Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This week, Circle of Blue reports on how water fits into the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference. When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. degrees Celsius.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Indigenous activists and organizations from around the world met virtually this week for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Zoom-based World Conservation Congress, an event that gathers world leaders once every four years to discuss the global challenge of sustainability, environmental leadership, and nature conservation.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year. Climate change is threatening freshwater systems in Colombia, where cloud forests provide 70 percent of the country’s drinking water. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Though long hostile toward climate science, News Corp Australia is planning an editorial campaign calling for a zero-carbon economy, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. In mid-October, News Corp Australia, owned by conservative media magnate Rupert Murdoch, will launch a two-week campaign advocating for a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Law and Environment

JULY 12, 2021

Last week, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that the Berkeley ordinance essentially banning use of natural gas in new construction was not preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The post At What Level of Government Are We Going to Regulate Climate Change? Can you say “ carbon pricing ”?

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Utah, they insist, can do much more to conserve its existing freshwater reserves. In Utah’s southwest corner, the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District is championing the $260 million Pine Valley Water Supply project , currently under review by the Bureau of Land Management.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Lawyers with a conservation group filed a complaint with the UK’s environmental watchdog say the country is failing to stop water companies from discharging raw sewage into rivers. What is missing is the strength of will within government to get this sorted.” – Guy Linley-Adams, a solicitor for Salmon and Trout Conservation.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 3, 2021

by Kavya Prahdan, graduate student at the University of Washington I am Kavya Pradhan, a graduate student in the Hille Ris Lambers lab at the University of Washington where I study forest plant communities, their responses to climate change, and potential for climate change adaptation. ” — Kavya Pradhan.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

But that might soon change, Mongabay reports. The 288,000-hectare marsh is the country’s largest intact wetland, and it has been classified by BirdLife International, a nonprofit conservation group, as a particularly significant site for birds and biodiversity. Such a move would also pose risks to wildlife.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2021

The federal government acknowledged changing conditions in the drying American Southwest on Monday, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. The federal government acknowledged the changing conditions on Monday, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A new survey makes clear the impact climate change is having on migration in India. As the Great Lakes region prepares to be a climate refuge, Chicago is increasingly threatened by rising water levels on Lake Michigan. Government Changes Course On Environmental Amendment. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 3, 2021

by Jamie Roberston, geospatial analyst at The Nature Conservancy My name is Jamie Robertson , and I am a Conservation Geographer with The Nature Conservancy in Washington. “ This partnership melds science, action, and the capacity to do both at scales necessary for large and long-term conservation gains. ”

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

by Pascale Chamberland, Masters of Public Administration Candidate 2021, University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance From a massive social media campaign to plant 20 million trees to businesses planting a tree for each product sold, people seem eager to fight climate change using natural climate solutions (NCS).

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Water, Peace, and Security Partnership includes Dutch researchers and international conservation groups. WFTV reports that the water utility for Orlando, Florida, asked residents to conserve over the weekend because rising numbers of Covid-19 patients in area hospitals is impairing the utility’s ability to supply water.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 8, 2021

by Jamie Robertson, Conservation Geographer This April, I stood atop a stump cresting a 1,400-foot high ridge in southwest Washington, the view open on all sides, stripped from a recent clearcut. I was there to measure newly planted Douglas Fir and Hemlock saplings with my coworker, Michael Case, Forest Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Utilities are very familiar with how to run their current systems, and dramatic changes would pose new challenges. Moreover, EPA will have to trim its sails to avoid having its regulations sunk by the conservative Supreme Court. I’ll explain later how it fits into the analysis. The Problem.

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Frontiers

JULY 18, 2021

The climate crisis will lead to changes in distribution and habitat loss of stony corals in the tropical Atlantic, shows a new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers. Now, the climate crisis is adding those threats. By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer. Caribbean coral reef. Image: John A. hispida , M.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Regional threats spurred by climate change have become a “blind spot” in Australia’s security planning. The Opportunity is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance. Some have taken to calling the UN’s 26th climate convention the “adaptation convention.”.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2021

It took time for us to change our project plans and move into a new way of working but once we did, we made progress. These unique communities may be subject to greater impacts from climate change and our work provides information for assessing changes in years to come. Click Here for a copy of the annual report.

