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1. Recent advances in satellite data rescue

Author

Poli, Paul, Dee, Dick P., Saunders, Roger, John, Viju O., Rayer, Peter, Schulz, Jorg, Holmlund, Kenneth, Coppens, Dorothee, Klaes, Dieter, Johnson, James E., Esfandiari, Asghar E., Gerasimov, Irina V., Zamkoff, Emily B., Al-Jazrawi, Atheer F., Santek, David, Albani, Mirko, Brunel, Pascal, Fennig, Karsten, Schroder, Marc, Kobayashi, Shinya, Oertel, Dieter, Dohler, Wolfgang, Spankuch, Dietrich, and Bojinski, Stephan

Subjects
Meteorological satellites -- Usage, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Environmental monitoring -- Methods, Business, Earth sciences
Abstract

ABSTRACT To better understand the impacts of climate change, environmental monitoring capabilities must be enhanced by deploying additional and more accurate satellite- and ground-based (including in situ) sensors. In addition, [...]

Published
2017
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2. A Liking for Lichens: Why devote a decade to documenting the lichens of Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

Author

Brulliard, Nicolas

Subjects
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee -- Environmental aspects, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Host-bacteria relationships -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects, Lichens -- Identification and classification -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects, Biologists -- Practice -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Parks, National parks, Environmental issues
Abstract

AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS OF STUDY, the consensus by the 21st century was that the lichens of the Smokies were a known quantity. Biologists estimated that the 463 species that [...]

Published
2020

3. In Southwest, Portents of 'Megadrought'

Author

Fountain, Henry

Subjects
Colorado River (North America) -- Environmental aspects, Continental Divide of the Americas -- Environmental aspects, Droughts -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis -- United States, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Soil moisture -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects, Hot weather -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Rapid melting this year showed that good snowpack doesn't necessarily translate into full reservoirs. LOVELAND PASS, Colo. -- Here at 12,000 feet on the Continental Divide, only vestiges of the [...]

Published
2020

4. Infertility, Autisim+ 4 other side effects of air pollution that will shock you

Subjects
Air quality -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Air pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Automobile industry
Abstract

Byline: Shaloo Tiwari Did you know air pollution could cause short-term memory loss in children? Air pollution is destroying our national capital at a very alarming rate. It is the [...]

Published
2017

5. 'Anti-extractivism' misses the forest for the trees

Author

Fuentes, Federico

Subjects
Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Environmental associations -- Advertising, Environmental issues, Political science, Social sciences
Abstract

A recent spate of high-profile campaigns against industrial projects based on extracting raw materials has opened up an important new dynamic within the broad processes of change sweeping South America. [...]

Published
2014

6. How Climate Change Exacerbates Hurricanes

Subjects
Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Hurricanes -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis -- United States, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=549690224 BYLINE: CHRISTOPHER JOYCE HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: Hurricane Irma's had winds of 185 miles per hour for 37 hours straight at [...]

Published
2017

7. Climate change, greenhouse gas contributions and the case of the Rocky Hill coal mine

Author

Neal, Todd

Subjects
New South Wales. Land and Environment Court -- Powers and duties, Greenhouse gases -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects, Mining industry -- Cases, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Environmental law -- Interpretation and construction, Cabinet officials, Air pollution, Global temperature changes, Coal industry, Company legal issue, Business, international
Abstract

In brief The case of Gloucester Resources Limited v Minister for Planning [2019] NSWLEC 7 concerned a Class 1 merit appeal to the New South Wales Land and Environment Court [...]

Published
2019

8. Is your hometown a top hit for climate change?

Author

Hinckley, Story

Subjects
Plant climatology -- Analysis, Satellite imaging -- Usage, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Ecosystems -- Analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Story Hinckley North American prairies, South American rainforests, and eastern Australia are all climate change hot spots, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Alistair Seddon, [...]

Published
2016

9. Will China Become The Global Leader On Climate Change?

Author

Davies, Paul

Subjects
Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Emissions (Pollution) -- Environmental aspects, Business, international
Abstract

Climate change has become a key concern for China in recent years, as evidenced by its pledge to reduce carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 60% from 2015 levels [...]

Published
2017

10. Studies Look for Signs of Climate Change in 2014's Extreme Weather Events

Author

Schwartz, John

Subjects
Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Extreme weather -- Forecasts and trends -- Analysis, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Did climate change cause that heat wave? That hurricane? That drought? A new collection of studies examined extreme weather events last year, including drought, floods and storms, to look for [...]

Published
2015

11. France Announces National Green Bonds For 2017

Author

Sandrin-Deforge, Armelle

Subjects
Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Biodiversity conservation -- Environmental aspects, Investment banks -- Environmental aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Economic aspects, Government regulation, Business, international
Abstract

On September 2, 2016, France announced that it would be the first country to issue national 'green bonds' starting in 2017. Green bonds generally finance environmental projects (e.g., solar and [...]

Published
2016

12. Activist Investors' Group Issues Guide To Investors On Engagement With Electric Utility Sector Boards And Management Regarding Climate Change Risk

Author

Morgan, Christine

Subjects
Activists -- Laws, regulations and rules, Climate change -- Environmental aspects -- Analysis, Financial institutions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Electric utilities -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, international
Abstract

On April 29, 2016, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change ('IIGCC') released the latest publication in a series of guides aimed at increasing investor activism at the corporate board [...]

Published
2016

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