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The Western Drought Is Bad. Here’s What You Should Know About It.
New York Times: The Western Drought Is Bad. Here’s What You Should Know About It. Answers to questions about the current situation in California and the Western half of the United States.
Much of the Western half of the United States is in the grip of a severe drought […]
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Study: This Commercial Fishing Technique Is a Climate Catastrophe
Mother Jones: This Commercial Fishing Technique Is a Climate Catastrophe. Globally, it releases as much CO2 as 320 million cars, a new study estimates.
Bottom trawling, a common fishing practice where large nets are dragged along the sea floor, is exacerbating the climate crisis, a new study has found.
Centuries of dead plankton, fish […]
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The Daily Climate, April 15, 2021
Articles include: 2050 Goals are inadequate; champagne & climate change; 100% clean power; renewable energy powers decarbonization; electric vehicles by 2035; Interior Department and Manchin; Epic Drought; Indian monsoon season; ticks moving into the Arctic; East African oil pipeline; American research station abandoned; food web in the Great Lakes.
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Study: Algal blooms – 2 articles
Environmental Health News: Algal blooms target sea otter hearts. A toxin formed during algal blooms, which are increasingly common due to climate change, leaves sea otters at risk of deadly heart disease. Within the past decade, those working on the frontlines of marine health have treated an unprecedented number of […]
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Study: Marine species increasingly can’t live at equator due to global heating
The Guardian: Marine species increasingly can’t live at equator due to global heating. Study suggests it is already too warm in tropics for some species to survive.
Global heating has made the ocean around the equator less rich in wildlife, with conditions likely already too hot for some species […]
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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, March 23, 2021 – Study
Articles include: Pennsylvania & solar electric power; NY offshore wind; California oil companies; nitrogen hot spots & agriculture; Biden & greenhouse gas emissions; infrastructure plans; housing and flooding; climate polluters & greenwashing; FOIA reveals interference with offshore wind farms; migration caused by storms; Sharks, climate change, and restoring ocean […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd: March 24, 2021
Articles include: A trillion-dollar bet on clean energy; The Senate leader stalls an insurance overhaul; After a season of fire, floods ravage Australia; Fish farming is getting better; The seas are still vulnerable.
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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 Daily Climate, March 11, 2021
Articles include: Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change; Warming oceans mean smaller baby sharks struggle to survive; Food systems responsible for ‘one third’ of human-caused emissions; Bitcoin rise could leave carbon footprint the size of London’s; The economic case for restoring abandoned oil wells; Summer could last […]
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