News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

ARCHIVED 2022-06-19, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20220619_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20220503_rev01

Full text changes — 20220503_rev01 to 20220619_rev01

COLOUR MARKS THE SEVERITY OF A FLAGGED CLAUSE · + AND − MARK ADDED AND REMOVED

+### [How to Balance Economic Development Goals With Environmental Conservation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220428103955.htm)
+### [Mangrove and Reef Restoration Yield Positive Returns on Investment for Flood Protection, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220617122305.htm)
+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 ...
+June 17, 2022 - Restoration of mangroves and coral reefs can be a cost-effective solution for coastal flood reduction in more than 20 countries across the Caribbean. Researchers used methods from the risk and ...
 - * *
+### [Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Conservation Initiatives](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427115740.htm)
+### [More Reptile Species May Be at Risk of Extinction Than Previously Thought](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526141526.htm)
+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 ...
+May 26, 2022 - The iconic Red List of Threatened Species, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species at risk of extinction. In a new study, researchers present a ...
 - * *
+### [Protected Areas Don't Always Boost Biodiversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220420112946.htm)
+### [Producers and Consumers Must Share Burden of Global Plastic Packaging Waste](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526125745.htm)
+Apr. 20, 2022 - Protected areas such as national parks have a 'mixed impact' on wildlife, according to the largest ever global study of their ...
+May 26, 2022 - Plastic packaging waste is everywhere. Our plastic bottles, food wrappings, and grocery bags litter the landscape and pollute the global environment. A new study explores the global patterns of ...
 - * *
+### [Geoengineering Could Return Risk of Malaria for One Billion People](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220420092126.htm)
+### [Critical Global Water Questions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526112839.htm)
+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 ...
+May 26, 2022 - Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages. Now, new research has drawn together expert voices ...
 - * *
+### [Urgent Action Required to Protect World's Coral Reefs from Disappearing Within Three Decades, Warn Experts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220418164949.htm)
+### [Wealthiest Homeowners Most at Risk of Wildfire Hazard](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526095531.htm)
+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 ...
+May 26, 2022 - The top ten per cent most valuable homes in the western United States are 70% more likely to be in high wildfire hazard areas than median-value properties, according to a new ...
 - * *
+### [US Nationwide Maps of Bird Species Can Help Protect Biodiversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220415124721.htm)
+### [People Must Be 'Heart' of Climate Action](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526095520.htm)
+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 ...
+May 26, 2022 - Tackling the climate crisis can only be achieved by 'placing people at the heart of climate action', researchers ...
 - * *
+### [How to Balance Biodiversity Goals With Limited Economic Resources](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220414125111.htm)
+### [Novel Environmental DNA Monitoring Method for Identifying Rare and Endangered Fish Species Sold in Hong Kong Wet Markets](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220525102955.htm)
+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 ...
+May 25, 2022 - Researchers have outlined a powerful new tool for monitoring trade of rare and endangered fish species in Hong Kong wet markets. Using environmental DNA (eDNA) present in the drain runoff water of ...
 - * *
+### [Huge Amazon Swamp Carbon Stores Under Threat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220414125106.htm)
+### [Climate Change on Course to Hit U.S. Corn Belt Especially Hard, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220524124624.htm)
+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 ...
+May 24, 2022 - Climate change will make the U.S. Corn Belt unsuitable for cultivating corn by 2100 without major technological advances in agricultural practices, a new study ...
 - * *
+### [Groundwater Level Threatens to Fall in Germany Due to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220413104156.htm)
+### [Curbing Other Climate Pollutants, Not Just CO2, Gives Earth a Chance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220524110638.htm)
+Apr. 13, 2022 - Climate change directly affects groundwater resources. Groundwater levels in Germany threaten to fall in the next ...
+May 24, 2022 - Slashing emissions of carbon dioxide by itself isn't enough to prevent catastrophic global warming, a new study shows. But if we simultaneously also reduce emissions of methane and other often ...
 - * *
+### [Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220413104136.htm)
+### [New Measurements from Northern Sweden Show Less Methane Emissions Than Feared](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220523102244.htm)
+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 ...
+May 23, 2022 - It is widely understood that thawing permafrost can lead to significant amounts of methane being released. However, new research shows that in some areas, this release of methane could be a tenth of ...
 - * *
+### [Your Morning Coffee Could Hasten Species' Extinction](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220412203112.htm)
+### [California Shellfish Farmers Adapt to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220523093344.htm)
+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 ...
+May 23, 2022 - Researchers interviewed California shellfish growers to find out how they perceive ocean acidification, and to learn what strategies they think will help their operations adapt to changing ...
 - * *
+### [Solution to World's Largest Waste Stream: Make Sand](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220412161611.htm)
+### [Human-Made Iron Inputs to the Southern Ocean Ten Times Higher Than Previously Estimated](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220523102252.htm)
+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 ...
+May 23, 2022 - The supply of iron from the atmosphere to the ocean in the Southern Ocean region is projected to decline significantly, which may have unexpected consequences for the future ...
 - * *
+### [Lack of Marshaling Ports Hindering Offshore Wind Industry](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220412141022.htm)
+### [Deciphering the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Potent Freshwater Toxin](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220520144716.htm)
+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 ...
+May 20, 2022 - Scientists discover the enzymes responsible for the production of one of the most toxic and fast-acting neurotoxins associated with freshwater harmful algal blooms in lakes and ponds. The discovery ...
 - * *
+### [Study Links Fracking, Drinking Water Pollution, and Infant Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220411113736.htm)
+### [Climate Change Likely to Reduce the Amount of Sleep That People Get Per Year](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220520132837.htm)
+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 ...
+May 20, 2022 - Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes on a broad scale. Yet climate change may ...
 - * *
+### [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)
+### [Lost or Extinct? Study Finds the Existence of More Than 500 Animal Species Remains Uncertain](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519150131.htm)
+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 ...
+May 19, 2022 - An international study provides the first global evaluation of all terrestrial vertebrate species that have not been declared extinct and identifies more than 500 species considered to be ...
 - * *
+### [New Evidence Suggests California's Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407141902.htm)
+### [How a Cognitive Bias Is Blocking the Rise of Electric Cars](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519125638.htm)
+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 ...
+May 19, 2022 - What are the barriers to the adoption of electric cars? Although the main financial and technological obstacles have been removed, their market share still needs to increase. In a recent study, a ...
 - * *
+### [Private Protected Areas Help Conserve Overlooked and Threatened Regions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407141854.htm)
+### [Cooperation Rewards Water Utilities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519103836.htm)
+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 ...
+May 19, 2022 - Inter-utility water agreements can help mitigate risks, in research that used supercomputer simulations of water supply in the North Carolina Research Triangle. Findings are generalizable to any ...
 - * *
+### [Uranium Detectable in Two-Thirds of US Community Water System Monitoring Records](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220407101125.htm)
+### [At-Risk Sea Life in the Atlantic Needs Better Protection from an Increase in Shipping](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220518101807.htm)
+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, ...
+May 18, 2022 - New research has shown a dramatic increase in shipping in the North East Atlantic. Scientists now warn that more monitoring in the area is required to help protect sea life on the at-risk ...
 - * *
+### [To Save California's Whales, Put Overlooked Threats Into Policy](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220406160621.htm)
+### [Scientists Provide More Than 50K Camera Trap Images for Massive Study on Amazon Wildlife](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220516150211.htm)
+Apr. 6, 2022 - Current whale-protection policies in California rarely address the overlapping, compounding stressors facing whale ...
+May 16, 2022 - Scientists working in the vast Amazon Basin have contributed more than 57,000 camera trap images for a new ...
 - * *
+### [Wastewater Provides a Planet-Wide Laboratory for the Study of Human Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220406132434.htm)
+### [Policymakers Underestimate Methane's Climate and Air Quality Impacts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220516124038.htm)
+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 ...
+May 16, 2022 - Methane emissions have been increasing rapidly in recent years, contributing significantly to global warming. Despite this, methane is not adequately treated within existing national and ...
 - * *