News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

ARCHIVED 2020-12-13, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20201213_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20201006_rev01

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+### [Are China's Pollution Remediation Efforts Making the Planet Warmer?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200929123715.htm)
+### [Satellite Tag Tracks Activity Levels of Highly Migratory Species Across the Vast Ocean](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201204131310.htm)
+Sep. 29, 2020 - A 10-year effort by China to improve air quality and reduce pollution-related health risks has caused warming in areas across the northern hemisphere, according to new ...
+Dec. 4, 2020 - Scientists have released a new activity data product application for marine animal tracking. The technology is designed to remotely track and transmit data gathered on an animal's activity ...
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+### [The Arctic Is Burning in a Whole New Way](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200928155746.htm)
+### [Link Found Between Drought and HIV Among Women in Less-Developed Countries](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201201123915.htm)
+Sep. 28, 2020 - 'Zombie fires' and burning of fire-resistant vegetation are new features driving Arctic fires -- with strong consequences for the global climate -- warn international fire ...
+Dec. 1, 2020 - Researchers explored the consequences of drought and lack of environmental resources on women in less-developed countries. The research shows the direct and indirect associations to women's ...
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+### [Despite High Hopes, Carbon Absorbed by Amazon Forest Recovery Is Dwarfed by Deforestation Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200928152848.htm)
+### [Report Assesses Promises and Pitfalls of Private Investment in Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130131529.htm)
+Sep. 28, 2020 - After calculating how much carbon had been lost through deforestation, scientists have discovered that, in more than 30 years, the regrowth of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon has offset ...
+Nov. 30, 2020 - Scientists, lawyers, investors and economists explore how privately financed conservation projects can generate both financial returns and positive conservation ...
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+### [Reusing Tableware Can Reduce Waste from Online Food Deliveries](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200925113334.htm)
+### [It's Not Too Late to Save 102 Species at Risk of Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130101254.htm)
+Sep. 25, 2020 - In China, approximately 10 billion online food orders were served to over 400 million customers in 2018. All of these orders came in single-use plastic packaging, with single-use plastic tableware. ...
+Nov. 30, 2020 - The Fraser River estuary in British Columbia is home to 102 species at risk of extinction. A new study says it's not too late to save these species if action is taken ...
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+### [Camera Traps Show Impact of Recreational Activity on Wildlife](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200924101932.htm)
+### [In Fire-Prone West, Plants Need Their Pollinators -- And Vice Versa](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201125091514.htm)
+Sep. 24, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has fired up interest in outdoor activities in our parks and forests. Now a new study highlights the need to be mindful of how these activities may affect wildlife living in ...
+Nov. 25, 2020 - A new study grounded in the northern Rockies explores the role of wildfire in the finely tuned dance between plants and their pollinators. Previous studies have looked at how fire affects plants, or ...
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+### [Climate Pledges 'Like Tackling COVID-19 Without Social Distancing'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200924082709.htm)
+### [Clean Air Act Saved 1.5 Billion birds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201124150845.htm)
+Sep. 24, 2020 - Current global pledges to tackle climate change are the equivalent of declaring a pandemic without a plan for social distancing, researchers ...
+Nov. 24, 2020 - US pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds. So concludes a new continent-wide study. Study authors found that improved air quality under a federal program ...
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+### [Urgent Conservation Needed for World's Carnivorous Plants](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200924101942.htm)
+### [Areas Where the Next Pandemic Could Emerge Are Revealed](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201124101028.htm)
+Sep. 24, 2020 - New research has found approximately a quarter of carnivorous plant species across the world may be at risk of extinction due to global climate change, illegal poaching, and the clearing of land for ...
+Nov. 24, 2020 - A team of experts has incorporated environmental, social and economic considerations -- including air transit centrality -- to identify key areas at risk of leading to the next pandemic. The research ...
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+### [Amazonia Racing Toward Tipping Point, Fueled by Unregulated Fires](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200923164614.htm)
+### [Climate Change Presents New Challenges for the Drinking Water Supply](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201123112457.htm)
+Sep. 23, 2020 - Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 years, and human activity is the ...
+Nov. 23, 2020 - Rising temperatures in Germany's largest drinking water reservoir present new challenges for the drinking water supply. According to a group of researchers, the impacts of this increase can be ...
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+### [Better Conservation Planning Can Improve Human Life Too](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200922112310.htm)
+### [Changes in Fire Activity Are Threatening More Than 4,400 Species Globally](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201123101000.htm)
+Sep. 22, 2020 - Conservation planning can be greatly improved to benefit human communities, while still protecting biodiversity, according to new ...
+Nov. 23, 2020 - More than 4,400 species across the globe are at risk from extinction because of changes in fire activity says a new ...
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+### [Warming Ocean, Old-Forest Loss Put a Squeeze on an Elusive Seabird](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200922092154.htm)
+### [Siberian Primrose Has Not Had Time to Adapt to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201123100954.htm)
+Sep. 22, 2020 - Squeezed by changing ocean conditions that limit their food options and the long-term loss of old forest needed for nesting, marbled murrelets would benefit most from conservation efforts that take ...
+Nov. 23, 2020 - Global warming already affects Siberian primrose, a plant species that is threatened in Finland and Norway. According to a recently completed study, individuals of Siberian primrose originating in ...
