News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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+### [New Research Shows What It Takes to Make Society Change for the Better](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220401160545.htm)
+### [How to Balance Economic Development Goals With Environmental Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220428103955.htm)
+Apr. 1, 2022 - New research suggests that social change may depend on the relationship between beneficial behaviors and policies. Using an innovative mathematical model, researchers studied a behavior that benefits ...
+Apr. 28, 2022 - An international study gives fast-growing nations a simple, inexpensive guide to inform planning and decision-making to help balance economic development goals with environmental conservation and ...
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+### [Crowdsourcing Campaign Identifies Drivers of Tropical Forest Loss](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220401094827.htm)
+### [Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Conservation Initiatives](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427115740.htm)
+Apr. 1, 2022 - To combat forest loss in the tropics, a new study uses crowdsourcing to identify the drivers of deforestation. The resulting dataset can be used to create high-resolution maps and help policymakers ...
+Apr. 27, 2022 - A new study offers pathways to improve monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate-informed conservation while revealing how practitioners are currently monitoring conservation adaptation ...
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+### [Studies of Endangered Animals on Border of China and Vietnam Stress Need for Transboundary Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220322150915.htm)
+### [Protected Areas Don't Always Boost Biodiversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220420112946.htm)
+Mar. 22, 2022 - A series of studies on endangered species that make their homes on the border of Vietnam and China underscores the growing importance of transboundary conservation efforts in the face of climate ...
+Apr. 20, 2022 - Protected areas such as national parks have a 'mixed impact' on wildlife, according to the largest ever global study of their ...
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+### [How Cattle Ranchers in Brazil Could Help Reduce Carbon Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220317163620.htm)
+### [Geoengineering Could Return Risk of Malaria for One Billion People](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220420092126.htm)
+Mar. 17, 2022 - Providing customized training to Brazilian ranchers can not only help keep carbon in the ground, but improve their livelihoods and mitigate climate change, according to new ...
+Apr. 20, 2022 - Geoengineering the climate would have massive repercussions for the health of billions of people at risk of malaria who live in tropical countries, according to a new finding. This is the first ...
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+### [New Scoring Scale Tracks the Harmful Effects of Salt Pollution in Freshwater Streams and Rivers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220314095716.htm)
+### [Urgent Action Required to Protect World's Coral Reefs from Disappearing Within Three Decades, Warn Experts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220418164949.htm)
+Mar. 14, 2022 - A new study sheds light on how salinization from winter road salt combined with other pollutants creates 'chemical cocktails' that can jeopardize the ecological balance of waterways, ...
+Apr. 18, 2022 - Environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the world's coral reefs -- the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate ...
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+### [Heat Stress for Cattle May Cost Billions by Century's End, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220310143737.htm)
+### [US Nationwide Maps of Bird Species Can Help Protect Biodiversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220415124721.htm)
+Mar. 10, 2022 - Climate change poses a potentially devastating economic threat to low-income cattle farmers in poor countries due to increasing heat stress on the animals. Globally, by the end of this century those ...
+Apr. 15, 2022 - Researchers have developed the maps at a fine-enough resolution to help conservation managers focus their efforts where they are most likely to help birds -- in individual counties or forests, rather ...
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+### [Cutting HFCs to Cool the Earth](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220310114253.htm)
+### [How to Balance Biodiversity Goals With Limited Economic Resources](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220414125111.htm)
+Mar. 10, 2022 - To have a better chance of holding global warming to 1.5°C, we need to accelerate the phase-down of HFC refrigerants under the Montreal Protocol. This could also reduce pollution and improve energy ...
+Apr. 14, 2022 - In 2019, a landmark report gave the world its first report card on biodiversity loss. There was one crystal clear conclusion: human actions threaten more species with global extinction than ever ...
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+### [Relocating Farmland Could Turn Back Clock Twenty Years on Carbon Emissions, Say Scientists](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220310095952.htm)
+### [Huge Amazon Swamp Carbon Stores Under Threat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220414125106.htm)
+Mar. 10, 2022 - Scientists have produced a map showing where the world's major food crops should be grown to maximize yield and minimize environmental impact. This would capture large amounts of carbon, ...
+Apr. 14, 2022 - The largest peatlands in the Amazon rainforest, which hold a vast, concentrated amount of carbon, are under increasing threat from changing land use, research ...
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+### [Large Mammals Can Help Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220309104526.htm)
+### [Groundwater Level Threatens to Fall in Germany Due to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220413104156.htm)
+Mar. 9, 2022 - A new study investigates whether protecting and restoring large animal wildlife can help to support climate change ...
+Apr. 13, 2022 - Climate change directly affects groundwater resources. Groundwater levels in Germany threaten to fall in the next ...
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+### [Global Warming Combined With Other Changes in the Environment Presents 'Double Whammy' for Birds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220309104515.htm)
+### [Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220413104136.htm)
+Mar. 9, 2022 - A new study rolls back the curtain on half a century of evidence detailing the impact of climate change on more than 60 different bird species. It found that half of all changes to key physical ...
+Apr. 13, 2022 - A new study details how historically redlined neighborhoods across the U.S. that scored lowest in racially discriminatory maps drawn by the government-sponsored Home-Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) in ...
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+### [Preparing for When Lightning Strikes the Same Place Twice, Then Strikes Again](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220308155628.htm)
+### [Your Morning Coffee Could Hasten Species' Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220412203112.htm)
+Mar. 8, 2022 - Disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and droughts are not only increasing in intensity and frequency, they are also striking the same place multiple times. Yet, to date, ...
+Apr. 12, 2022 - Ahead of a global biodiversity convention, researchers find consumption in Europe, North America, and East Asia primarily drives species extinction risk in other ...
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+### [New Research Demonstrates High Value 'Injurious Weeds' Can Bring to Pollinators](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220308102812.htm)
+### [Solution to World's Largest Waste Stream: Make Sand](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220412161611.htm)
+Mar. 8, 2022 - New research compares the biodiversity value of plants classed as 'injurious weeds' against those stipulated by DEFRA for pollinator targeted agri-environmental options. The findings show ...
+Apr. 12, 2022 - After water, sand is the most exploited natural resource on the planet. However, its extraction from seas, rivers, beaches and quarries has an impact on the environment and surrounding communities. A ...
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+### [Leaks an Untapped Opportunity for Water Savings](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220308102834.htm)
+### [Lack of Marshaling Ports Hindering Offshore Wind Industry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220412141022.htm)
+Mar. 8, 2022 - The first large-scale assessment of utility-level water loss in the United States found that leak reduction by utilities can be the most cost-effective tool in an urban water manager's toolkit, ...
+Apr. 12, 2022 - A new study finds that the nation's existing and planned marshaling ports, the assembly areas critical to building and deploying offshore wind turbines, will be insufficient by 2023 to meet ...
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+### [Increasing Frequency of El Niño Events Expected by 2040](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220307113147.htm)
+### [Study Links Fracking, Drinking Water Pollution, and Infant Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220411113736.htm)
+Mar. 7, 2022 - Global weather fluctuations called El Niño events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study ...
+Apr. 11, 2022 - New research documents the pollution of public water supplies caused by shale gas development, commonly known as fracking, and its negative impact of infant health. These findings call for closer ...
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+### [Climate Mitigation Measures Could Impact Food Security, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220307113123.htm)
+### [U.S., EU Responsible for the Majority of Ecological Damage Caused by Excess Use of Raw Materials, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220408103136.htm)
+Mar. 7, 2022 - Many countries have set carbon neutrality as a policy goal, but according to a new study, there are various risks associated with the reduction of greenhouse gases, especially in the agriculture, ...
+Apr. 8, 2022 - High-income nations are responsible for 74 percent of the global excess in resource extraction over the 1970-2017 period, driven primarily by the United States and the countries of the European ...
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+### [Electric Truck Hydropower, a Flexible Solution to Hydropower in Mountainous Regions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220307091724.htm)
+### [New Evidence Suggests California's Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407141902.htm)
+Mar. 7, 2022 - Researchers have developed an innovative hydropower technology based on electric trucks that could provide a flexible and clean solution for electricity generation in mountainous ...
+Apr. 7, 2022 - Asian and Hispanic communities experience significantly more air pollution from economic activity compared to predominantly white neighborhoods across the state of California, according to new ...
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+### [Higher Risk of Temperature-Related Death If Global Warming Exceeds 2°C](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220307082322.htm)
+### [Private Protected Areas Help Conserve Overlooked and Threatened Regions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407141854.htm)
+Mar. 7, 2022 - The death rate linked to extreme temperatures will increase significantly under global warming of 2°C, finds a new report. Temperature-related mortality -- where a death is directly linked to ...
+Apr. 7, 2022 - New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions. Researchers have assessed 17,561 privately protected areas in 15 countries across ...
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+### [Scientists Identify Areas of High Marine Mammal Diversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220304182952.htm)
+### [Uranium Detectable in Two-Thirds of US Community Water System Monitoring Records](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407101125.htm)
+Mar. 4, 2022 - Sightings of more than 1 million marine mammals in the federally protected Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument and sites along the Atlantic Coast have been used to identify areas ...
+Apr. 7, 2022 - A study on metal concentrations in U.S. community water systems (CWS) and patterns of inequalities, researchers found that metal concentrations were particularly elevated in CWSs serving semi-urban, ...
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+### [Greater Greenhouse Gas Reductions for Pickup Truck Electrification Than for Other Light-Duty Vehicles](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220304112018.htm)
+### [To Save California's Whales, Put Overlooked Threats Into Policy](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220406160621.htm)
+Mar. 4, 2022 - Major automotive manufacturers are ramping up production of electric trucks as a key strategy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their ...
+Apr. 6, 2022 - Current whale-protection policies in California rarely address the overlapping, compounding stressors facing whale ...
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+### [Scooting to a New Era in Active Transportation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220303191451.htm)
+### [Wastewater Provides a Planet-Wide Laboratory for the Study of Human Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220406132434.htm)
+Mar. 3, 2022 - In recent years, shared electric scooters (e-scooters) have taken cities by storm. But how are people using this new mode of transportation? A new study has some interesting data to share on ...
+Apr. 6, 2022 - New research highlights a technique known as Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE), in which samples of municipal wastewater can be used as a diagnostic tool to explore a surprisingly broad range of ...
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