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Extreme weather ran amok in 2024, report

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen A report produced by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central finds that 2024 was quite a year for extreme weather events fuelled by climate change. The 26 events represent just a fraction of the 219 events 2024 that meet the trigger criteria of (WWA). Image credit: WWA. Graph credit: WWA.

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CBF Blog: Big Spring High School Is Getting Kids Outdoors To Investigate Their Local Environment, Thanks To NOAA Grant

PA Environment Daily

Environmental science teacher Maddie Bentz used to use the Amazon rainforest and the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park to teach her students about ecosystems and biodiversity. Revamping the entire course was daunting and exhausting work, Bentz said. Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column).

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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. These are needed at global, regional and ‘thematic’ levels – given the diverse scales of tipping elements in oceans, forests and the cryosphere, for example. Such shifts are non-linear, and practically irreversible. Download as PDF

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ESA Policy News: November 21, 2022

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Negotiations to conserve Antarctic Ocean end in stalemate on many issues – Mongabay. Brazil, Indonesia and Congo Sign Rainforest Protection Pact – The New York Times. CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. expert group – Reuters.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

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Congress Bipartisan members of Congress ask White House to provide $425 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2024 President’s Budget Request. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) introduced the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R. Meanwhile, Rep.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

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Top line agency numbers in the spending bills include: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $6.8 Morgan is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest – Associated Press. billion, a $908.6

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

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Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge – The Guardian. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Advisory Committee Public Meeting (May 11-13). NOAA NMFS – Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee Meeting (May 10). NOAA – U.S.

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