| 35 | ### [A Changing Sun, a Changing Climate?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160829095054.htm) | |
| 33 | ### [Informing Action on a Historic Climate Agreement](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161104102336.htm) | |
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| 37 | Aug. 29, 2016 - The sun's impact on our planet's climate has recently been a hotly debated topic in the context of climate change. The controversy around this issue has led scientists across Europe to dig ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160829095054.htm) | |
| 35 | Nov. 4, 2016 - The Paris Agreement on climate change goes into effect today, but while the agreement set ambitious targets for tackling climate change, scientists say there is a long way to go to achieve it. ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161104102336.htm) | |
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| 41 | ### [Research Priorities for the Field of Atmospheric Chemistry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826142012.htm) | |
| 39 | Nov. 3, 2016 - A new model creates global hot spot maps to illuminate how what we buy pollutes the planet and where. The idea is to help governments, industries and individuals target areas for ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103091001.htm) | |
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| 43 | Aug. 26, 2016 - Increasing energy demands and expanding industrial and agricultural activities worldwide are changing the composition of the atmosphere and contributing to major global challenges like climate change ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826142012.htm) | |
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| 47 | ### [Predictive Tool Vital to Sustainable Environmental Futures](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826110740.htm) | |
| 43 | ### [Safe Navigation Through the Northwest Passage](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103090958.htm) | |
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| 49 | Aug. 26, 2016 - A new predictive tool, which for the first time combines human perception of the environment with land-use planning and socioeconomic data, could help governments mitigate the impact of climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826110740.htm) | |
| 45 | Nov. 3, 2016 - The Northwest Passage is becoming navigable for longer periods of the year. Ship traffic, however, still bears hazardous risks. A German-Canadian research team wants to change that: it is conducting ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103090958.htm) | |
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| 53 | Aug. 26, 2016 - Researchers have developed an economic model that demonstrates how flexible wastewater treatment processes which blend varying levels of treated effluent can create a water supply that benefits crops ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826084307.htm) | |
| 49 | ### [Wastewater Treatment Plants: An Overlooked Source of Carbon Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102085229.htm) | |
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| 51 | Nov. 2, 2016 - Nations that pledged to carry out the Paris climate agreement have moved forward to find practical ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including efforts to ban hydrofluorocarbons and set ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161102085229.htm) | |
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| 57 | Aug. 25, 2016 - Despite ample evidence that Atlantic hurricanes are getting stronger, research found that people's view of future storm threat is based on their hurricane experience, gender and political ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825113319.htm) | |
| 55 | ### [Carbon Levy Could Limit Impact of Climate Change, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161101100942.htm) | |
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| 57 | Nov. 1, 2016 - A decades-old tax system may offer an economical solution to the problem of catastrophic climate change, according to a new study. A consumer tax levy on fossil fuels could provide a means of ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161101100942.htm) | |
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| 61 | Aug. 25, 2016 - A new study challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160825084633.htm) | |
| 61 | Oct. 31, 2016 - Climate change is happening so quickly that a question mark hangs over whether forests can adapt accordingly without human interference and can continue to perform their various functions such as ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161031160445.htm) | |
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| 65 | ### [Hay Fever from Ragweed Pollen Could Double Due to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824212206.htm) | |
| 65 | ### [Nigeria's Superhighway Threatens Local Communities, Elephants, and Gorillas](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161028090257.htm) | |
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| 67 | Aug. 24, 2016 - Climate change could cause new hay fever misery for millions of people across Europe -- according to a new report. Hay fever is a common allergic condition that is caused by an allergy to pollen -- ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824212206.htm) | |
| 67 | Oct. 28, 2016 - A proposed superhighway in Nigeria's Cross River State will displace 180 indigenous communities and threaten one of the world's great centers of biodiversity if completed, according to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161028090257.htm) | |
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| 71 | ### [Global Climate Models Do Not Easily Downscale for Regional Predictions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824144031.htm) | |
| 71 | Oct. 27, 2016 - Global populations of vertebrates -- mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish -- have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new report. Animals living in the world's ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027113306.htm) | |
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| 73 | Aug. 24, 2016 - One size does not always fit all, especially when it comes to global climate models, according to climate researchers who caution users of climate model projections to take into account the increased ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824144031.htm) | |
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| 77 | ### [Climate Change: Trade Liberalization Could Buffer Economic Losses in Agriculture](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824143903.htm) | |
| 75 | ### [Extreme Cold Winters Fuelled by Jet Stream and Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026081551.htm) | |
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| 79 | Aug. 24, 2016 - Global warming could create substantial economic damage in agriculture, a new study finds. Around the globe, climate change threatens agricultural productivity, forcing up food prices. As the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824143903.htm) | |
| 77 | Oct. 26, 2016 - Scientists agree for first time that climate change may be intensifying the effects of the jet stream, causing extreme cold weather in the UK and US. Their study could improve long-term forecasting ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161026081551.htm) | |
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| 83 | Aug. 24, 2016 - An international research project has found human activity has been causing global warming for almost two centuries, proving human-induced climate change is not just a 20th century ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160824135035.htm) | |
| 81 | Oct. 24, 2016 - An unprecedented 40-year experiment in a 40,000-acre valley of Yosemite National Park strongly supports the idea that managing fire, rather than suppressing it, makes wilderness areas more resilient ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161024171811.htm) | |
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| 87 | Aug. 23, 2016 - The global impact of human activities on the natural environment is extensive, but those impacts are expanding at a slower rate than the rate of economic and population ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160823125157.htm) | |
| 85 | ### [Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds Diffuse Between Atmospheric Particles](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161024170812.htm) | |
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| 87 | Oct. 24, 2016 - Semi-volatile organic compounds can readily diffuse into the billions of tiny atmospheric particles that inhabit the air, easily moving among them, researchers have discovered. The findings provide ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161024170812.htm) | |
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| 91 | ### [Biological Invasions Threaten Developing Countries](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160823083217.htm) | |
| 91 | Oct. 24, 2016 - Globally averaged concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached the symbolic and significant milestone of 400 parts per million for the first time in 2015 and surged again to new records ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161024125717.htm) | |
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| 93 | Aug. 23, 2016 - Invasions from alien species such as Japanese knotweed and grey squirrels threaten the economies and livelihoods of residents of some of the world's poorest nations, new research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160823083217.htm) | |
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| 97 | Aug. 22, 2016 - Extreme weather conditions associated with climate change may extend the ozone season in the Southeastern United States as drought-stressed trees emit more of the precursor compound that helps form ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822155924.htm) | |
| 95 | Oct. 21, 2016 - Only a small share of Congolese villagers is the driving force behind most of the deforestation. They're not felling trees to feed their families, but to increase their quality of life. These ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161021122459.htm) | |
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| 101 | ### [Pro-Nuclear Countries Making Slower Progress on Climate Targets](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822111807.htm) | |
| 99 | Oct. 20, 2016 - Two growing seasons after the engineered spring flood of 2014, the Colorado River Delta's birds, plants and groundwater continue to benefit, according to a ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161020144345.htm) | |
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| 103 | Aug. 22, 2016 - A strong national commitment to nuclear energy goes hand in hand with weak performance on climate change targets, researchers have ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822111807.htm) | |
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