News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy
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| 1 | ### [New Bioinformatics Tool Spots Hybrid Fish That Threaten the Survival of Natural Tilapia Populations in Aquaculture](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211209124445.htm) | |
| 1 | ### [Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Green Infrastructure](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220105111438.htm) | |
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| 3 | Dec. 9, 2021 - A new genomics marker tool has been shown to accurately identify tilapia species and tell apart their hybrids, providing a novel resource to help develop aquaculture and empower conservation in ... | |
| 3 | Jan. 5, 2022 - A new nationwide analysis of 122 plans from 20 US cities found that many plans fail to explicitly define green infrastructure. When they do, they tend to focus on stormwater management, favoring ... | |
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| 7 | ### [Climate Adaptation of Households Compared Internationally](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202113427.htm) | |
| 7 | ### [Insects: How Farmers Can Be Better Engaged in Species Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211216150139.htm) | |
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| 9 | Dec. 2, 2021 - The UN climate conference in Glasgow in 2021 had a clear message: climate adaptation is required of everyone; from governments to individuals around the world. Researchers have now investigated the ... | |
| 9 | Dec. 16, 2021 - While farmers have the capacity to drive species conservation worldwide, their true potential is yet to be fully realized. An international team of researchers shows how this can change. The ... | |
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| 13 | ### [Climate Uncertainty Colors Flood Risk Assessment](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119155518.htm) | |
| 13 | ### [Despite Cleaner Air, Pollution Disparities for People of Color Remain Across the US](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211215082041.htm) | |
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| 15 | Nov. 19, 2021 - Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed by an interdisciplinary ... | |
| 15 | Dec. 15, 2021 - Researchers investigated disparities in exposure to six major air pollutants in 1990, 2000 and 2010 by comparing models of air pollution levels to census data. While overall pollutant concentrations ... | |
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| 19 | ### [Resilience of Vertebrate Animals in Rapid Decline Due to Humanmade Threats](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203758.htm) | |
| 19 | ### [New Bioinformatics Tool Spots Hybrid Fish That Threaten the Survival of Natural Tilapia Populations in Aquaculture](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211209124445.htm) | |
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| 21 | Nov. 18, 2021 - Global change is eroding life on earth at an unprecedented rate and scale. Species extinctions have accelerated over the last decades, with the concomitant loss of the functions and services they ... | |
| 21 | Dec. 9, 2021 - A new genomics marker tool has been shown to accurately identify tilapia species and tell apart their hybrids, providing a novel resource to help develop aquaculture and empower conservation in ... | |
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| 25 | ### [Speeding Up the Energy Transition Reduces Climate Risks](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203731.htm) | |
| 25 | ### [China's Crops at Risk: Climate Change Boosts Spread of Crop Pests and Diseases](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211209124223.htm) | |
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| 27 | Nov. 18, 2021 - The World Climate Conference in Glasgow has just ended, and the question is whether the goal of maximum global heating of 1.5°C can still be achieved. In a model calculation, researchers show how ... | |
| 27 | Dec. 9, 2021 - Crop pests and diseases in China have significantly increased, with climate change being one of the relevant drivers, new research ... | |
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| 31 | ### [Study Confirms That Gabon Is the Largest Stronghold for Critically Endangered African Forest Elephants](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203716.htm) | |
| 31 | ### [Wastewater Helps Decipher the Popularity of New Synthetic Drugs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211208085951.htm) | |
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| 33 | Nov. 18, 2021 - The most comprehensive survey conducted of elephant numbers in the Central African nation of Gabon since the late 1980s has found elephants occurring in higher numbers than previously ... | |
| 33 | Dec. 8, 2021 - Over the years, hundreds of new synthetic drugs that mimic the effects of illegal and legal substances have emerged. The underground nature of each drug's development and distribution makes its ... | |
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| 37 | ### [New Research Could Help Boost Growth of Clean Cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203613.htm) | |
| 37 | ### [Future Snowmelt Could Have Costly Consequences on Infrastructure](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211207174555.htm) | |
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| 39 | Nov. 18, 2021 - Researchers have new evidence that could help rapidly boost efforts to scale-up the adoption of clean cooking with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in sub-Saharan Africa. The new study suggests that ... | |
| 39 | Dec. 7, 2021 - Researchers took a closer look at previous studies with snowmelt predictions, and because geographical areas respond differently to climate change, they found future snowmelt incidences could vary ... | |
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| 43 | ### [Simulation Reveals Molecular Footprint of Organic Air Pollutants](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203544.htm) | |
| 43 | ### [Researchers Say It's Time to Clean Up the US Clean Water Act](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211207152530.htm) | |
