News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

ARCHIVED 2018-09-06, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20180906_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20180802_rev01

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+### [States Boost Renewable Energy and Development When Utilities Adopt Renewable Standards](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180723142824.htm)
+### [Effective Fisheries Management Can Reduce Extinction Risk of Marine Fish Stocks](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180824150530.htm)
+July 23, 2018 - States that require utilities to increase renewable energy see expansion of renewable energy facilities and generation -- including wind and other renewable sources, but especially solar -- according ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180723142824.htm)
+Aug. 24, 2018 - Effective fisheries management plans, coupled with actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions, both separately, but especially in tandem, would have an immediate effect on the number of marine species ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180824150530.htm)
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+### [Vessel Tracking Exposes the Dark Side of Trading at Sea](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180723071611.htm)
+Aug. 23, 2018 - A new analysis shows that the habitats of three shark species (great hammerhead, tiger, and bull sharks) are relatively well protected from longline fishing in federal waters off the southeastern ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180823125113.htm)
+July 23, 2018 - Transshipment -- exchanging seafood, crew or supplies between boats at sea -- is common in many fisheries, but it creates opportunity for illegal activity involving drugs and people. This first ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180723071611.htm)
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+### [Scientists Identify Most Pressing Issues Posed by Chemicals in the Environment](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180720092503.htm)
+Aug. 22, 2018 - Researchers have found policies are shifting toward restoration projects that include input from more groups and offer a range of benefits to Puget Sound, including flood control, salmon recovery, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180822164154.htm)
+July 20, 2018 - Chemicals released into the environment by human activity are resulting in biodiversity loss; increased natural hazards; threats to food, water and energy security; negative impacts on human health ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180720092503.htm)
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+July 19, 2018 - Roughly four out of five Americans support the Endangered Species Act, and only one in 10 oppose it, found a survey of 1,287 Americans. Support has remained stable for the past two ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180719121800.htm)
+### [What Is the Maximum Possible Number of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones? See the Year 2005](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180822150823.htm)
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+Aug. 22, 2018 - Climate simulations and analyses of Atlantic hurricane activity indicate that the record number of tropical cyclones that occurred in 2005 (28 storms) is close to the maximum number that might occur ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180822150823.htm)
+### [A Social Tool for Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Residential Buildings](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180719101258.htm)
+July 19, 2018 - for the first time, an open-source computing tool can, simply and intuitively, calculate the CO2 emissions in each phase of a building project, in order to obtain a global picture of its carbon ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180719101258.htm)
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+July 19, 2018 - The historic peace treaty in Colombia which brought an end to half a century of violence has led to mass deforestation. Once FARC soldiers were disarmed, it led to a vacuum of power which is being ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180719085407.htm)
+Aug. 21, 2018 - Researchers have developed a new benchmark model that estimates changes in the proportion of the Earth's surface where plant growth will no longer be limited by cold temperatures over the 21st ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180821125445.htm)
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+July 18, 2018 - Climate lobbying is big business. A new analysis shows that between 2000 and 2016, lobbyists spent more than two billion dollars on influencing relevant legislation in the US Congress. ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718223101.htm)
+Aug. 20, 2018 - Climate change and other external forces are causing rapid marine community shifts in Japan's coastal ecosystems. Better understanding of species distribution dynamics, as driven by these ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180820155119.htm)
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+July 18, 2018 - The research matched pollution data to monthly park visitation statistics at 33 heavily visited national parks and found that visitation responds most to ozone during months with poor air ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718143112.htm)
+### [Getting Policy Right: Why Fisheries Management Is Plagued by the Panacea Mindset](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180820155112.htm)
+Aug. 20, 2018 - Fisheries management has often been characterized by regulatory policies that result in panaceas -- broad based policy solutions that are expected to address several problems, which result in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180820155112.htm)
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+### [Effort to Preserve Lory Population Shows Success](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718092505.htm)
+### [Strategies in US Climate Litigation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180820113100.htm)
+July 18, 2018 - A long-term plan to preserve the Rimatara lorikeet by restoring an extirpated population of the species on a neighboring island that is free of predatory ship rats is demonstrating the importance of ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718092505.htm)
+Aug. 20, 2018 - Researchers have analyzed all US climate change lawsuits over a 26-year ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180820113100.htm)
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+### [What Psychological Science Can Offer to Reducing Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717094750.htm)
+Aug. 17, 2018 - Aerosols are tiny particles that are spewed into the atmosphere by human activities, including burning coal and wood. They have negative effects on air quality -- damaging human health and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180817093800.htm)
+July 17, 2018 - The consequences of climate change are immense, and believed by many experts to be largely irreversible (and exponential), causing threats coming from heat waves, flooding, declines in agriculture, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180717094750.htm)
