News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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1May 4, 2017 - Researchers, led by climate modelers, used satellite images to quantify recent snow cover distributions patterns on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Hawai'i. They developed a regional climate model to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504161515.htm)
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3June 27, 2017 - How can we ensure forest protection and sustainable forest biomass production at the same time? A first-ever global map of certified forest areas, based on a participatory and collaborative mapping ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170627105416.htm)
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5### [Current Climate Change Measurements Mask Trade-Offs Necessary for Policy Debates](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504161451.htm)
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7May 4, 2017 - Scientists and policymakers use measurements like global warming potential to compare how varying greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, contribute to climate change. Yet, despite its ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504161451.htm)
9June 21, 2017 - Labels matter when it comes to acceptance of climate science, suggests new research. For example, explain authors of a new report, the US public doubts the existence of 'global warming' ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170621103214.htm)
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11### [Policies to Curb Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Could Yield Major Health Benefits](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504161447.htm)
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13May 4, 2017 - A commitment to reducing global emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as methane and black carbon could slow global warming while boosting public health and agricultural yields, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504161447.htm)
15June 15, 2017 - Reducing meat consumption and using more efficient farming methods globally are essential to stave off irreversible damage to the environmental, a new study says. The research also found that future ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615213258.htm)
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17### [Greater Efforts Are Needed to Promote Biopesticides](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504083239.htm)
19### [Taking Circular Economy to the Next Level](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615100636.htm)
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19May 4, 2017 - There are a number of environmental and economic reasons to promote the development and use of biological compounds as pesticides. A new analysis finds that there are fewer biopesticides registered ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504083239.htm)
21June 15, 2017 - While principles of a circular economy have been adopted by businesses, governments and NGOs, leading researchers say it's time to take the discussion and analysis to the next ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615100636.htm)
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23### [Marine Conservation Must Consider Human Rights](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170503151942.htm)
25### [Water Management Interventions Push Scarcity Downstream](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615085015.htm)
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25May 3, 2017 - Ocean conservation is essential for protecting the marine environment and safeguarding the resources that people rely on for livelihoods and food security. But there are many documented cases where ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170503151942.htm)
27June 15, 2017 - Human interventions to harness water resources, such as reservoirs, dams, and irrigation measures, have increased water availability for much of the global population, but at the same time, swept ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615085015.htm)
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29May 2, 2017 - A new analysis of an ice core from Dome Fuji in Antarctica, along with climate simulation results, shows a high degree of climate instability (that is, rapid climate fluctuations) within glacial ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170502095125.htm)
31June 15, 2017 - A subsidence map of coastal Louisiana has now been created, putting the rate at which this region is sinking at just over one third of an inch per ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170615100624.htm)
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33Apr. 29, 2017 - Studying how and why bridges have collapsed in the past identifies the limitation of current risk assessment approach and demonstrates the value of new perspectives on climate change ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170429095026.htm)
35### [Emphasizing Individual Solutions to Big Issues Can Reduce Support for Government Efforts](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170613130052.htm)
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37June 13, 2017 - Experiments suggest that making individuals aware of how they can help solve large-scale problems makes them less likely to support government-based ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170613130052.htm)
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37### [Weather Extremes and Trade Policies Were Main Drivers of Wheat Price Peaks](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170428093912.htm)
41June 12, 2017 - Without action, the supply of fresh water in Iqaluit will begin to dwindle by 2024 due to climate change and increased demand, new research has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170612115352.htm)
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39Apr. 28, 2017 - Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by droughts, researchers found. These shocks get exacerbated by low storage levels as well ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170428093912.htm)
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43### [Urban Water Atlas for Europe: 360° View on Water Management in Cities](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170427110918.htm)
45### [Where Climate Change Is Most Likely to Induce Food Violence](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123718.htm)
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45Apr. 27, 2017 - On 27 April 2017, the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe. The publication - the first of its kind - shows how different water management choices, as well as other ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170427110918.htm)
47June 8, 2017 - While climate change is expected to lead to more violence related to food scarcity, new research suggests that the strength of a country's government plays a vital role in preventing ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170608123718.htm)
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49### [Stringent Exhaust Gas Tests for Cars in Europe](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426123000.htm)
51June 7, 2017 - An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius over half a century may not seem all that serious, but it's enough to have more than doubled the probability of a heat wave killing in ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607163029.htm)
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51Apr. 26, 2017 - As of October 2017, newly launched car models will have to pass more stringent exhaust gas tests in the EU and in Switzerland. The new test method includes measuring drives in actual traffic. ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426123000.htm)
