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HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

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Scientists attribute the drought’s severity to climate change, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and the La Niña weather pattern. After a decade of dry conditions, a drought in Brazil is straining the country’s economy, energy systems, and environment. Reservoirs are dwindling, causing major deficits in hydroelectric power.

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Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, New IPCC Report Finds

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This trend will continue as glacial melting, decreased rainfall, and a “thirstier” atmosphere jeopardize sources of freshwater in some parts of the globe. It finds more evidence that severe weather events are linked to carbon in the atmosphere and are becoming more extreme. Heavy rainfall will also become more common and more powerful.

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Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

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Ecology and conservation biology are an example: climate change will have a huge impact on ecology, but shifts in ecology (especially tropical rainforests) also impact climate change. Human societies and technologies, ecological systems, and atmospheric and oceanic systems are tightly interconnected. Sending a Message.

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Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

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Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. Blue carbon is carbon captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems. The seaweed may then be harvested (e.g.,

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A Sea Full of Trash: Tackling the Plastic Problem

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Junk can be found everywhere—from the bellies of animals and the tissues of our own bodies to the world’s vast oceans. . The first step toward keeping trash from entering the ocean is to reduce the amount created on land and repurpose what we chuck into trash bins. invented by Cesar Harada—could one day scour the ocean for trash.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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6] Scientists are alarmed that this year the temperature of the surface of the oceans has reached levels that are much higher, [7] and the extent of Antarctic sea ice is much lower, [8] than ever previously recorded. It’s long past time to stop relegating the climate problem to a narrowly conceived field of “environmental law.”

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Conservation: History and Future

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This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest. Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet. It's a natural resource and an economic one; many problems blight our oceans today, not least of all overfishing and the dumping of waste.