News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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1### [African Vulture Poisoning Has Global Disease and Biodiversity Implications](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200723143655.htm)
1### [Misconceptions About Weather and Seasonality Impact COVID-19 Response](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200827101814.htm)
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3July 23, 2020 - Researchers have produced recommendations for vulture poisoning control in Southern Africa. Vultures act as nature's most critical scavengers, working as ecosystem garbage disposals and ...
3Aug. 27, 2020 - Misconceptions about the way climate and weather impact exposure and transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, create false confidence and have adversely shaped risk perceptions, ...
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7### [Free Trade Can Prevent Hunger Caused by Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200720152413.htm)
7### [Researchers Introduce New Theory to Calculate Emissions Liability](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200825124624.htm)
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9July 20, 2020 - Researchers investigated the effects of trade on hunger in the world as a result of climate change. The conclusion is clear: international trade can compensate for regional food shortages and reduce ...
9Aug. 25, 2020 - A new study questions conventional methods of calculating carbon emissions liability based on point source pollution by introducing new 'bottleneck' ...
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13### [Data Analytics Can Predict Global Warming Trends, Heat Waves](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200715111443.htm)
13### [Heating Our Climate Damages Our Economies: Study Reveals Greater Costs Than Expected](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200819102815.htm)
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15July 15, 2020 - New data analytics process evaluates how global energy consumption, as well as urban green infrastructure, can affect climate ...
15Aug. 19, 2020 - Rising temperatures due to our greenhouse gas emissions can cause greater damages to our economies than previous research suggested, a new study ...
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19July 14, 2020 - The pandemic has tugged carbon emissions down, temporarily. But levels of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane continue to climb, dragging the world further away from a path that skirts the worst ...
19### [Primate Habitat Endangered by Climate Change Mapped Around the Globe](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818142111.htm)
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21Aug. 18, 2020 - Researchers have projected the effects current and estimated future global temperature increases would have on the precise territories that were home to particular primate species, based on projected ...
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23### [Road Verges Could Be Havens for Pollinators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200714082858.htm)
25### [Widespread Electric Vehicle Adoption Would Save Billions of Dollars, Thousands of Lives](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817123107.htm)
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25July 14, 2020 - Better-managed road verges can help boost pollinating insects, new research ...
27Aug. 17, 2020 - A new study found that if EVs replaced 25% of combustion-engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and ...
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29### [Socio-Economic, Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Quantified](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200709141538.htm)
31### [New Model for Pricing Carbon Will Help Meet Net-Zero Climate Change Goals](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817123101.htm)
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31July 10, 2020 - How is COVID-19 impacting people and the planet and what are the implications for a post-pandemic world? A new study quantifies the socio-economic losses and environmental ...
33Aug. 17, 2020 - In a new article, researchers introduce a new approach for pricing carbon: Near-term to Net ...
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35### [Aquaculture's Role in Nutrition in the COVID-19 Era](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200709135613.htm)
37### [New Research Reveals Effect of Global Warming on Greenland Ice Melt](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817123045.htm)
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37July 9, 2020 - A new paper examines the economics of an aquaculture industry of the future that is simultaneously environmentally sustainable and nutritious for the nearly 1 billion people worldwide who depend on ...
39Aug. 17, 2020 - New analysis of almost 30 years' worth of scientific data on the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet predicts global sea level rise of at least 10 centimeters by the end of the 21st Century if ...
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41### [Scientists Offer Roadmap for Studying Link Between Climate and Armed Conflict](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707160158.htm)
43### [Long-Term Exposure to Traffic Noise May Impact Weight Gain in the UK Population](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817123030.htm)
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43July 7, 2020 - Climate change -- from rising temperatures and more severe heavy rain, to drought -- is increasing risks for economies, human security, and conflict globally. Scientists are leading an effort to ...
45Aug. 17, 2020 - A new study has found a connection between traffic noise and obesity. Long-term exposure to road traffic noise, such as living near a motorway or on a busy road, was associated with an increase in ...
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47### [How to Tackle Climate Change, Food Security and Land Degradation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707140929.htm)
49### [A Watershed Moment for US Water Quality](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813142337.htm)
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49July 7, 2020 - How can some of world's biggest problems -- climate change, food security and land degradation -- be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and ...
51Aug. 13, 2020 - A new federal rule that determines how the Clean Water Act is implemented leaves millions of miles of streams and acres of wetlands unprotected based on selective interpretation of case law and a ...
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53### [Making a List of All Creatures, Great and Small](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707140927.htm)
55### [Countries Transitioning to Zero Carbon Should Look at More Than Technology Cost](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812115300.htm)
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55July 7, 2020 - A new article outlines a roadmap for creating, for the first time, an agreed list of all the world's species, from mammals and birds to plants, fungi and ...
57Aug. 12, 2020 - A 'one-size-fits-all' approach to producing cleaner energy based on cost alone could create social inequalities, finds a new ...
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59### [Agriculture A Climate Villain? Maybe Not!](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707113331.htm)
61### [Collaboration Is Key to Rebuilding Coral Reefs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812115321.htm)
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61July 7, 2020 - The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, and is thus by many observers considered as a climate ...
63Aug. 12, 2020 - The most successful and cost-effective ways to restore coral reefs have been identified by an international group of scientists, after analyzing restoration projects in Latin ...
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65### [Nitrogen Pollution Policies Around the World Lag Behind Scientific Knowledge](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706113946.htm)
67### [Analysis Pinpoints Most Important Forests for Biodiversity and Conservation in Central Africa](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811153923.htm)
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67July 6, 2020 - National and regional policies aimed at addressing pollution fueled by nitrogen lag behind scientific knowledge of the ...
69Aug. 11, 2020 - A new study produced new analyses to pinpoint the most important forests for biodiversity conservation remaining in Central ...
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71### [Climate Change Threat to Tropical Plants](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200702100414.htm)
73### [Study Predicts Millions of Unsellable Homes Could Upend Market](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811153909.htm)
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73July 2, 2020 - Half of the world's tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming, a new study ...
75Aug. 11, 2020 - Millions of American homes could become unsellable - or could be sold at significant losses to their senior-citizen owners - between now and 2040, according to new ...
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77### [Size Matters for Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629202014.htm)
79### [Indigenous Property Rights Protect the Amazon Rainforest](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200810160151.htm)
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79June 29, 2020 - New research has shown that Drax power station in North Yorkshire is the optimal site for the carbon capture and storage facilities that will be needed reduce carbon emissions and achieve the targets ...
81Aug. 10, 2020 - One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest - and help in the global fight against climate change - is to grant more of Brazil's indigenous communities full property rights to ...
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83### [Global Ripple Effect of Shifting Monsoons](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629124059.htm)
85### [Landmarks Facing Climate Threats Could 'Transform'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200810115523.htm)
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85June 29, 2020 - Scientists ran a series of simulations to produce the most elaborate set of projections to date that illustrates possible changes in nine monsoon regions across five ...
87Aug. 10, 2020 - Researchers asked whether heritage sites threatened by climate change should be allowed to adapt and ...
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89### [Air Pollution's Connection to Infant Mortality](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629120215.htm)
91### [New Global Study Shows 'Best of the Last' Tropical Forests Urgently Need Protection](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200810113220.htm)
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91June 29, 2020 - The study of sub-Saharan Africa finds that a relatively small increase in airborne particles significantly increase infant mortality rates. A cost-effective solution may lie in an exotic-sounding ...
93Aug. 10, 2020 - The world's 'best of the last' tropical forests are at significant risk of being lost, according to a new article. Of these pristine forests that provide key services -- including ...
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95### [Gold Mining Restricts Amazon Rainforest Recovery](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629090012.htm)
97### [How Fish Stocks Will Change in Warming Seas](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200810103258.htm)
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97June 29, 2020 - Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study. The researchers warn that the impacts of mining on ...
99Aug. 10, 2020 - New research out today highlights the future effects of climate change on important fish stocks for south-west UK ...
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101### [Ecosystem Degradation Could Raise Risk of Pandemics](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629090009.htm)
103### [COVID Recovery Choices Shape Future Climate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200807093756.htm)
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103June 29, 2020 - Environmental destruction may make pandemics more likely and less manageable, new research ...
105Aug. 7, 2020 - A new study warns that even with some lockdown measures staying in place to the end of 2021, without more structural interventions global temperatures will only be roughly 0.01°C lower than expected ...
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107### [International Team of Scientists Warns of Increasing Threats Posed by Invasive Species](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200626161205.htm)
109### [Researchers Hope to Save Seabirds by Calculating the Value of Their Excrement](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200806111852.htm)
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109June 26, 2020 - A new study describes the proliferation of alien invasive species and the dangers they ...
111Aug. 6, 2020 - To raise awareness of the importance of seabirds to people and the ecosystems we depend on, a new article looks at something that most of us find off-putting: their feces. The researchers say that ...
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113### [Adirondack Boreal Peatlands Near Southern Range Limit Likely Threatened by Warmer Climate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200624151537.htm)
115### [Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Fisheries Would Create Ripples Across the World](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200806101751.htm)
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115June 24, 2020 - A study documents an invasion happening in the Adirondacks: the black spruce, tamarack, and other boreal species are being overcome by trees normally found in warmer, more temperate forests. ...
117Aug. 6, 2020 - Seafood is the most highly traded food commodity globally, with tropical zone marine fisheries contributing more than 50% of the global fish catch, an average of $USD 96 billion annually. Available ...
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