News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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1### [Forest-Based Bioenergy Policies Interlinked to National and EU Policies](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150602075603.htm)
1Aug. 10, 2015 - A newly released study offers hope of conservation to the world's low-profile and more unloved members of the animal kingdom. The study demonstrates that a "Wisdom of Crowds" method can ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150810132228.htm)
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3June 2, 2015 - A study combined horizontal and vertical policy interactions with three policy layers: policy objectives, policy instruments and thematic elements in implementation. National bioenergy policies were ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150602075603.htm)
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7May 27, 2015 - Researchers are working with Punjabi farmers to test innovations that will reduce pressure on overused ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150527133726.htm)
5Aug. 10, 2015 - Small cities and rural areas lag behind in environmental protection policymaking because they often lack the financial or technical resources needed. According to newly published research, places ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150810132120.htm)
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11### [Climate Change Debate Fueled by 'Echo Chambers,' New Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526100947.htm)
9### [Agrarian Settlements Drive Severe Tropical Deforestation Across the Amazon](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150731182645.htm)
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13May 26, 2015 - A new study demonstrates the highly contentious debate on climate change is fueled in part by how information flows throughout policy networks. Researchers found that 'echo chambers' -- ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526100947.htm)
11July 31, 2015 - Resettlement projects in the Amazon are driving severe tropical deforestation, according to new research. Widely hailed as a socially responsible and 'innocuous' strategy of land ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150731182645.htm)
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17May 26, 2015 - Scientists have developed an environment friendly version of building concrete called green-mix ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526093237.htm)
15### [Research Explores Future Energy Security of China](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150730220024.htm)
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17July 30, 2015 - China needs to reduce its dependence on coal and improve the range of fuels it uses if it is to have long term energy security, according to new research. The study looks at the future of electricity ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150730220024.htm)
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21### [EU Biofuels Regime Failing to Meet Its Objectives Under Current Regulatory Framework, Experts Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526085146.htm)
21### [New Study Narrows the Gap Between Climate Models and Reality](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150730081225.htm)
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23May 26, 2015 - The European Union regulatory framework for biofuels has the potential to address its climate, energy and environmental objectives, but only if carefully tailored and effectively implemented. The ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526085146.htm)
23July 30, 2015 - A new study addresses an important question in climate science: how accurate are climate model projections? Climate models are used to estimate future global warming, and their accuracy can be ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150730081225.htm)
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27May 20, 2015 - The same spring rains that lessen producers' concerns about drought can also lead to soil erosion and nutrient runoff. Keeping soil and fertilizers where they belong--in the field--benefits ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520193521.htm)
27July 29, 2015 - Using a climate model that can tag sources of soot and track where it lands, researchers have determined which areas around the Tibetan Plateau contribute the most soot -- and where. The model can ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150729155237.htm)
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31### [Enhancing Knowledge Crucial to Improving Energy-Saving Behaviors, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150522083515.htm)
31### [Intensive Biofuel Planting Poses Risk to Human Health](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150729093014.htm)
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33May 22, 2015 - Increasing public knowledge and understanding about energy issues is vital if improved energy-saving behaviors are to be encouraged among individuals and organizations, a study ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150522083515.htm)
33July 29, 2015 - The race to meet carbon-neutral biofuel targets could put human health and food crop production at risk unless it is carefully planned, according to new research. The researchers found that it would ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150729093014.htm)
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37### [The Winners and the Losers of the California Water Crisis](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150522083321.htm)
37### [Greenhouse Gas Source Underestimated from the US Corn Belt, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150727153733.htm)
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39May 22, 2015 - A new article highlights the widening gap of inequality between the wealthy and the poor of California, specifically in relation to the State's current drought. The problem, it states, is two ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150522083321.htm)
39July 27, 2015 - Estimates of how much nitrous oxide, a significant greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance, is being emitted in the central United States have been too low by as much as 40 ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150727153733.htm)
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43### [Rapid Action Necessary to Protect Malaysia's Sea Cows and Their Habitat](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150521091635.htm)
43### [Predictors of Climate Change Awareness, Risk Perception Vary Around the Globe](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150727120224.htm)
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45May 21, 2015 - Malaysia aims to protect 10% of its marine environment by 2020. Less than 1%, however, is currently protected. This may have dire consequences for the country's endangered dugong population, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150521091635.htm)
45July 27, 2015 - Using data from the largest cross-sectional survey of climate change perceptions ever conducted, researchers report the first global assessment of factors underlying climate change awareness and risk ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150727120224.htm)
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49May 20, 2015 - New evidence has linked Arctic warming with severe weather in countries including the UK and US. The studies are adding to the growing weight of evidence linking increased Arctic temperatures with ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520122844.htm)
49July 27, 2015 - Climate change, environmental pollution or land use changes - there are numerous influences threatening biodiversity in forests around the globe. The resulting decrease in biodiversity is a matter ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150727092805.htm)
