News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

ARCHIVED 2017-09-11, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20170911_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20170702_rev01

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+### [Safeguarding Sustainability Through Forest Certification Mapping](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170627105416.htm)
+### [Courts' Critical, Underappreciated Role in Climate Policy](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170907142652.htm)
+June 27, 2017 - How can we ensure forest protection and sustainable forest biomass production at the same time? A first-ever global map of certified forest areas, based on a participatory and collaborative mapping ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170627105416.htm)
+Sep. 7, 2017 - Both climate lawsuits and their reliance on scientific data have increased over the past decade, the most extensive study to date ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170907142652.htm)
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+### [Climate Change Label Leads to Climate Science Acceptance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170621103214.htm)
+### [After Hurricane Katrina, Personal Debt Fell for Those Worst Hit, but at a Cost](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170828093751.htm)
+June 21, 2017 - Labels matter when it comes to acceptance of climate science, suggests new research. For example, explain authors of a new report, the US public doubts the existence of 'global warming' ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170621103214.htm)
+Aug. 28, 2017 - After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a dozen years ago, there was a sharp and immediate drop in personal debt among residents living in city's most flooded blocks, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170828093751.htm)
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+### [Global Diet and Farming Methods 'Must Change for Environment's Sake'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615213258.htm)
+### [Potential Impacts of Planned Andean Amazon Dams Outweigh Benefits, Scientists Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824125141.htm)
+June 15, 2017 - Reducing meat consumption and using more efficient farming methods globally are essential to stave off irreversible damage to the environmental, a new study says. The research also found that future ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615213258.htm)
+Aug. 24, 2017 - Scientists investigating the effects of six planned or potential Andean dams on the Amazon river system has found that major negative ecological impacts can be expected both above the dams and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170824125141.htm)
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+### [Taking Circular Economy to the Next Level](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615100636.htm)
+Aug. 23, 2017 - In recent decades, change has defined our environment in the United States. Agriculture intensified. Urban areas sprawled. The climate warmed. Intense rainstorms became more common. But, says a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823184403.htm)
+June 15, 2017 - While principles of a circular economy have been adopted by businesses, governments and NGOs, leading researchers say it's time to take the discussion and analysis to the next ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615100636.htm)
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+### [Water Management Interventions Push Scarcity Downstream](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615085015.htm)
+Aug. 23, 2017 - The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef -- regarded as climate change refuges -- has been highlighted in a new study. The study of Eastern ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170823090949.htm)
+June 15, 2017 - Human interventions to harness water resources, such as reservoirs, dams, and irrigation measures, have increased water availability for much of the global population, but at the same time, swept ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615085015.htm)
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+June 15, 2017 - A subsidence map of coastal Louisiana has now been created, putting the rate at which this region is sinking at just over one third of an inch per ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615100624.htm)
+Aug. 21, 2017 - More targeted efforts are needed from both the public and private insurance sectors in order to encourage people to take action to reduce their risk of flood damage, according to a new study of three ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170821094257.htm)
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+### [Emphasizing Individual Solutions to Big Issues Can Reduce Support for Government Efforts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170613130052.htm)
+Aug. 18, 2017 - Climate change and habitat conversion to agriculture are working together to homogenize nature. In other words, the more things change, the more they are the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170818092147.htm)
+June 13, 2017 - Experiments suggest that making individuals aware of how they can help solve large-scale problems makes them less likely to support government-based ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170613130052.htm)
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+June 12, 2017 - Without action, the supply of fresh water in Iqaluit will begin to dwindle by 2024 due to climate change and increased demand, new research has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170612115352.htm)
+Aug. 17, 2017 - Scientists use sonar to estimate Antillean Manatee populations in the murky waters of Panama's internationally protected San San Pond Sak ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817122124.htm)
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+### [Where Climate Change Is Most Likely to Induce Food Violence](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123718.htm)
+### [Measuring Global Biodiversity Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817093202.htm)
+June 8, 2017 - While climate change is expected to lead to more violence related to food scarcity, new research suggests that the strength of a country's government plays a vital role in preventing ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123718.htm)
+Aug. 17, 2017 - A new article shows how Essential Biodiversity Variables can be produced to measure biodiversity change at a global ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817093202.htm)
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+June 7, 2017 - An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius over half a century may not seem all that serious, but it's enough to have more than doubled the probability of a heat wave killing in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607163029.htm)
