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Daily Climate, April 29, 2021
Articles include: The climate solution actually adding millions of tons of C02 into the atmosphere; Joanne Chory is harnessing plants to stop climate change; The Exxon of green power: A Spanish company and its boss set sky-high goals; Poland clinches ′historic′ deal to phase out coal by 2049; DOE […]
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The Daily Climate, April 16, 2021
Articles include: Canadian methane emissions; Hawaiian coral reefs; phase-out of non-EVs; better highways; funding focus changes on infrastructure; Japan & hydrogen; South Korea funding coal plants; wildfires and Alaska; Utilities and clean energy standards; clean hydrogen energy; US and China – foes; 3% of ecosystems remain intact –
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Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs
ABC News: Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs. Recent flooding in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage.
As muddy rainwater surged from Hawaii’s steep seaside mountains and inundated residential communities last month, the damage caused by flooding was obvious — houses were destroyed and businesses swamped, landslides covered highways and […]
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Study: New Research Says Stony Corals Could Survive Climate Change Due to Their Human Bone-Like Structures
Martha Stewart: New Research Says Stony Corals Could Survive Climate Change Due to Their Human Bone-Like Structures. Rutgers University researchers found that proteins contribute to this process.
There’s good news coming out of the ocean! Rutgers University researchers discovered that certain types of coral—stony corals, specially—feature biominerals with a blend […]
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The Daily Climate, April 1,2021
Articles include: Climate change and financial markets; Report: O&G warning – diversify; Tackling climate change will create jobs; Biden and electric vehicles; Rainforests will become savannas – study and study. EU climate plan and Asia; greening the […]
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Then and now: Rising temperatures threaten corals
BBC News: Then and now: Rising temperatures threaten corals.
Coral reefs are hives of activity in the ocean, where many different species can be found. Scientists refer to such zones as biodiversity hotspots.
Although reefs take up less than 1% of the area covered by ocean, they are estimated to be home […]
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The Daily Climate, April 2, 2021
Articles include: Birds versus bees: Here are the winners and losers in the great pesticide trade-off; How climate change is stunting farm production; California’s rooftop solar program collides with equity concerns; Barrier Reef doomed as up to 99% of coral at risk, report finds; Keep your Whole Foods gift […]
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What’s Good for the Ocean May Also Be Good for Business
New York Times: What’s Good for the Ocean May Also Be Good for Business. Companies are trying to prove that conservation, sustainable fishing and carbon sequestration are profitable.
This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our […]
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THE TRUTH ABOUT ARTIFICIAL REEFS
Grunge: THE TRUTH ABOUT ARTIFICIAL REEFS.
The oceans are powerful places that affect our daily lives in more ways than we notice when we’re simply strolling through the years. They affect the climate and food production, they protect us from rising core temperatures that would destroy all life on the […]
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Report: Great Barrier Reef found to be in failing health as world heritage review looms
The Guardian: Great Barrier Reef found to be in failing health as world heritage review looms. Reef water quality report card gives condition of marine environment a ‘D’ grade relative to earlier reports.
A government report card has found the marine environment along the Great Barrier Reef’s coastline remains […]
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