PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

"Sharing data-backed information in a user-friendly tool is critical to helping the many local officials, policymakers and planners in the Basin struggling to understand how to take action in the face of climate change," said Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, DRBC’s Deputy Executive Director and project lead.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As sea levels rise, ghost forests expand. Sea level rise is causing ghost forests to expand along the east coast, with hotspots in New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. It’s the rapid change that is the most concerning,” said Asaro. “We Photo © Dr. Matthew Kirwan / VIMS.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Climate change touches many aspects of our lives, including the food on our plates. Many of our foods are vulnerable as climate impacts worsen, from staple crops like maize to much-loved treats like coffee and chocolate. Climate change is making the ocean warmer, more acidic and lower in oxygen.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Sea levels were quickly rising, and the rapid waters kept sediment from settling. Sometimes, this happens naturally over time; other times, this rate of change is dramatically expedited by human activities.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2024

By Todd Reeve, CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and James Schroeder, Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Washington Earth Day ignited our collective awareness of challenges facing people and nature, and spurred unparalleled legislative action bringing us cleaner air and water. miles of salmon streams.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the face of a changing climate, it’s become clear that the GMA also needs to be updated to respond to the climate crisis by addressing our need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and building community resilience. It's time to finally add climate considerations into the GMA and pass HB 1181 into law this year.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

from Chapter 4 of the Fifth National Climate Assessment The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) was released on November 14, 2023. As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 11, 2023

A new, first-of-its-kind study suggests that global warming this century will cause more glacial melting and sea level rise than previously thought. Pollution and climate change in India’s Ladakh region are jeopardizing local shepherds’ long-standing, sustainable ways of life. Recent WaterNews from Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Climate Change Mitigation. The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Lawmakers have accordingly sought ways to conserve water, particularly in urban areas.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 25, 2022

Conservation planners in an era of climate change attempt to model and predict outcomes of mitigation strategies for the near and distant future. Read the full story at JSTOR Daily.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The definitions below were developed by Jamie Stroble, TNC Washing Director of Climate Adaptation and Resilience and Keith Chaffee-Ellis, TNC Washing Marketing Manager with input from local colleagues. It is a living document that best reflects how climate change is broadly discussed across the US.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2021

The federal government acknowledged changing conditions in the drying American Southwest on Monday, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. The Tier 1 shortage was triggered because the water level in Mead is projected to be 1,065 feet above sea level at the end of 2021 — 10 feet lower than the shortage threshold.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Recent science doesn’t support this optimism, as new studies show that the increased release of Black Carbon, one of the most potent climate change forcers—as well as soot, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone from more traffic in the Arctic—could lead to a 20% increase in the global heating that is causing warmer ocean temperatures.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By: Deborah Klenotic, Deputy Communications Director Climate change is a major challenge facing Pennsylvania, and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is leading many efforts to fight back and protect communities. Find more materials at DEP’s Climate Change webpage.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The global average sea surface temperature hit an all-time record high in July and these unprecedented ocean temperatures show that the ocean is heating up more rapidly than experts previously realized—posing a greater risk for sea-level rise, extreme weather and the loss of marine ecosystems. degrees Celsius​​.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This blog takes a closer look at how the proposed amendments could affect ESA management decisions for species that are imperiled by climate change. In this context, new tools and approaches are needed to improve protections for species that face an existential threat due to climate change.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 27, 2023

We’ve heard so much about the effects of climate change on our ocean. Carbon pollution from fossil fuel use and land development have heated the atmosphere and ocean, leading to sea level rise, stronger storms, fisheries’ moving poleward, and widespread loss of sea ice and glaciers.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In coastal counties, which are home to about 40% of the United States’ population, critical water infrastructure is growing more vulnerable to climate change and faces a host of compounding hazards such as sea level rise and flooding, heavy precipitation and extreme storm surges.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2022

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading scientific authority on climate change. Every six or seven years, scientists from around the world organize into expert working groups and review thousands of the latest studies on climate change. What is the IPCC? Never miss an update.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We cannot talk about conservation efforts without discussing how diversity, inclusion and equity fit into the mix. Ocean Conservancy is committed to being open, inclusive, fair and representative of all the people who love and rely on the ocean. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 18, 2023