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| 45 | Nov. 18, 2021 - Joining the global effort to curb air pollution, researchers have developed computational tools to accurately assess the footprint of certain organic atmospheric pollutants. Their simulation could ... | |
| 45 | Dec. 7, 2021 - While the Clean Water Act successfully regulated many obvious causes of pollution, such as the dumping of wastewater, it's done less to limit more diffuse types of pollution, such as ... | |
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| 49 | ### [Tech Companies Underreport CO2 Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203514.htm) | |
| 49 | ### [Trees Are Biggest Methane 'vents' in Wetland Areas - Even When They're Dry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211205212436.htm) | |
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| 51 | Nov. 18, 2021 - Companies in the digital technology industry are significantly underreporting the greenhouse gas emissions arising along the value chain of their products. Across a sample of 56 major tech companies ... | |
| 51 | Dec. 5, 2021 - Most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems -- with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded, say ... | |
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| 55 | ### [Extreme Heat Events Jeopardize Cardiovascular Health, Experts Warn](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118061604.htm) | |
| 55 | ### [Combined Heat and Power as a Platform for Clean Energy Systems](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202191154.htm) | |
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| 57 | Nov. 18, 2021 - A consequence of global warming is a greater frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. This extreme heat is associated with a greater risk of adverse cardiovascular incidents, especially for ... | |
| 57 | Dec. 2, 2021 - The state of Georgia could dramatically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, while creating new jobs and a healthier public, if more of its energy-intensive industries and commercial buildings were ... | |
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| 61 | ### [The Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide Is Understated Under Current Estimates, New Analysis Concludes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211117115134.htm) | |
| 61 | ### [Growing Carbon Footprint for Plastics](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202113504.htm) | |
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| 63 | Nov. 17, 2021 - The social cost of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is the largest remaining threat to the ozone layer, is understated, concludes an international team of researchers. In their assessment, the ... | |
| 63 | Dec. 2, 2021 - After analyzing the global plastics supply chain, researchers found that the impact of plastics on the climate and health is greater than thought due to the increased use of coal for process heat, ... | |
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| 67 | ### [Finding the Missing Piece in Global Oil Life-Cycle Assessment](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211116175034.htm) | |
| 67 | ### [Climate Adaptation of Households Compared Internationally](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202113427.htm) | |
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| 69 | Nov. 16, 2021 - New research offers a closer look at the relationship between decreasing demand for oil and a resilient, varied oil market -- and the carbon footprint associated with ... | |
| 69 | Dec. 2, 2021 - The UN climate conference in Glasgow in 2021 had a clear message: climate adaptation is required of everyone; from governments to individuals around the world. Researchers have now investigated the ... | |
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| 73 | ### [Pollutant Emissions in Major Seaports Likely to Have Spiked During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211116103144.htm) | |
| 73 | ### [Efforts to Restore Indonesian Peatlands Could Save Billions in Wildfire Costs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202092925.htm) | |
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| 75 | Nov. 16, 2021 - Researchers have modeled that pollutant emissions from the shipping sector increased significantly in major international seaports during the COVID-19 ... | |
| 75 | Dec. 2, 2021 - Plans to restore Indonesian peatlands are a cost-effective strategy for reducing the impacts of peatland fires to the environment, climate and human health, says a new study. The study uses satellite ... | |
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| 79 | ### [Market Forces Halved Methane Emissions from Uinta Basin Oil and Gas Wells; But That's Not the Whole Story](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211116103123.htm) | |
| 79 | ### [Holistic Framework Can Assess Fisheries' Strengths and Potential Weaknesses](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211130130234.htm) | |
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| 81 | Nov. 16, 2021 - Since 2015, researchers have been tracking emissions from oil and gas wells and report that, over that time, emissions from the region have fallen by half. But more analysis of leak rates shows that ... | |
| 81 | Nov. 30, 2021 - A new decision-making framework designed by an international team of fisheries researchers can help fisheries bolster their ability to adapt to a warming world. The tool is meant to take a lot of the ... | |
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| 85 | ### [Larger Conservation Areas Didn't Protect Animals in Central Africa](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211115123152.htm) | |
| 85 | ### [Reshaping the Plastic Lifecycle Into a Circle](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211130112512.htm) | |
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| 87 | Nov. 15, 2021 - Efforts to protect threatened and endangered species in central Africa might be more successful if they focused on a smaller geographic area, new research ... | |
| 87 | Nov. 30, 2021 - New research gives a bird's-eye view of the scale of plastic creation globally, tracing where it's produced, where it ends up, and its environmental ... | |
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| 91 | ### [Environmental Implications of Ultra-Processed Foods](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211111080345.htm) | |
| 91 | ### [Why We Must Avoid Temperature Overshoot](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211129122807.htm) | |
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| 93 | Nov. 11, 2021 - A new study finds that over the last 30 years, Brazil has undergone a nutrition transition toward a diet higher in ultra-processed foods, and that of food types consumed, these have been the largest ... | |
| 93 | Nov. 29, 2021 - A new international study shows how near-term mitigation can help to prevent an overshoot in global temperatures, thereby reducing climate risks and bringing long-term economic ... | |
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| 97 | ### [Global Temperatures Over Last 24,000 Years Show Today's Warming 'Unprecedented'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211110131616.htm) | |
| 97 | ### [From Ambition to Biodiversity Action: Time to Hold Actors Accountable](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211125154832.htm) | |
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| 99 | Nov. 10, 2021 - An effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far out of bounds human activity has pushed the ... | |
| 99 | Nov. 25, 2021 - To achieve global goals for biodiversity conservation, national level implementation must be significantly improved. National policy instruments need to precisely define effective actions and the ... | |
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| 103 | ### [Biodiversity 'time Machine' Uses Artificial Intelligence to Learn from the Past](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211109120319.htm) | |
| 103 | ### [Accelerated Renewables-Based Electrification Paves the Way for a Post-Fossil Future](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211125154817.htm) | |
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| 105 | Nov. 9, 2021 - Experts can make crucial decisions about future biodiversity management by using artificial intelligence to learn from past environmental change, according to new ... | |
| 105 | Nov. 25, 2021 - Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century. When ... | |
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| 109 | ### [Scientists Issue New Climate Adaptation 'Scorecard'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211108161431.htm) | |
| 109 | ### [Free Green Services Could Substantially Reduce Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211123131419.htm) | |
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| 111 | Nov. 8, 2021 - A new study offers a 'scorecard' for climate adaptation projects -- a set of 16 criteria that can be used to evaluate climate adaptation projects and inform their ... | |
| 111 | Nov. 23, 2021 - Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households' greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found. Providing these ... | |
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| 115 | ### [Does Environmental Stress Drive Migration?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211105134629.htm) | |
| 115 | ### [Climate Uncertainty Colors Flood Risk Assessment](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119155518.htm) | |
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| 117 | Nov. 5, 2021 - Climate-driven migration has been deemed a major threat in public discourse and academic research, but comprehensive studies that take into account both environmental and social factors globally have ... | |
| 117 | Nov. 19, 2021 - Understanding how climate change will affect the flooding of rivers may become easier with a new framework for assessing flood risk that's been developed by an interdisciplinary ... | |
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| 121 | Wednesday, January 5, 2022 | |
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| 123 | - [Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Green Infrastructure](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220105111438.htm) | |
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| 125 | Thursday, December 16, 2021 | |
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| 127 | - [Insects: How Farmers Can Be Better Engaged in Species Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211216150139.htm) | |
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| 129 | Wednesday, December 15, 2021 | |
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| 131 | - [Despite Cleaner Air, Pollution Disparities for People of Color Remain Across the US](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211215082041.htm) | |
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| 123 | 135 | - [New Bioinformatics Tool Spots Hybrid Fish That Threaten the Survival of Natural Tilapia Populations in Aquaculture](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211209124445.htm) |
| 136 | - [China's Crops at Risk: Climate Change Boosts Spread of Crop Pests and Diseases](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211209124223.htm) | |
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| 138 | Wednesday, December 8, 2021 | |
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| 140 | - [Wastewater Helps Decipher the Popularity of New Synthetic Drugs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211208085951.htm) | |
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| 142 | Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | |
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| 144 | - [Future Snowmelt Could Have Costly Consequences on Infrastructure](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211207174555.htm) | |
| 145 | - [Researchers Say It's Time to Clean Up the US Clean Water Act](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211207152530.htm) | |
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| 147 | Sunday, December 5, 2021 | |
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| 149 | - [Trees Are Biggest Methane 'vents' in Wetland Areas - Even When They're Dry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211205212436.htm) | |
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| 125 | 151 | Thursday, December 2, 2021 |
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| 153 | - [Combined Heat and Power as a Platform for Clean Energy Systems](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202191154.htm) | |
| 154 | - [Growing Carbon Footprint for Plastics](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202113504.htm) | |
