News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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+### [Mangrove and Reef Restoration Yield Positive Returns on Investment for Flood Protection, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220617122305.htm)
+### [Bio Station Researchers Discuss Mine Risks to Salmon Rivers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220701163304.htm)
+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 ...
+July 1, 2022 - Recently, a group of 23 science and policy experts from the U.S. and Canada published a review of mining risks to watersheds ranging from Montana to British Columbia and Alaska. The paper brought ...
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+### [More Reptile Species May Be at Risk of Extinction Than Previously Thought](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526141526.htm)
+### [How Climate Change Is Affecting Extreme Weather Events Around the World](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220628083247.htm)
+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 ...
+June 28, 2022 - For a long time, climate scientists have struggled to link extreme weather events to climate change. This has changed. The science of weather event attribution is now beginning to show the true costs ...
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+### [Producers and Consumers Must Share Burden of Global Plastic Packaging Waste](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526125745.htm)
+### [Natural Gas Used in Homes Contains Hazardous Air Pollutants](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220628083239.htm)
+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 ...
+June 28, 2022 - Every day, millions of Americans rely on natural gas to power appliances such as kitchen stoves, furnaces, and water heaters, but until now very little data existed on the chemical makeup of the gas ...
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+### [Critical Global Water Questions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526112839.htm)
+### [Amazon Landscape Change Study Highlights Ecological Harms and Opportunities for Action](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220627165846.htm)
+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 ...
+June 27, 2022 - A major study into landscape changes in the Brazilian Amazon sheds new light on the many environmental threats the biome faces -- but also offers encouraging opportunities for ecological ...
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+### [Wealthiest Homeowners Most at Risk of Wildfire Hazard](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526095531.htm)
+### [Global Food Supply-Chain Issues Call for Solutions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220627141448.htm)
+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 ...
+June 27, 2022 - A new study sheds light on how trade, and centrality in the global wheat trade network, affect food security. The study shows that many countries depend on trade to fulfill their food needs. Further, ...
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+### [People Must Be 'Heart' of Climate Action](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220526095520.htm)
+### [Climate Damage Caused by Growing Space Tourism Needs Urgent Mitigation](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220626200208.htm)
+May 26, 2022 - Tackling the climate crisis can only be achieved by 'placing people at the heart of climate action', researchers ...
+June 26, 2022 - A formidable space tourism industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new ...
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+### [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)
+### [Built Infrastructure, Hunting and Climate Change Linked to Huge Migratory Bird Declines](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220624201515.htm)
+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 ...
+June 24, 2022 - New research shows how migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape in recent decades. A total of 103 species of migrating birds were studied, ...
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+### [Climate Change on Course to Hit U.S. Corn Belt Especially Hard, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220524124624.htm)
+### [Arsenic in Private Well Water Contributes to Low Birth Weight Even at Low Levels](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220624160643.htm)
+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 ...
+June 24, 2022 - In the largest epidemiologic study of arsenic and birth outcomes to date, researchers estimated arsenic levels in U.S. private well water sources by county and compared estimates to documented birth ...
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+### [Curbing Other Climate Pollutants, Not Just CO2, Gives Earth a Chance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220524110638.htm)
+### [Climate Change Negatively Impacting Bumble Bees](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220624092438.htm)
+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 ...
+June 24, 2022 - Temperature changes have negatively impacted most species of bumble bees over the past 120 years, according to new new research. The researchers note that changes in temperature had more of a ...
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+### [New Measurements from Northern Sweden Show Less Methane Emissions Than Feared](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220523102244.htm)
+### [Proactive Approaches Needed to Enable Ecosystems to Adapt to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220623164311.htm)
+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 ...
+June 23, 2022 - As the need to address climate change becomes increasingly urgent so too does the concurrent need for proactive stewardship of the Earth's rapidly changing biosphere, according to new ...
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+### [California Shellfish Farmers Adapt to Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220523093344.htm)
+### [Coastal Marsh Migration May Further Fuel Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220623153710.htm)
+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 ...
+June 23, 2022 - As rising sea levels cause marshes to move inland in six mid-Atlantic states, coastal habitats will not serve as a carbon sink but instead will release more carbon into the atmosphere, a new modeling ...
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+### [Human-Made Iron Inputs to the Southern Ocean Ten Times Higher Than Previously Estimated](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220523102252.htm)
+### [Climate Changes Lead to Water Imbalance, Conflict in Tibetan Plateau](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220623140114.htm)
+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 ...
+June 23, 2022 - Climate change is putting an enormous strain on global water resources, and according to researchers, the Tibetan Plateau is suffering from a water imbalance so extreme that it could lead to an ...
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+### [Deciphering the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Potent Freshwater Toxin](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220520144716.htm)
+### [Can Robotics Help Us Achieve Sustainable Development?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220622113145.htm)
+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 ...
+June 23, 2022 - Scientists have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their findings identify key opportunities and key ...
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+### [Climate Change Likely to Reduce the Amount of Sleep That People Get Per Year](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220520132837.htm)
+### [Modern Wind Turbines Can More Than Compensate for Decline in Global Wind Resource](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220621155118.htm)
+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 ...
+June 21, 2022 - Wind energy contributes significantly to the energy sector's sustainable, low-CO2 transformation. However, the efficiency of wind turbines depends on available wind resources and the technical ...
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+### [Lost or Extinct? Study Finds the Existence of More Than 500 Animal Species Remains Uncertain](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519150131.htm)
+### [Agriculture Emissions Pose Risks to Health and Climate](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220621091415.htm)
+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 ...
+June 21, 2022 - Environmental engineers determine the economic cost of reactive nitrogen emissions from agriculture, and their significant risks to populations through air pollution and climate ...
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+### [How a Cognitive Bias Is Blocking the Rise of Electric Cars](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519125638.htm)
+### [Melting Arctic Ice Could Transform International Shipping Routes, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220620152119.htm)
+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 ...
+June 20, 2022 - Melting ice in the Arctic Ocean could yield new trade routes in international waters, reducing the shipping industry's carbon footprint and weakening Russia's control over trade routes ...
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+### [Cooperation Rewards Water Utilities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220519103836.htm)
+### [Science Coverage of Climate Change Can Change Minds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220620152117.htm)
+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 ...
+June 20, 2022 - Science reporting on climate change does lead Americans to adopt more accurate beliefs and support government action on the issue -- but these gains are fragile, a new study ...
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+### [At-Risk Sea Life in the Atlantic Needs Better Protection from an Increase in Shipping](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220518101807.htm)
+### [Fifth of Global Food-Related Emissions Due to Transport](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220620122334.htm)
+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 ...
+June 20, 2022 - Food transport constitutes 19 percent of food emissions, equivalent to 6 percent of emissions from all sources. High-income countries are responsible for nearly half of these emissions, leading ...
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+### [Scientists Provide More Than 50K Camera Trap Images for Massive Study on Amazon Wildlife](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220516150211.htm)
+### [Mangrove and Reef Restoration Yield Positive Returns on Investment for Flood Protection, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220617122305.htm)
+May 16, 2022 - Scientists working in the vast Amazon Basin have contributed more than 57,000 camera trap images for a new ...
+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 ...
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+### [Policymakers Underestimate Methane's Climate and Air Quality Impacts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220516124038.htm)
+### [Biogas and Biomethane Supply Chains Leak Twice as Much Methane as First Thought](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220617111456.htm)
+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 ...
+June 17, 2022 - A new analysis has found that biogas and biomethane, while more climate friendly, leak more than twice as much methane as previously ...
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