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+Aug. 16, 2018 - An international consortium has completed the sequence of wheat's colossal ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180816143157.htm)
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+July 16, 2018 - As the world seeks to curb human-induced climate change, will protecting the carbon of tropical forests also ensure the survival of their species? A study suggests the answer to this question is far ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716164520.htm)
+Aug. 15, 2018 - A first-of-its-kind global study shows that children in 27 developing countries have better nutrition -- when they live near forests. The results turn on its head the assumption that improving ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180815141439.htm)
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+July 16, 2018 - A new study could lead to more accurate predictions or the rate of global warming from greenhouse gas emissions produced by thawing permafrost in the next 100 years. The study of the microorganisms ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716151529.htm)
+Aug. 15, 2018 - Seabirds such as gulls can be key indicators of environmental change as their populations respond to shifts in their ocean habitat over time. A new study investigates how several species have ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180815091520.htm)
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+July 16, 2018 - Thousands of miles of buried fiber optic cable in densely populated coastal regions of the United States may soon be inundated by rising seas, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716141627.htm)
+### [Extending Palm Oil Production in Africa Threatens Primate Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180815102921.htm)
+Aug. 15, 2018 - Future expansion of the palm oil industry could have a dramatic impact on African ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180815102921.htm)
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+### [Indigenous Peoples Own or Manage at Least One Quarter of World's Land Surface](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716130732.htm)
+### [Effects of Climate Warming Seen in Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180814134208.htm)
+July 16, 2018 - Indigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over at least a quarter of the world's land surface according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716130732.htm)
+Aug. 14, 2018 - Ecologists have completed a new study on the effects of climate warming on soil microbes in a long-term climate change experiment at a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The new study shows that climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180814134208.htm)
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+### [Reducing Carbon Emissions Will Limit Sea Level Rise](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716130724.htm)
+### [Europe Needs Coastal Adaptation Measures to Avoid Catastrophic Flooding by the End of the Century](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180813125230.htm)
+July 16, 2018 - A new study demonstrates that a correlation also exists between cumulative carbon emissions and future sea level rise over time -- and the news isn't ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716130724.htm)
+Aug. 13, 2018 - Coastal floods could impact up to 3.65 million people every year in Europe by 2100, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180813125230.htm)
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+July 16, 2018 - Preventing reservoir evaporation during droughts with floating balls may not help conserve water overall, due to the water needed to make the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716114605.htm)
+Aug. 13, 2018 - Putting land management in the hands of local communities helps the wildlife within, according to new research. A new study demonstrates the positive ecological impacts of a community-based wildlife ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180813104234.htm)
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+### [Flipping the Switch: Making Use of Carbon Price Dollars for Health and Education](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716114501.htm)
+### [Researchers Call for Comprehensive Transformation of Food Systems](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809112456.htm)
+July 16, 2018 - A switch from subsidizing fossil fuel to pricing CO2-emissions would not only help to meet global climate targets but also create additional domestic public revenues. These revenues could finance ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180716114501.htm)
+Aug. 9, 2018 - Agriculture and food systems policies should ensure more than just the supply of food. Decision-makers must make a paradigm shift to align policies about climate, agriculture and food with the United ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809112456.htm)
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+### [Better Methods Improve Measurements of Recreational Water Quality](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180713135114.htm)
+### [North American Diets Require More Land Than We Have, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809112407.htm)
+July 13, 2018 - The concentration of enterococci, bacteria that thrive in feces, has long been the federal standard for determining water quality. Researchers have now shown that the greatest influences on that ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180713135114.htm)
+Aug. 9, 2018 - Researchers found that if the global population followed the United States Department of Agriculture's dietary guidelines, there would not be enough land to provide the food ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809112407.htm)
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+July 13, 2018 - Researchers have calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in a detailed analysis that for the first time integrates natural processes and climate changes that are likely ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180713093531.htm)
+Aug. 9, 2018 - Climate and land-use change are shrinking natural wildlife habitats around the world. Yet despite their importance to rural economies and natural ecosystems, remarkably little is known about the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809093455.htm)
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+### [Mapping Species Range Shifts Under Recent Climatic Changes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180712100502.htm)
+### [Environmental Regulations Drove Steep Declines in US Factory Pollution](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809093515.htm)
+July 12, 2018 - The inclusion of taxon-specific sensitivity to a shifting climate helps us understand species distributional responses to changes in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180712100502.htm)
+Aug. 9, 2018 - A new study by economists shows that between 1990 and 2008, air pollution levels plummeted. The evidence shows that environmental regulation and the associated cleanup of production processes played ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180809093515.htm)
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