Cuba Under Immediate Threat From Climate Change
By Mark Friedman Cuba’s delegation to Cop26 tells DR LAUREN COLLINS about the island’s approach to adapting to the effects of global warming, the challenges it faces and its hopes …
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Global Network Takes Stock of Human Adaptation to Climate Change
U-Michigan News As society experiences increasingly frequent and severe natural hazard events and environmental stressors—while making little progress at reducing carbon emissions—the need to adapt to the changing climate has …
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Melting Greenland Ice Sheet, Sea Ice Formation, and the Flow of The Gulf Stream
By Dr. Rob Moir Pummeled by rising sea levels, extreme weather events and increasing ocean acidity, headlines tell of climate change giving the ocean another punch. “A crucial system of …
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A Groundbreaking Survey of the World’s Reefs Reveals the Extent of the Coral Reef Crisis
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation publishes their findings from the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping research mission in history After spending ten years assessing …
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The Camden International Film Festival: Surveying the Maine Coast, Tracking Down Berlin Wall Segments, and Targeting Suspects Overseas
By Peter Keough This is the time of the year when film festivals proliferate and now they are more accessible than ever because the pandemic has forced them to go …
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DroneSeed Acquires Largest Private Forestry Seed Supplier in the Western U.S.
Driven by Increasing Demand for Reforestation in the Face of Wildfires & Climate Change, Acquisition of Silvaseed Co. Positions DroneSeed as Vertically-Integrated Leader in Reforestation (Seattle, Wash.) DroneSeed announced today …
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Unprecedented Deep-Sea Shark Discovery in Israel Sheds Light on World’s Understanding of Climate Change
Research led by the University of Haifa reveals hundreds of sharks and one of the largest deep-sea concentrations of shark eggs ever found, providing a unique opportunity to better understand …
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How Climate Change Could Affect Coral Reef Tourism
This piece was written by Kathryn Curzon, a shark conservationist and dive travel writer for Scuba Schools International (SSI). The effects of climate change continue to alter ocean ecosystems worldwide and could …
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Planning for Sea Level Rise: Begin with The End in Mind
When it comes to sea-level rise (SLR), there are two reasons we should start thinking bigger, sooner. The first is practical. Planning farther ahead and raising streets and structures 3 …
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Release of Nutrients from Lake-Bottom Sediments Worsens Lake Erie’s Annual ‘Dead Zone,’ could Intensify as Climate Warms
Robotic laboratories on the bottom of Lake Erie have revealed that the muddy sediments there release nearly as much of the nutrient phosphorus into the surrounding waters as enters the …
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