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53May 18, 2015 - For the first time, scientists have modeled the effects of land use changes on the species diversity in rivers and streams. Their results show that the loss of biodiversity is caused to a ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150518102027.htm)
53### [Researchers Quantify Nature's Role in Human Well-Being](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722164225.htm)
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55July 22, 2015 - The benefits people reap from nature -- or the harm they can suffer from natural disasters -- can seem as obvious as an earthquake. Yet putting numbers to changes in those ecosystem services and how ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722164225.htm)
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57### [Air Quality Effects of Natural Gas Extraction Detected in PA's Marcellus Shale Region](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520100448.htm)
59### [Stop Misuse of Biodiversity Offsets, Conservation Experts Say](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722141426.htm)
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59May 20, 2015 - Environmental engineers have taken a closer look at the air quality effects of natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania. The group used a mobile air quality monitoring ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150520100448.htm)
61July 22, 2015 - Australian scientists have warned governments against using biodiversity offsetting to meet existing conservation commitments, saying that research had shown that interest in offsetting -- creating a ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722141426.htm)
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63May 19, 2015 - An international team of more than 100 scientists, policy makers and community representatives have published a new report outlining the vital steps needed to save the Hainan gibbon (Nomascus ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150519105713.htm)
65July 22, 2015 - Conservation scientists need to collaborate with space agencies, such as NASA and the European Space Agency, to identify measures which help track biodiversity declines around the world. Scientists ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722141420.htm)
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67May 19, 2015 - Small soil animals can limit the effects of climate change, a team of researchers has shown through a long-term study. In the same way that Yellowstone's wolves regulate plant diversity by ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150519132807.htm)
69### [Economic Slump, Not Natural Gas Boom, Responsible for Drop in CO2 Emissions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150721124716.htm)
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71July 21, 2015 - The 11 percent decrease in climate change-causing carbon dioxide emissions in the US between 2007 and 2013 was caused by the global financial recession -- not the reduced use of coal, research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150721124716.htm)
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71### [US West's Power Grid Must Be Prepared for Impacts of Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150518121654.htm)
75July 20, 2015 - Marine species that already roam far and wide throughout our oceans are extending their territories further and faster in response to climate change, according to new research an international team ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150720092438.htm)
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73May 18, 2015 - Arizona State University researchers say in coming decades a changing climate will pose challenges to operations of power generation facilities, especially in the Western United States. They ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150518121654.htm)
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77May 18, 2015 - People commonly perceive mountains as pyramid-shaped masses that steadily narrow as they slope upward. But researchers mapped the shape of 182 mountain ranges and found they have four principal ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150518121650.htm)
79### [Emissions Have Declined, but Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollutant Still a Concern for Asthmatics](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716180916.htm)
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81July 16, 2015 - Emissions of the air pollutant sulfur dioxide have been dramatically decreased during the past 30 years but for some people even a little inhaled sulfur dioxide may still be too ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716180916.htm)
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81May 15, 2015 - A new article demonstrates how XML markup applied to texts using the GoldenGate editor can address the challenges presented by unstructured legacy data. The paper demonstrates how structured primary ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150515111648.htm)
85July 16, 2015 - A new generation of green skyscrapers could help alleviate worldwide climate change, writes an urban ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716160822.htm)
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85May 14, 2015 - Climate change -- in the form of a stronger sea breeze, the result of warmer soil temperatures -- contributed to the drop in high-ozone days in the Houston area, scientists have determined. They add ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150514102809.htm)
89### [Climate Change Just One of Many Risks to Trees in the Tropical Andes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716141813.htm)
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91July 16, 2015 - Scientists have provided the first robust assessment of climate change impacts on extinction risk in the tropical Andes, an area of global importance for biodiversity. ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716141813.htm)
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89May 14, 2015 - Updated data and better analysis methods have found clear indications of warming in the upper troposphere and a 10 percent increase in winds over the Southern Ocean. The inability to detect this ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150514095741.htm)
95### [Tradable Energy Quotas Offer Fair, Effective Route to Low Carbon Society](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716111004.htm)
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97July 16, 2015 - To achieve public support for a transformation to a low carbon society, politicians would be advised to implement a quantity-based energy quota system, with a fixed and decreasing cap on total use, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150716111004.htm)
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93### [Satellite Mapping Reveals Agricultural Slowdown in Latin America](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150513145808.htm)
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95May 13, 2015 - For the first time, satellite mapping of Latin America shows that the continent's agricultural expansion has waned in the wake of the global economic downturn, according to research. The study ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150513145808.htm)
103July 15, 2015 - Changing global environmental conditions caused by humans could negatively impact the health of millions by altering key crops, say two studies. One study found declining food pollinators such as ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150715212207.htm)
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