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We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy

PA Environment Daily

We all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11, 2001, but the employees of the Department of Environmental Protection remember better than most because they played a key role in responding to the Somerset County crash site of Flight 93. Related Articles: -- We Remember Sept.

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New high-resolution map shows fires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019

Frontiers

The study shows that one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019 was due to fires, which is higher than previous estimates. The new map showed that the proportion of global forest loss due to fires between 2001 and 2019 is 26% to 29%, higher than previously estimated. Global forest fires 2001-2019 map.

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A CERES of fortunate events…

Real Climate

The CERES estimates of the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes are available from 2001 to the present. Vahrenholt, "Radiative Energy Flux Variation from 2001–2020", Atmosphere , vol. Schulz, "Robust evidence for reversal in the aerosol effective climate forcing trend", 2022. Dübal, and F. 1297, 2021. Raghuraman, D. Jenkins, Z.

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Most read articles of March 2022: Secrets of ancient leftovers revealed and endangered shark discovered in pet food

Frontiers

New high-resolution map shows fires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019. “The majority of pet owners are likely lovers of nature, and we think most would be alarmed to discover that they could be unknowingly contributing to the overfishing of shark populations,” commented the authors. Article link: [link].

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Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2001, the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity affirmed that “cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible, and interdependent….” Loss of wild rice would cut to the core of Ojibwe culture.

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A NOAA-STAR dataset is born…

Real Climate

ºC/dec, for UAH, RSS and NOAA-STAR respectively) and after 2001 (0.14/0.20/0.17 Thus the similarity of the full period trend (1981-2022) between UAH and NOAA-STAR is somewhat coincidental (0.14/0.20/0.13 The trends prior to 1995 (0.07/0.14/0.16 ºC/dec) vary across the products too.

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In Final Ruling, New York Court of Appeals Greenlights New York City’s Building Performance Standards

Law Columbia

Case History: 2022-2024 Glen Oaks Village Owners v. City of New York began in 2022, when a group of cooperative apartment owners filed suit seeking to invalidate Local Law 97. The initial complaint, which brought five claims challenging Local Law 97s lawfulness, was dismissed by the trial court. As explained in DJL Rest.

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