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+### [40% of O'ahu, Hawai'i Beaches Could Be Lost by Mid-Century](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200921170507.htm)
+### [Indonesian Wildfires a 'Fixable Problem'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201123173448.htm)
+Sep. 21, 2020 - The reactive and piecemeal approach historically used to manage beaches in Hawai'i has failed to protect them. If policies are not changed, as much as 40% of all beaches on O'ahu, ...
+Nov. 23, 2020 - Indonesian wildfires that cause widespread air pollution and vast carbon emissions are a 'fixable problem', according to the leader of a project set up to help tackle the ...
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+### [Climate: Support for Simple Funding Plans -- Even If Costs Are High](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200921151332.htm)
+### [Polar Climate Affects Trade Wind Strength in Tropics](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201120142141.htm)
+Sep. 21, 2020 - There is growing demand for countries to take aggressive action to combat climate change, but less consensus on how to fund it. In a new study, researchers asked more than 10,000 people from the US, ...
+Nov. 20, 2020 - The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has long been recognized. For instance, the episodic warming of the tropical Pacific during El Niño events ...
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+### [Researcher Analyzes the Use of Solar Energy at US Airports](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200921115552.htm)
+### [New Guide on Using Drones for Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201120113846.htm)
+Sep. 21, 2020 - By studying 488 public airports in the United States, researchers found that 20% of them have adopted solar photovoltaic (PV), commonly known as solar panels, over the last ...
+Nov. 20, 2020 - Drones are a powerful tool for conservation - but they should only be used after careful consideration and planning, according to a new ...
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+### [Corona-Induced CO2 Emission Reductions Are Not Yet Detectable in the Atmosphere](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200921102540.htm)
+### [Researchers Recommend More Transparency for Gene-Edited Crops](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201119141714.htm)
+Sep. 21, 2020 - The impact of the corona pandemic will reduce worldwide carbon dioxide emissions by up to eight percent in 2020. Cumulative reductions of about this magnitude would be required every year to reach ...
+Nov. 19, 2020 - To gain trust, researchers recommend a wide-ranging coalition that would provide more transparency on the presence and use of gene editing in food ...
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+### [Machine Learning Models Identify Kids at Risk of Lead Poisoning](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200916113523.htm)
+### [Starved, Stuffed and Squandered: Consequences of Decades of Global Nutrition Transition](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201118080754.htm)
+Sep. 21, 2020 - Machine learning can help public health officials identify children most at risk of lead poisoning, enabling them to concentrate their limited resources on preventing poisonings rather than ...
+Nov. 18, 2020 - Just a handful of rice and beans - a part of our world is starved. Hawaiian Pizza and ice-cream - another part of our world is stuffed, throwing away food every day. This gap is likely to worsen, ...
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+### [Ecologists Sound Alarm on Plastic Pollution](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917181303.htm)
+### [NASA Model Reveals How Much COVID-Related Pollution Levels Deviated from the Norm](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201117122834.htm)
+Sep. 17, 2020 - Ecologists examining plastic pollution entering oceans, rivers and lakes around the world annually, outline potential impacts of various mitigation strategies over the coming decade. The researchers ...
+Nov. 17, 2020 - Using computer models to generate a COVID-free 2020 for comparison, NASA researchers found that since February, pandemic restrictions have reduced global nitrogen dioxide concentrations by nearly 20 ...
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+### [Curbing Land Clearing for Food Production Is Vital to Reverse Biodiversity Declines](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917135517.htm)
+### [In Retrospect, the Burning of Wood in District Heating Plants Has Resulted in Climate Saving](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201117113046.htm)
+Sep. 17, 2020 - Preserving terrestrial biodiversity requires more ambitious land-conservation targets to be established and met. At the same time, 'bending the curve' on biodiversity loss needs more ...
+Nov. 17, 2020 - A new report shows that the burning of wood is significantly more climate friendly than coal and slightly more climate friendly than natural gas over the long run. For the first time, researchers ...
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+### [Emissions Could Add 15 Inches to 2100 Sea Level Rise](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917122844.htm)
+### [Tropical Peatland Conservation Could Protect Humans from New Diseases](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201117085930.htm)
+Sep. 17, 2020 - An international effort that brought together more than 60 ice, ocean and atmosphere scientists from three dozen international institutions has generated new estimates of how much of an impact ...
+Nov. 17, 2020 - Conservation of tropical peatlands could reduce the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the likelihood of new diseases jumping from animals to humans, researchers ...
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+### [New Estimates for the Rise in Sea Levels Due to Ice Sheet Mass Loss Under Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105339.htm)
+### [Implementing Carbon Pricing During the Pandemic Could Help Countries Recover Greener, Smarter](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201116125609.htm)
+Sep. 17, 2020 - An international consortium of researchers under the aegis of CMIP6 has calculated new estimates for the melting of Earth's ice sheets due to greenhouse gas emissions and its impact on sea ...
+Nov. 16, 2020 - As economies 'build back better,' it may be an opportune time to introduce carbon pricing to tackle climate change, according to new ...
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+### [Climate Change Threatens Komodo Dragons](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105400.htm)
+### [What Type of Forest to Choose for Better CO2 Storage?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201113105833.htm)
+Sep. 17, 2020 - The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, could be driven to extinction by climate change unless significant measures to intervene are taken ...
+Nov. 13, 2020 - An international team has studied which types of forest are the most effective in storing carbon. Inventory data from natural forests on five continents show that species diversity is optimal for ...
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