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Luzerne County Native Dr. Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada

PA Environment Daily

On June 30, Ocean Networks Canada's CEO Dr. Kate Moran was recognized for her contributions to support ocean and planet sustainability with her appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.

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Should the official Atlantic hurricane season be lengthened?

Real Climate

The difference is due largely to the differences in the regional atmospheric response that occurs in concert with the SST warming. In particular, they don’t just respond to SST changes, but also how the atmosphere changes as the SSTs change. 2009 ), a quiescent period of volcanic eruptions ( Mann et al. 778-781, 2009.

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“Fighting for Inches” in the Southeast’s Struggle With Salt

Circle of Blue

He makes his living on the Turnbridge Plantation in his hometown of Hardeeville, South Carolina, 30 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Today, Carolina Gold is cultivated by only a handful of small-scale farmers. .

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‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance

Circle of Blue

Demonstrators took to the streets at the 2009 global climate convention in Copenhagen. That report, in the technical language of probabilities and scenarios, underscored the urgency of the moment and the need not only to reduce the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere and limit global warming to 1.5

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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

4] An increase in global temperature leads to melting of the ice caps which causes the ocean to expand and sea level to rise. The addition of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere and their effect on global temperature also strengthens existing climatic patterns, such as cyclones, floods, droughts and heatwaves. should be. [4]

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When ‘Eradicated’ Species Bounce Back With a Vengeance

Science & Climate

For the PNAS study, researchers in 2009 began intensive efforts to eradicate the European green crab from Stinson Beach’s Seadrift Lagoon. Next Article: Seagrasses Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification → The post When ‘Eradicated’ Species Bounce Back With a Vengeance appeared first on Science and Climate.

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Using Clouds to Fight Climate Change

HumanNature

Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface.