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Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used

Historically excluded from Colorado River policy, tribes want a say in how the dwindling resource is used

Today, 15 percent of Southern Utes living on the reservation in southwest Colorado don’t have running water in their homes at all.
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People who survive multiple disasters have worse mental health

People who survive multiple disasters have worse mental health

Mental resiliency could be harder to rebuild than a house or business in places that have experienced multiple disasters, study suggests.
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offshore wind developers eyeing Louisiana

World's biggest offshore wind developers eyeing Louisiana for Gulf's first turbines

The Texas coast may have better winds for offshore wind development, but it’s Louisiana’s political winds that are drawing the interest of the industry’s two biggest players.
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Florida oyster study indicates water quality gains

It’s a reef thing: Florida oyster study yields clues for Chesapeake

Can restoring oysters in the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers really help clean up polluted waters?
www.bayjournal.com
Drought-resistant farming

Drought-resistant farming catching on in New Mexico

More farmers are using cover crops, soil additives and crops suitable for drip irrigation in order to weather the drought.
www.santafenewmexican.com
glass sponge reefs protections

Fisheries Department bans bottom fishing in Howe Sound near glass sponge reefs

Ban applies to commercial and recreational trawling, pawn and crab trapping and hook and line fishing for all groundfish types.

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Arctic oil barges go aground in icy Kara Sea

Major disaster averted in icy Kara Sea after two oil barges ran aground

Russia’s Marine Rescue Service describes the unprecedented salvage operation as "extremely difficult" as ice was rapidly building up on the structures of the barges in the freezing cold polar night.

thebarentsobserver.com
Why California’s ‘great bacon crisis’ has yet to arrive

Why California’s ‘great bacon crisis’ has yet to arrive

In the months leading up to the arrival of a strict new animal welfare law in California, headlines warned of a “Great California bacon crisis”. But so far, the pork apocalypse has yet to arrive.

www.theguardian.com
toxics chemicals water river

How a toxic chemical ended up in the drinking water supply for 13 million people

New Jersey’s largest drinking water supplier discovered a toxic chemical in the river where it gets water for hundreds of thousands of customers, setting off a major search for polluters that led back to a Pennsylvania wastewater treatment plant and a South Jersey company.

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maryland climate impacts

Maryland gives itself B-minus for adapting to climate change in coastal areas

Maryland’s report card, which was released Friday, gives the state an overall grade of B-minus. However, the review outlined several shortfalls that could lead to more significant damage.
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bog biodiversity climate

Border Mires bog restoration to aid climate change fight

Ancient bog lands labelled some of the UKs most important are set for further restoration work to help tackle climate change and boost biodiversity.

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climate impacts flooding water

PNNL: Understanding coastal zones can help prepare for disaster

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are leading a multi-institution collaboration focused on better understanding the impact that flood events, rising tides and changes in sea levels can have on trees, plants, soil and water.

www.tri-cityherald.com
floating homes climate impacts

Climate change and how capitalism surfs rising seas of human folly

In the Netherlands, more people are living and working in buildings that float. The amphibious structures are built along shorelines and connected to utilities while gently floating to accommodate rising sea levels and more frequent flooding.

www.lcsun-news.com
climate impacts republicans politics

Republicans focus on effects, not causes, of climate change

Republican governors are confronting rising sea levels and wildfires as concern increases. “We’re not doing any left-wing stuff,” Florida’s Ron DeSantis says.
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marine ecosystems toxics plastic

We’re eating plastic, people!

The EIA estimates that by 2040, the weight of plastics in the ocean could be greater than the weight of fish. That’s a little disconcerting.

www.thestar.com.my
zach bjur pollution pfas

Zach Bjur: South Carolina should address pollution found in water

Rather than a regulatory "stick" approach that takes years to develop through a bureaucracy, S.219 takes a funding-based ‘carrot’ approach to address PFAS contamination swiftly.

www.goupstate.com
manatee health biodiversity

An urgent effort is underway to save Florida’s manatees

Florida is scrambling to prevent another horrific year of starvation deaths among the beloved mammals
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climate solutions energy Todd Miller

Todd Miller: Learn benefits of clean renewable energy for rural Missouri

We are in the middle of not one, but two pandemics. The less obvious one is climate change. Even the Pentagon regards it as a threat to our national security.

www.kansascity.com
climate impacts antarctic

Canadian scientist examines melting Antarctic glacier, potential sea level rise

The Arctic sea ice has suffered devastating loss and has shrunk to its second lowest on record. Melting sea ice is just one of many signs of a warming climate in the North. Emanuela Campanella explains how climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic Circle.