Photo: Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife In order for salmon to adapt to climate change, we need to protect and restore the many habitats necessary to complete their life cycle. Last winter’s floods highlighted the vulnerability of upstream spawning habitat, areas where salmon lay their eggs, to climate change.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

The escalating costs of damages from extreme weather events, many exacerbated by climate change, makes poignant a question with a serious price tag: who will be on the hook to pay for climate damages? By Dena Adler. Houston Ship Channel. Photo Credit: United States Coast Guard, PA2 James Dillard.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 7, 2022

For climate scientists, the war in Ukraine came at the worst possible time as the media attention they would have hoped for surrounding the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was urgently diverted to the breaking news story of Russia invading Ukraine.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Michele Robinson This blog was written by Michele Robinson, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. She is passionate about helping fisheries manage their way through climate change and furthering ocean conservation efforts.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 24, 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has sounded the alarm on climate change since their first report in 1990. Their reports provide policymakers with the information they need, like those in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) who set the ambition for global climate action.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report released this week details how future climate impacts are going to affect our society, and many of us may be wondering what the future holds. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. You can take action with Ocean Conservancy today.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As the impacts of climate change are felt more acutely with each passing year, new research suggests that the future costs of emitting CO2 today may be much higher than previously calculated. The “ climate module ”: How will the climate be altered by those emissions ? How fast will sea levels and temperatures rise?

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Frontiers

MARCH 24, 2023

She is also a fellow with The George J Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and an associate of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Photo credit: Karrah Kwasnik What encouraged you to work towards sustainability, more specifically on climate change issues and sustainable agriculture? “I

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Washington Nature

MAY 26, 2023

Her work focuses on applied conservation problems — how science informs approaches to solving real-world issues — and has led her to research wide-ranging topics, from whales in the Salish Sea to tropical bee communities on coffee farms. From your point of view, what is the link between conservation and climate change?

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Washington Nature

MARCH 30, 2023

By: Leah Palmer The Nature Conservancy (TNC) celebrates Dr. Tiara Moore, founder of Black in Marine Science (BIMS), whose research and tireless efforts empower Black marine scientists to thrive in their field. Illustration by Erica Simek Sloniker / The Nature Conservancy. Illustration by Erica Simek Sloniker / The Nature Conservancy.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. C, we stand to lose ocean and coastal ecosystems we depend on to sea level rise, warming temperatures, ocean acidification and other climate impacts. degrees Celsius. While not new, this remains a critically important commitment.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 20, 2022

The federal Bureau of Reclamation gives Colorado River states a 60-day deadline to develop an emergency plan to conserve water. As climate change worsens, experts say dry areas will become drier and wet areas will become wetter. is not prepared for the kind of water shortages that climate change will bring.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. It was the first case in which the Court was confronted with the issue of climate change. In an opinion by Justice Stevens, the Court held that the threat of sea level rise gave a state government standing to bring the suit.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Chieftess’ oral storytelling centers the spirit of collaboration as it relates to solving climate change, the greatest global issue facing us today, and build up resilience and solutions to its growing impact. Gathering at NAF gave us an occasion to reflect on our efforts to build up climate resilience.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As I arrived in Glasgow in October for the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference COP26, along with leaders, advocates and activists from around the globe, it was clear the eyes of world were on us. The recent report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscored the urgency of action.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 19, 2021

Maya Canonizado is a Communications Intern at Ocean Conservancy, based in Los Angeles, CA. Before I started working for Ocean Conservancy, I browsed through this very website. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. She is a recent graduate from University of Southern California with a B.A. Never miss an update.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 28, 2022

Visiting your local nature hotspot is a great holiday idea; not only does it have a lower carbon footprint than a long haul holiday, but you’ll play a role in its continued protection by supporting conservation efforts, sustainable and eco-tourism. And you may just feel a little rewilded yourself too. 3 Isle of Skye, Scotland. via Wikimedia.

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