Biologists address global extinction crisis
Brook trout are disappearing from American streams. Amphibian habitats are changing. Coral species are dying.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2022
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News tagged with water policy
Drought tightens its grip on Morocco
Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn't bear it any longer.
Environment
Aug 12, 2022
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Contribution of almost $5 billion to GDP from British Columbia's ocean likely an underestimate
British Columbia's ocean contributed almost $5 billion to provincial gross domestic product in 2015, a sum that is likely an underestimate, a new UBC study has found.
Economics & Business
Aug 9, 2022
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Long-awaited federal study finds threat to Boundary Waters from hardrock mining
Hardrock mining on public land in northern Minnesota risks contaminating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, even with measures designed to head off those problems, a long-awaited federal study says.
Environment
Jun 24, 2022
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Lake Michigan water level rise affects inland waterways
2020 marked Lake Michigan's highest water level in 120 years, experts said, and climate variance makes future water levels challenging to predict. Coastal impacts are well-documented, but the effect of lake level rise on ...
Environment
Jun 1, 2022
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Mumbai becomes first South Asian city to detail net-zero plan
Mumbai announced detailed plans to zero out carbon emissions by 2050, a target that puts it two decades ahead of India's national goal and makes it the first city in South Asia to set such a timeline.
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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Review highlights poor responses to climate adaptation and invasive species management in four countries
A CABI-led review has found there are opportunities for increased policy coordination to achieve win-win results for both climate adaptation and Invasive Species Management (ISM) in Pakistan, Zambia, Kenya and Ghana.
Ecology
Mar 1, 2022
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Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills: How a national water aid program could work
Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans take them from granted. But these services aren't free, and millions struggle to afford them. A 2019 survey found that U.S. households in ...
Economics & Business
Nov 29, 2021
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Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers
Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes in a field that has been devastated by a series of droughts blamed on climate change.
Environment
Oct 5, 2021
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Boating, shoreline fishing and swimming may be damaging freshwater ecosystems
German scientists brought together and re-analyzed the data from 94 previous studies looking at damage to freshwater ecosystems from recreational activities around the world, and say boating had the most consistently negative ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2021
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