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HotSpots H2O: As Floods Subside, Pakistan’s Economy Is on a Knife-Edge

Circle of Blue

Pakistan, which is already facing political and economic turmoil, has been thrown into the front line of the human-induced climate crisis,” a U.N. World Food Program in Pakistan, told VOA News. “ A year of financial and political crises have left Pakistan’s economy on a knife-edge. statement read earlier this week. .

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POLLINATORS! The Musical Coming To Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College Sept. 11

PA Environment Daily

By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News Penn State Extension Master Gardeners from Centre County recently debuted “POLLINATORS! This free educational event will include monarch tagging and other activities between the shows. We’re all part of the same ecosystem, and the roles pollinators play are essential to human life,” she said.

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Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Union of Concerned Scientists

These cracks were set off in 1988, many say, by the seismic–and arguably activist – Congressional testimony of James Hansen, George Woodwell, Suki Manabe, and Michael Oppenheimer, when they told Congress not only that global warming was underway and caused by human activity, but what needed to be done about it. It’s understandable.

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Algorithm Helps Unlock Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment At NSF Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory In State College

PA Environment Daily

By Matt Swayne, Penn State News Machine learning techniques may help scientists better understand the intricate chemistry of streams and monitor broader environmental conditions, according to a team of researchers. Reprinted from Penn State News.) Posted: August 21, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Stopping the Spread of Misinformation: Is Psychological Inoculation the Key?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Lucky for us, psychologists have been studying human susceptibility to mis- and disinformation. By better understanding when, why, and how humans take in mis- and disinformation, psychologists also can better understand strategies to combat it. Or convincing people to not take a vaccine.

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Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development

Science Blogs

News outlets are referring to a report released yesterday by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. The report’s authors an international team of nearly 50 public health scientists spent nearly two years synthesizing data on the human health effects and economic costs of toxic substances in the air, soil, and water. cmonforton.

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Tilting at Turbines: Implications of the First Wind Energy Prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Vermont Law

The bird was already banded, meaning it had previously been tagged for identification. In those two years, that Veery had migrated from New England to Brazil and back. Since that morning, I have better understood why humans are so captivated by birds. They permeate art, music, literature, and the human imagination.

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