+Aug. 17, 2017 - A study of flood damage in Florida proposes prioritizing property buyouts based on flood risk, ecological value, and socioeconomic conditions. Forecasters say an above-normal hurricane season is ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170817092825.htm)
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+June 7, 2017 - Unlike other species that migrate successfully to escape the wrath of climate change, a new study shows that dispersal may help sustain global Emperor penguin populations for a limited time, but, as ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607151208.htm)
+Aug. 15, 2017 - Harmful algal blooms known to pose risks to human and environmental health in large freshwater reservoirs and lakes are projected to increase because of climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170815120444.htm)
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+### [Electric Car Subsidies May Do More Harm Than Good](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607141336.htm)
+Aug. 15, 2017 - Scientists have explored alternative reasons for climate change denial, specifically economic, social or cultural influences on why individuals or entire communities remain skeptical of climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170815095049.htm)
+June 7, 2017 - Subsidizing electric vehicles in the North American context will not reduce GHG emissions in the short-term, and may even increase them -- at a cost to taxpayers -- new research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607141336.htm)
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+### [Climate Change Misconceptions Common Among Teachers, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607123835.htm)
+Aug. 14, 2017 - Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814125340.htm)
+June 7, 2017 - Mny secondary school science teachers possess climate change misconceptions similar to average Americans, new research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607123835.htm)
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+### [Marine Reserves Help Mitigate Against Climate Change, Say Scientists](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605152325.htm)
+### [Ozone Treaty Taking a Bite out of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814121047.htm)
+June 5, 2017 - Highly protected marine reserves can help mitigate against the impacts of climate change, a study by a team of international scientists has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605152325.htm)
+Aug. 14, 2017 - The Montreal Protocol, the international treaty adopted to restore Earth's protective ozone layer in 1989, has significantly reduced emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals from the United ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814121047.htm)
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+### [Eco-Label in Exchange for Less Chemicals on Rice Fields](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170602112824.htm)
+Aug. 14, 2017 - Drier soils and reduced water flow in rural areas -- but more intense rainfall that overwhelms infrastructure and causes flooding and stormwater overflow in urban centers. That's the finding of ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814092941.htm)
+June 2, 2017 - Money isn't always everything: Taiwanese rice farmers are willing to produce in an environmentally friendly fashion if this would earn them an eco-label. For such a label, they would accept ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170602112824.htm)
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+June 1, 2017 - By swapping solar photovoltaics for coal, the US could prevent 51,999 premature deaths a year, potentially making as much as $2.5 million for each life saved. A team has calculated US deaths per ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601133430.htm)
+Aug. 10, 2017 - Climate change is making Swiss forests warmer and drier. The trees would have to adapt genetically to the rapidly changing climate to continue flourishing at their current growth location. Yet, they ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170810082151.htm)
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+### [Public Confused by Climate Change Messages](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601124053.htm)
+### [Environmental Policy, Pollution and Economic Growth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809142025.htm)
+June 1, 2017 - Experts, charities, the media and government confuse the public by speaking 'different languages' on climate change, a new study says. The research team focused on Colombia and likened ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601124053.htm)
+Aug. 9, 2017 - Air pollution policy reduces the extent to which population growth in metropolitan areas results in increased pollution emissions without disrupting the economic growth from this urbanization, new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809142025.htm)
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+### [Subsidies Promote Overfishing and Hurt Small-Scale Fishers Worldwide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601094814.htm)
+### [2016 Was Another Warm Year, Report Confirms](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809073301.htm)
+June 1, 2017 - Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601094814.htm)
+Aug. 9, 2017 - A new report confirms that 2016 was another exceptionally warm year, with global temperature having reached 0.77± 0.09 degrees C above its level between 1961 and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170809073301.htm)
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+### [Support for Tidal Energy Is High Among Washington Residents](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531143626.htm)
+Aug. 8, 2017 - Production of fuels from regenerative electric power is a component of the energy turnaround. The first 200 l of synthetic fuel have now been produced from solar energy and the air's carbon ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808182423.htm)
+May 31, 2017 - A new study found that people who believe climate change is a problem and see economic, environmental and/or social benefits to using tidal energy are more likely to support such projects. This is ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531143626.htm)
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+### [Restored Ocean Will Alleviate Poverty, Provide Jobs, and Improve Health, Finds Report](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531133326.htm)
+### [Extreme Heat Linked to Climate Change May Adversely Affect Pregnancy](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808145502.htm)
+May 31, 2017 - With climate change and social inequity addressed, restoring the ocean will help alleviate poverty, provide livelihoods, and improve the health of millions around the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531133326.htm)
+Aug. 8, 2017 - A systematic review links extreme heat exposure to changes in gestation length, birth weight, stillbirth and neonatal ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808145502.htm)
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