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canal water toxics contamination

Grantham Canal amongst watercourses plagued by pollution and canopy of weed

The national media have recently reported there is something wrong with rivers in the UK, but it is not just our flowing waters that are in trouble.

www.granthamjournal.co.uk
Mexican science agency halves recommendation for glyphosate imports this year

Mexican science agency halves recommendation for glyphosate imports this year

Mexico's top science agency has cut its recommendation for maximum glyphosate imports by half this year, urging agriculture businesses to take steps to reach a government target of phasing out the herbicide completely by 2024.
www.reuters.com
'New era': Australia notches startling southern hemisphere record

'New era': Australia notches startling southern hemisphere record

One heat reading on Thursday equaled the highest temperature on record in the Southern Hemisphere.
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From fertilizer to fuel: Can 'green' ammonia be a climate fix?

From fertilizer to fuel: Can 'green' ammonia be a climate fix?

Ammonia has been widely used as a fertilizer for the last century. Now, using renewable energy and a new method for making ammonia, researchers and entrepreneurs believe "green" ammonia can become a significant clean fuel source.

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A return to Native agriculture

A return to Native agriculture

Indigenous farming and ranching practices are once again being embraced in an American West stressed by drought, diminishing resources, and climate change.
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The Maldives is being swallowed by the sea. Can it adapt?

The Maldives is being swallowed by the sea. Can it adapt?

Whether or not the Maldives can survive climate change, the country will never be the same.

www.nationalgeographic.com
How Africa's first heat officer confronts climate change

How Africa's first heat officer confronts climate change

In the capital of Sierra Leone, crowding and poverty complicate efforts to protect a city of 1.2 million from the effects of climate change. 
www.bloomberg.com
Ash from Tonga volcanic eruption still poses a threat

Ash from Tonga volcanic eruption still poses a threat

Ash from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific nation presents risks to drinking water and air quality, experts say. Quantifying them in real time is a challenge.
www.nytimes.com
Omicron probably in NYC earlier than detected, wastewater data suggests

Omicron probably in NYC earlier than detected, wastewater data suggests

The findings provide more evidence that wastewater surveillance can serve as an early warning system about the spread of new variants.
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A trove of old photos could reveal the future of these Arctic glaciers

A trove of old photos could reveal the future of these Arctic glaciers

The Svalbard Islands, part of Norway, are warming seven times faster than the global average. Aerial pictures from the 1930s are helping researchers understand what that means for the region’s ice.
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Sprawling coral reef resembling roses is discovered off Tahiti

Sprawling coral reef resembling roses is discovered off Tahiti

The reef, which is just under two miles long and is in “pristine” condition, was found by a team of divers mapping the ocean floor for UNESCO.
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marine ecosystems climate impacts

Cornwall's rockpool species 'threatened by climate change'

A study has suggested that many rockpool species are threatened by climate change and would not survive crossing the Channel's currents.

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Scientists work to better understand how ocean acidification will affect marine life

Scientists work to better understand how ocean acidification will affect marine life

Oceans have absorbed about a third of the carbon pollution that humans have added to the atmosphere. The extra CO2 makes the water more acidic, which harms animals such as oysters, shrimps, and corals.

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tonga sea level rise climate volcano

In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands’ acute climate risk

By increasing temperatures and driving up sea levels, climate change will likely worsen disasters wrought by tsunamis, storm surges, and heat waves, experts say.

indianexpress.com
This huge coral reef has only just been discovered, and it's undamaged by climate change

This huge coral reef has only just been discovered, and it's undamaged by climate change

Scientists have discovered a pristine, three-kilometre-long reef of giant rose-shaped corals off the coast of Tahiti, in waters thought to be deep enough to protect it from the bleaching effects of the warming ocean.
www.cbc.ca
climate impacts greenland

Greenland could melt for millennia if warming stopped today

The warming that humans cause today may have ripple effects far into the future, scientists warned in a study yesterday that finds the vast Greenland ice sheet could continue melting for centuries after greenhouse gases are stabilized.

www.scientificamerican.com
Fuel contamination shutters Iqaluit water treatment plant for the second time

Fuel contamination shutters Iqaluit water treatment plant for the second time

The City of Iqaluit shut down its water treatment plant Wednesday after the water was contaminated last week with fuel for the second time.

www.nationalobserver.com