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New Scientist

JUNE 1, 2021

Snow leopards, puffins, bumblebees and emperor penguins are among the species under threat from climate change, according to a report by conservation charity WWF

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2021

New UC Berkeley/UCLA Law report discusses policy solutions to accelerate investment in nature-based climate solutions in California. Some of the most promising, cost-effective climate change solutions are in our own backyards. Amanda Hansen – Deputy Secretary for Climate Change at the California Natural Resources Agency.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

But California’s biodiversity faces grave threats – pressures from development that eliminates habitat; water shortages that harm aquatic species in California’s rivers; and climate change impacts that are shifting and altering habitats, among others. Provide greater incentives to protect species before listing.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 21, 2021

The climate in Illinois is changing rapidly. Illinois is already warmer and wetter than it was a century ago, and climate change will continue to drive rapid changes across the state. Aug 3, 2021 10-11 am CDTRegister here.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 16, 2021

The climate in Illinois is changing rapidly. Illinois is already warmer and wetter than it was a century ago, and climate change will continue to drive rapid changes across the state. Aug 3, 2021 10-11 amRegister here.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Unfortunately, conservators have found that exposure to oxygen has created acidic chemical species in the oak hull, which could further degrade the Mary Rose. How will climate change affect your part of the world in your lifetime? The app was developed by Wim Thiery and colleagues, and it is called My Climate Future.

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Inhabitant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Scientists are working with Indigenous communities to change the fate of Arctic caribou herds threatened by climate change. Habitat loss has caused a 56% decline in North America's wild caribou population over the past 20 years, a situation that scientists and Indigenous conservation groups are determined to change.

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Eco Justice

MARCH 30, 2021

Less than a week after Conservative party members voted to deny the reality of climate change, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) handed down one of the most significant climate-related. The post Here’s what you need to know about the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark climate decision appeared first on Ecojustice.

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Acoel

AUGUST 2, 2021

This blog is not intended as a statement on climate change. While issues of climate change need to be addressed, the current situation requires immediate solutions, which a long-term climate movement is not likely to bring. Populations migrate, industry changes, and the needs of the American West morph.

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Frontiers

JUNE 28, 2021

A new study in the open access journal Frontiers in Climate is the first to show that California’s iconic blue oak ( Quercus douglasii ) woodlands have also decreased by more than 1200 km 2. Conditional change – which shows partial disruption or degradation – indicates the health, productivity and susceptibility of the woodlands.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The latest science coming from a partnership between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Washington (UW) highlights ways nature can help Washington achieve its net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by midcentury. What are Natural Climate Solutions? “ Every effort matters when it comes to climate.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Rivers around the world, like the Darling River in Australia, are at risk for major ecological change as hydrologic regimes shift. However, Earth’s warming climate puts many of these ecosystems at risk. By combining five global climate models, nine global hydrological models, and an environmental flow approach, Thompson et al.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 15, 2021

WWF-Canada has released a new report that shows how protected area networks can help marine life stay healthy and resilient despite a rapidly changing climate in the Canadian eastern Arctic.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Scientists involved in wildlife conservation are concerned that as climate change makes droughts more frequent and severe, they’ll have to work harder to conserve plants and animals. Read the full story at Vox.

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Washington Nature

JUNE 1, 2021

There’s a through line connecting academia, the Northwest Museum of Art, dirt, X-rays, economics, racial equity, conservation and science (to name but just a few), and that through line exists because of a collaborative partnership here in Washington state. Students are getting training on how to be practical, real conservation scientists.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

How would such a legal system work, and could giving rights to nature help in the legal battle against climate change? Climate litigation using the rights of nature. The complaint also alleges that climate change is one of the threats faced by the river. A few case studies offer some insight. State of Colorado.

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The importance of scientific evidence to the negotiations at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow was given extra prominence yesterday (9 November) in what was billed as Science and Innovation Day. Science and Innovation Day also had a strong focus on adapting to climate threats. C above pre-industrial levels. The target of 1.5°C

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 4, 2021

But even the secrets of their formidable success may not be enough as they face their latest and possibly greatest challenge: climate change. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Orcas, salmon and oysters are among the sentinels of environmental change in this area. Crisis gives rise to innovation.

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