News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy

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1### [Majority of Mining-Related Injuries and Illness in Illinois Go Unreported](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180309125243.htm)
1### [A Tricky Job Assessing the Vulnerability of Agriculture](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180403111051.htm)
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3Mar. 9, 2018 - Illnesses and injuries associated with working in Illinois mines are substantially underreported to the federal agency tasked with tracking these events, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180309125243.htm)
3Apr. 3, 2018 - There's still a lot we don't know about the vulnerability of our agriculture to climate ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180403111051.htm)
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7### [Report Identifies Options for Lowering Risk of Failure of Undersea Bolts on Offshore Oil Rigs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180309105839.htm)
7### [Climate Policy, Carbon Emissions from Permafrost](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326160953.htm)
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9Mar. 9, 2018 - A new report identifies strategies for improving the reliability of bolts used in offshore oil and gas drilling rigs, thereby reducing the risk that a bolt failure could cause a spill of oil, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180309105839.htm)
9Mar. 26, 2018 - Controlling greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades could substantially reduce the consequences of carbon releases from thawing permafrost during the next 300 years, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326160953.htm)
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13### [Wildfires Set to Increase: Could We Be Sitting on a Tinderbox in Europe?](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307100722.htm)
13### [Global Carbon Emissions Could Be Cut 3 Percent by Following the UK's Example](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326140255.htm)
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15Mar. 7, 2018 - 2017 was one of the worst years on record for fires in Europe, with over 800,000 hectares of land burnt in Portugal, Italy and Spain ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307100722.htm)
15Mar. 26, 2018 - The UK cut its emissions from electricity production by 25 percent in 2016, using a strategy many countries could adopt to quickly lower carbon ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326140255.htm)
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19Mar. 7, 2018 - Smart land-use planning could ease the conflict between agricultural production and nature conservation. A team of researchers has integrated global datasets on the geographical distributions and ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307100718.htm)
19### [Monitor Climate Change, Not Predators, to Protect Lake Diversity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180323104803.htm)
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21Mar. 23, 2018 - Climate change and other environmental factors are more threatening to fish diversity than predators, according to new research. It is a surprising and important finding, as humans rely upon ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180323104803.htm)
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23### [Scientists' Warning to Humanity 'Most Talked About Paper'](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307095210.htm)
25### [Biodiversity and Nature's Contributions Continue Dangerous Decline, Scientists Warn](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180323093734.htm)
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25Mar. 7, 2018 - Twenty-five years after the first World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, a new report is continuing to gain momentum and is already one of the most talked about papers globally since Altmetric ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180307095210.htm)
27Mar. 23, 2018 - Biodiversity -- the essential variety of life forms on Earth -- continues to decline in every region of the world, significantly reducing nature's capacity to contribute to people's ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180323093734.htm)
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29### [Sea Level Rise Urgently Requires New Forms of Decision Making](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306115755.htm)
31### [US National Parks Increasingly Important for Bird Conservation in Face of Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321141429.htm)
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31Mar. 6, 2018 - US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research. Civil society initiatives must ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306115755.htm)
33Mar. 21, 2018 - US national parks could become even more important for the conservation of bird species in the face of climate change, according to a new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321141429.htm)
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35### [Enhanced Weathering of Rocks Can Help to Pull CO2 out of the Air -- A Little](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306101711.htm)
37### [New Data Confirm Increased Frequency of Extreme Weather Events](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321130859.htm)
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37Mar. 6, 2018 - Weathering of huge amounts of tiny rocks could be a means to reduce the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While this is normally a slow natural process during which minerals chemically bind CO2, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306101711.htm)
39Mar. 21, 2018 - New data show that extreme weather events have become more frequent over the past 36 years, with a significant uptick in floods and other hydrological events compared even with five years ago, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321130859.htm)
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41### [Untapped Gold Mine Is Lost from End-of-Life Vehicles](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306093120.htm)
43Mar. 21, 2018 - Research is helping governments in low-income countries strengthen their capacity to build and use population maps, to plan for the future and respond to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180321110900.htm)
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43Mar. 6, 2018 - Vast quantities of scarce metals are being lost from Europe's urban mine of vehicles, including 20 tonnes of gold each year - and the proportion of critical metals in vehicles is continuing to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180306093120.htm)
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47### [Uncoordinated Trade Policies Aid Alien Bee Invasions](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305214531.htm)
47Mar. 20, 2018 - Over the past 34 years, rainfall in Uganda has decreased by about 12 percent even though many of the global climate models predict an increase in rainfall for the area, according to an international ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180320123458.htm)
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49Mar. 5, 2018 - Patagonia may lose its only native bumblebee species due to invasions by alien bee species sanctioned by government ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305214531.htm)
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53### [Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Return Is Sentinel of Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Recovery](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305150557.htm)
