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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Union of Concerned Scientists

When wetlands are damaged or destroyed, that stored carbon is released into the atmosphere, where it traps heat, warms the planet, and fuels extreme weather, including catastrophic floods. The federal food and farm bill offers a pivotal opportunity to protect our countrys wetlands by adequately funding USDA conservation programs.

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Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis at Our Ocean 2025

Ocean Conservancy

The increased CO 2 , which creates warmer temperatures in the atmosphere, is absorbed by the ocean. This is why we at Ocean Conservancy, working with partners around the globe, are advocating for the protection of the mesopelagic zone, and the ecosystem services it provides. Lets be fearless in the face of adversity!

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Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Nitrogen - Crop Nutrient And Water Pollutant

PA Environment Daily

The manufacturing of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen has resulted in an overabundance of inorganic nitrogen in soils worldwide. Modern agriculture relies on nitrogen fertilizer but increasingly faces its downsides, including carbon emissions, surface water pollution, and groundwater contamination.

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We Need NOAA to Keep Fishing Communities Strong

Ocean Conservancy

For nearly 50 years, bipartisan congressional leadership has designed and built a world-class science and management system with the goal of conserving our living marine resources for the good of the American people. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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What is the Science Behind Plastic Pollution?

Ocean Conservancy

Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using trash traps to increase cleanup efforts, engage communities and inform upstream solutions. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. Learn more about our wonderful ocean!

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PA Sea Grant Names PA 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellows: Nathaniel Edelheit-Rice, Sahara Rios-Bonilla, Chelsea Russ

PA Environment Daily

The one-year, paid fellowship is made possible by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Sea Grant College Program. Nathaniel says, “I have always been incredibly passionate about marine conservation and the interface of science and law in making positive change for our oceans.

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COP16 Dispatch: Week 1 Climate change and biodiversity at COP16

ESA

It is no surprise the topic is being mentioned in various spaces where it is not the focus – there cannot be conservation of biodiversity without climate change mitigation. However, solutions to the climate crisis cannot rely on biodiversity conservation alone. Only then can we ensure just and equitable outcomes.