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Converging on Solutions to Plan Sustainable Cities
EOS.org discusses Solutions to Plan Sustainable Cities. Climate change will exacerbate the food, energy, water, health, and equity challenges that urban communities face, but cities also have opportunities to improve sustainability and outcomes.
Climate change is imposing complex, interacting effects on every ecosystem around the world, and of course, there […]
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Nights are warming faster than days. Here’s what that means for the planet.
Popular Science discusses why nights are warming faster than days. Here’s what that means for the planet. This shift in daily temperatures can influence how plants and animals cope with climate change.
Climate change can have profound impacts across ecosystems, but rising average temperatures are just one […]
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Study: Forest degradation outpaces deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Mongabay discusses a study showing that forest degradation outpaces deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Brazilian Amazon deforestation rates have declined from, and stayed below, their 2003 peak, despite recent increases. However, this decline was offset by a trend of increased forest degradation, according to an analysis of 23 years of […]
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Study: Populism Is the Key to Climate Action
New Republic discusses how Populism Is the Key to Climate Action. Recent research on persuasion offers a manual for how to turn red states green.
Forty-nine percent of West Virginians are “worried” about global warming, and 64 percent think citizens should be doing more to address it. That’s in the state that’s
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U.S. farm landscapes could be reshaped by changing climate – research
Thomson Reuters Foundation discusses research showing how U.S. farm landscapes could be reshaped by changing climate. [No study link provided.]
Climate change could render swathes of agricultural land largely useless for farming in the U.S. South, and force Midwestern farmers to move corn and soybeans elsewhere as crop yields decline, […]
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Mountain butterflies ‘will have to be relocated as habitats get too hot’
The Guardian discusses how mountain butterflies ‘will have to be relocated as habitats get too hot’. Populations of mountain ringlet in Lake District face being wiped out as cooler habitats disappear.
The diversity and resilience of cold-loving butterfly species is threatened by global heating which will destroy genetically unique populations, […]
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Study: DOE says Solar-hydro projects could power 40% of world
E&E News discusses a DOE study: Solar-hydro projects could power 40% of world.
Linking floating solar panels with hydropower could produce the equivalent of 40% of the world’s electricity, according to a new study by researchers at the Department of Energy.
Published this week by a team at the National Renewable Energy […]
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Report: The Americans Who Could Be Stranded by Transit Cuts
Bloomberg discusses The Americans Who Could Be Stranded by Transit Cuts. A new analysis illustrates how more than 3 million people across 10 U.S. regions could lose access to high-quality public transportation, with Black residents severely affected.
When Maryland transit officials canceled plans to permanently cut […]
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Climate change widens gaps in food security.
Environmental Health News discusses a study showing how climate change will continue to widen gaps in food security. Countries already struggling with low crop yields will be hurt most by a warming climate.
With storms to the east and wildfires to the west, the climate crisis is currently at the […]
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Study: Pregnancy And Pesticides: A Study As Old As Its Subjects Reveals Health Concerns
KALW Radio discusses a study on pregnancy and pesticides, revealing health concerns.
“Yeah it’s sometimes so strong that your nose hurts,” Maritza says. She tells me it makes it hard to breathe.” It’s like thick, thick oxygen you know, it’s hard to like, smell.”
And instantly she knows, someone has just […]
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