| 127 | 155 | - [Climate Adaptation of Households Compared Internationally](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202113427.htm) |
| 156 | - [Efforts to Restore Indonesian Peatlands Could Save Billions in Wildfire Costs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211202092925.htm) | |
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| 158 | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | |
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| 160 | - [Holistic Framework Can Assess Fisheries' Strengths and Potential Weaknesses](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211130130234.htm) | |
| 161 | - [Reshaping the Plastic Lifecycle Into a Circle](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211130112512.htm) | |
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| 163 | Monday, November 29, 2021 | |
| 164 | ||
| 165 | - [Why We Must Avoid Temperature Overshoot](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211129122807.htm) | |
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| 167 | Thursday, November 25, 2021 | |
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| 169 | - [From Ambition to Biodiversity Action: Time to Hold Actors Accountable](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211125154832.htm) | |
| 170 | - [Accelerated Renewables-Based Electrification Paves the Way for a Post-Fossil Future](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211125154817.htm) | |
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| 172 | Tuesday, November 23, 2021 | |
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| 174 | - [Free Green Services Could Substantially Reduce Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211123131419.htm) | |
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| 129 | 176 | Friday, November 19, 2021 |
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| 131 | 178 | - [Climate Uncertainty Colors Flood Risk Assessment](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119155518.htm) |
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| 133 | 180 | Thursday, November 18, 2021 |
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| 330 | 377 | - [Roads Have Far-Reaching Impact on Chimpanzees](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915085839.htm) |
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| 332 | 379 | Monday, September 13, 2021 |
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| 334 | 381 | - [Utilitarian Approach to Global Climate Policy Improves Equity, Environment and Wellbeing](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913135754.htm) |
| 335 | - [One Water Bucket to Find Them All: Detecting Fish, Mammals, and Birds from a Single Sample](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913135707.htm) | |
| 336 | - [Balancing Food Security and Nitrogen Use](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913135633.htm) | |
| 337 | - [Compound Hazards Pose Increased Risk to Highly Populated Regions in the Himalayas](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210913134855.htm) | |
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| 339 | Thursday, September 9, 2021 | |
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| 341 | - [Large Herbivore Can Reduce Fire Risks](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210909124012.htm) | |
| 342 | - [First Global Study of Wildfire Pollution Reveals Increase in Mortality Rate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210908180710.htm) | |
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| 344 | Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | |
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| 346 | - [Long-Distance Relationships for Endangered Corals](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210908180702.htm) | |
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| 348 | Tuesday, September 7, 2021 | |
| 349 | ||
| 350 | - [The Warming Climate Is Causing Animals to 'shapeshift'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210907110718.htm) | |
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| 352 | Monday, September 6, 2021 | |
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| 354 | - [Over 200 Health Journals Call on World Leaders to Address 'catastrophic Harm to Health' From Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210906091017.htm) | |
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| 356 | Thursday, September 2, 2021 | |
| 357 | ||
| 358 | - [How Much Energy Do We Need to Achieve a Decent Life for All?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210902125025.htm) | |
| 359 | - [Grim Warning for Aussie Species in Conservation Checklist](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210902124954.htm) | |
| 360 | - [Deadlines May Be Effective in Building Support for Climate Change Action](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210902124932.htm) | |
| 361 | - [Indigenous and Local Communities Key to Successful Nature Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210901191428.htm) | |
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| 363 | Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | |
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| 365 | - [Deadwood in the Global Carbon Cycle](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210901124111.htm) | |
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| 367 | Tuesday, August 31, 2021 | |
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| 369 | - [Public Participation in Management of China's Waterways Improves Water Quality](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210831190322.htm) | |
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| 371 | Monday, August 30, 2021 | |
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| 373 | - [How People Respond to Wildfire Smoke](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210830152903.htm) | |
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| 375 | Friday, August 27, 2021 | |
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| 377 | - [Global Sand and Gravel Extraction Conflicts With Half of UN Sustainable Development Goals](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210827133754.htm) | |
| 378 | - [Carbon Neutrality - a New Policy Brief for Municipalities World Wide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210827121520.htm) |