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UK Forests Face Catastrophic Ecosystem Collapse Within 50 Years, Study Says

UK forests are heading for “catastrophic ecosystem collapse” within the next 50 years due to multiple threats including disease, extreme weather and wildfires, researchers have warned, with trees dying on a large scale. The study, published in the journal Forestry, was put together by a panel of 42 researchers, with 1,200 experts consulted. Lead author, […]

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Water Usage Restrictions Start Today: Sarasota and Manatee Counties Affected

The Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board has declared a Modified Phase I Water Shortage due to ongoing dry conditions throughout the region and increasing water supply concerns. This will enforce restrictions in Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and Sumter counties; portions of Charlotte, Highlands and Lake counties; the […]

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SoCal’s Beautiful Coast Has a Hidden Secret: The ‘Barrens’ of Climate Change

Diver Matt Pressly broke the water’s surface with a cloud of bubbles and clipped a bag containing a single sea urchin to an orange buoy bobbing beside him in the water off San Diego. For more than 30 years, Pressly has been diving off the coast of California for sea urchins, sold in sushi restaurants […]

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New Tracking Tool Helps Companies Prove Their Supply Chains Aren’t Harming Biodiversity

A new platform allows companies and landowners to monitor the ecosystems in their supply chains, as governments around the world increasingly consider regulations that require businesses to account for biodiversity. The tool, NatureHelm, provides a subscription-based platform where large corporate entities or individual landowners can track significant species and ecosystem markers on their properties. The […]

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Worldwide Leaders Convene to Protect and Advance Global Biodiversity

UC Davis hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation University Leaders’ Forum Monday (Nov. 13), bringing together nearly 100 international environmental leaders to discuss sustaining and strengthening biodiversity amid climate change. The forum, “Investing in Tomorrow’s Biodiversity,” highlighted UC Davis’ efforts to make a positive impact on the environment. “It’s our responsibility to take action in the face of devastating global […]

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‘We’re Losing Money to Climate Change’: Corporates Push for Fossil Fuels Phase-Out Ahead of COP28

A mixture of major multinational brands and smaller businesses has signed an open letter to world leaders in the run-up to the COP28 climate talks, calling for a full phase-out of fossil fuels. “Our businesses are feeling the impacts and cost of increasing extreme weather events resulting from climate change,” the group said in the open letter, […]

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Amazon Deforestation Linked to Long Distance Climate Warming

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, according to a new study. The research, by a team of British and Brazilian scientists, led by Dr. Edward Butt at the University of Leeds, suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land surface—and that effect […]

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Air Quality Has Been Horrible This Year — and it’s Not Just Because of Wildfire Smoke

Much of the United States has experienced horrible air quality this year due to the Canadian wildfires. It’s not only particles from smoke creating pollution, but new research shows there’s also an invisible pollution problem causing health concerns: Ozone.   When ozone is up in the atmosphere, it filters out the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. When it […]

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Ants May be the First Known Insects Ensnared in Plastic Pollution

Some Canary Island ants have picked up an unwelcome stowaway — plastic waste. Plastic entanglement is commonly associated with aquatic and ocean life. Finding plastic-wrapped ants suggests that humankind’s pernicious polymer pollution affects a wider range of wildlife than previously thought, researchers report September 18 in Ecological Entomology.  Scientists noticed the tangled insects while studying 113 ants they’d […]

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COP28 President Says World Must Unite On Climate Action and Deliver in Dubai

COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed a record number of ministers and delegations from around the world at the opening session of Pre-COP, declaring that the international community needs to unite on climate action and that, “We have to come through. We must unite. We must act. And we must deliver in Dubai.” Pre-COP, […]

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