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55Apr. 25, 2017 - Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are not in better environmental shape than the rest of the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425143058.htm)
55June 7, 2017 - Unlike other species that migrate successfully to escape the wrath of climate change, a new study shows that dispersal may help sustain global Emperor penguin populations for a limited time, but, as ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607151208.htm)
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59### [India's Outsized Coal Plans Would Wipe out Paris Climate Goals](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425140207.htm)
59### [Electric Car Subsidies May Do More Harm Than Good](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607141336.htm)
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61Apr. 25, 2017 - India will not be able to meet its Paris climate agreement commitments in the coming years if it carries through with plans to construct nearly 370 coal-fired power plants, according to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425140207.htm)
61June 7, 2017 - Subsidizing electric vehicles in the North American context will not reduce GHG emissions in the short-term, and may even increase them -- at a cost to taxpayers -- new research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607141336.htm)
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65### [Modeling Reveals How Policy Affects Adoption of Solar Energy Photovoltaics in California](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425110804.htm)
65### [Climate Change Misconceptions Common Among Teachers, Study Finds](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607123835.htm)
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67Apr. 25, 2017 - Researchers inspired by efforts to promote green energy, are exploring the factors driving commercial customers in Southern California, both large and small, to purchase and install solar ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425110804.htm)
67June 7, 2017 - Mny secondary school science teachers possess climate change misconceptions similar to average Americans, new research ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170607123835.htm)
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71### [Pathway for Generating Up to 10 Terawatts of Power from Sunlight by 2030](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425102540.htm)
71### [Marine Reserves Help Mitigate Against Climate Change, Say Scientists](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605152325.htm)
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73Apr. 25, 2017 - The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world's energy consumption, but the goal of using the sun to provide a significant fraction of global electricity demand is far from being ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425102540.htm)
73June 5, 2017 - Highly protected marine reserves can help mitigate against the impacts of climate change, a study by a team of international scientists has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170605152325.htm)
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77Apr. 24, 2017 - New insight into how forests globally will respond to long-term climate change has been gained by recent research. The new work suggests that climate-change driven increases in rainfall in warm, wet ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170424170804.htm)
77### [Eco-Label in Exchange for Less Chemicals on Rice Fields](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170602112824.htm)
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79June 2, 2017 - Money isn't always everything: Taiwanese rice farmers are willing to produce in an environmentally friendly fashion if this would earn them an eco-label. For such a label, they would accept ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170602112824.htm)
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81Apr. 24, 2017 - Climate change is predicted to cause a series of maladies for world oceans including heating up, acidification, and the loss of oxygen. A newly published study demonstrates that one ocean consequence ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170424153809.htm)
83June 1, 2017 - By swapping solar photovoltaics for coal, the US could prevent 51,999 premature deaths a year, potentially making as much as $2.5 million for each life saved. A team has calculated US deaths per ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601133430.htm)
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85Apr. 24, 2017 - A new study finds that improved human health is not a benefit of conservation -- at least when health is measured through the lens of infectious disease. The paper analyzed the relationship between ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170424084012.htm)
87### [Public Confused by Climate Change Messages](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601124053.htm)
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89June 1, 2017 - Experts, charities, the media and government confuse the public by speaking 'different languages' on climate change, a new study says. The research team focused on Colombia and likened ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601124053.htm)
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89### [Cold Weather, Fewer Sun Hours Are Associated With Increased Rates of Alcoholic Cirrhosis](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170422101601.htm)
93### [Subsidies Promote Overfishing and Hurt Small-Scale Fishers Worldwide](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601094814.htm)
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91Apr. 22, 2017 - Colder and less sunny regions of the world have higher rates of alcoholic cirrhosis, a disease caused by excessive drinking which results in irreversible scarring of the liver, new research shows. An ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170422101601.htm)
95June 1, 2017 - Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601094814.htm)
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95### [Are the Paris Soil Carbon Sequestration Goals Unrealistic?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170421091701.htm)
99### [Support for Tidal Energy Is High Among Washington Residents](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531143626.htm)
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97Apr. 21, 2017 - The goal to offset rises in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by increasing soil carbon storage by 4 per mille (0.4%) per year is unrealistic, say scientists in a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170421091701.htm)
101May 31, 2017 - A new study found that people who believe climate change is a problem and see economic, environmental and/or social benefits to using tidal energy are more likely to support such projects. This is ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531143626.htm)
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101### [Application of Statistical Method Shows Promise Mitigating Climate Change Effects on Pine](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170420162142.htm)
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103Apr. 20, 2017 - Confronting evidence that the global climate is changing rapidly relative to historical trends, researchers have developed a new statistical model that, when applied to the loblolly pine tree ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170420162142.htm)
107May 31, 2017 - With climate change and social inequity addressed, restoring the ocean will help alleviate poverty, provide livelihoods, and improve the health of millions around the ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531133326.htm)
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