51### [So Close, Yet So Far: Making Climate Impacts Feel Nearby May Not Inspire Action](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319155717.htm)
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55Mar. 5, 2018 - A new research article analyzes the positive impact of long-term nutrient reductions on an important and valuable ecosystem in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists indicate the resurgence of underwater ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305150557.htm)
53Mar. 19, 2018 - An expert says it is possible to make faraway climate impacts feel closer. But that doesn't automatically inspire the American public to express greater support for policies that address ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319155717.htm)
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59### [Models Show How to Limit Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305111539.htm)
57Mar. 19, 2018 - As many as 153 million premature deaths linked to air pollution could be avoided worldwide this century if governments speed up their timetable for reducing fossil fuel emissions, a new study ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319145243.htm)
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61Mar. 5, 2018 - There are several ways to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C by 2100, and new research shows under what conditions this could ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180305111539.htm)
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65Mar. 2, 2018 - Efforts to protect tropical forests in Southeast Asia for the carbon they store may fail because protection payments are too low. A new study finds that schemes designed to protect tropical forests ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180302091000.htm)
61Mar. 19, 2018 - Researchers show in a recent study that the further melting of glaciers cannot be prevented in the current century -- even if all emissions were stopped now. However, due to the slow reaction of ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180319124258.htm)
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69### [Smartphones and Data Centers Harm the Environment, Study Shows](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301144215.htm)
65Mar. 16, 2018 - A major new study reveals that soil fungi could play a significant role in the ability of forests to adapt to environmental ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180316153852.htm)
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71Mar. 1, 2018 - Data centres and smartphones will be the most damaging information and communications technologies to the environment by 2040, according to new ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301144215.htm)
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75### [Food Abundance Driving Conflict in Africa, Not Food Scarcity](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301115450.htm)
69### [Long-Term Monitoring Is Essential to Effective Environmental Policy](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180316100649.htm)
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77Mar. 1, 2018 - In Africa, food abundance may be driving violent conflict rather than food scarcity, according to a new study. The study refutes the notion that climate change will increase the frequency of civil ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301115450.htm)
71Mar. 16, 2018 - Environmental policy guided by science saves lives, money, and ecosystems. So reports a team of 11 senior researchers in Environmental Science and Policy. Using air pollution in the United States as ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180316100649.htm)
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81Feb. 28, 2018 - Conservation partnerships between protected lands and their non-protected neighbors could significantly improve a region's ability to accommodate species migration in response to shifting ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228144442.htm)
75### [Reefs Help Protect Vulnerable Caribbean Fish from Climate Change](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180316100314.htm)
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77Mar. 16, 2018 - New research suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180316100314.htm)
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85Feb. 28, 2018 - Unique soils data from long-term experiments, stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth century, confirm the practical implausibility of burying carbon in the ground to halt climate change. The ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228134114.htm)
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89Feb. 28, 2018 - A groundbreaking new study has found that 41 million Americans are at risk from flooding rivers, which is more than three times the current estimate --- based on regulatory flood maps --- of 13 ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228112520.htm)
81Mar. 15, 2018 - A new study finds that by 2150, the seemingly small difference between a global temperature increase of 1.5 and 2.0 degrees Celsius would mean the permanent inundation of lands currently home to ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315110626.htm)
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93Feb. 26, 2018 - Research finds new promise for biofuels produced from switchgrass, a non-edible native grass that grows in many parts of North ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180226181548.htm)
85Mar. 15, 2018 - Lead bullet fragments in carcasses left by hunters are poisoning endangered African vultures, a new study has ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180315091314.htm)
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97### [Global Fossil Fuel Emissions of Hydrocarbons Are Underestimated](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180226131458.htm)
89### [Eastern Mediterranean Summer Will Be Two Months Longer by End of 21st Century](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180314101947.htm)
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99Feb. 26, 2018 - Global levels of ethane and propane in the atmosphere have been underestimated by more than 50 percent, new research has revealed. These hydrocarbons are particularly harmful in large cities where, ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180226131458.htm)
91Mar. 14, 2018 - The eastern Mediterranean is experiencing monumental climate changes poised to significantly affect regional ecosystems and human health. According to a new study, these changes will drastically ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180314101947.htm)
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103### [Climate Value of Earth's Intact Forests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180226122607.htm)
95Mar. 14, 2018 - A growing network of lakes on the Greenland ice sheet has been found to drain in a chain reaction that speeds up the flow of the ice sheet, threatening its ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180314092305.htm)
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105Feb. 26, 2018 - New research demonstrates the extraordinary value of Earth's remaining intact forests for addressing climate change and protecting wildlife, critical watersheds, indigenous cultures, and human ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180226122607.htm)
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99Mar. 13, 2018 - A warming climate will shrink and fragment mountain hare habitat in the Swiss Alps. Populations are likely to decline as a ... [read more](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180313225546.htm)
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