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Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Companies Responsible for Western Wildfires

Union of Concerned Scientists

But another major culprit is climate change, which has intensified the heat and drought that have always been factors in western North America. That climate change obviously didn’t just happen on its own. Ekwurzel was joined by Heede, then-UCS climate scientist Peter Frumhoff , and four other scientists. Licker et al.

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Celebrating World Ocean Day

Law and Environment

The ocean covers 71% of the planet and holds nearly 97% of the Earth’s water, and about 40% of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the coastline. What is Bluetech? Spotlight on SeaAhead.

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Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Get Questions - Climate Change, Hope And Action

PA Environment Daily

By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History “Tell me what gives you hope?” Ten students had just listened to me explain the cascade of negative effects associated with the increasing acidification of ocean waters. Tell me,” she added for emphasis, “because I really want to know.”

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Seagrasses Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification

Science & Climate

Seagrasses Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification. Expansive Study Shows Seagrass Meadows Can Buffer Ocean Acidification. Ricart, who conducted the study as a postdoctoral scholar at UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory and is currently with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Courtesy Melissa Ward/UC Davis).

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Biggest Invertebrates in the Ocean

Ocean Conservancy

When you think of BIG ocean animals , you probably think of blue whales or whale sharks. But, there is a whole class of ocean animals that we should also be thinking of when it comes to size—marine invertebrates. And, when you focus on just the ocean—invertebrates constitute 92% of life in our ocean. Love ocean content?

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Focusing on Science, Justice, and Systemic Solutions at COP28

Union of Concerned Scientists

The twenty-eighth annual United Nations climate summit—or COP28 —has begun here in Dubai, UAE, where I’m joining the UCS delegation for another round of international discussions on how we can turn the global temperature down as fast as possible on our rapidly heating planet. C or less, we need to behave as if we can hold warming to 1.5°C

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5 Species of Crab to Meet

Ocean Conservancy

See more wonderful ocean animals! Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Crabs are crustaceans —living all over the Earth in the ocean, freshwater and on land. If you ask someone to walk like a crab, they will immediately know what to do.

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