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Barack Obama Bans Oil and Gas Drilling in Most of Arctic and Atlantic Oceans
Obama uses law that allows presidents to block sale of new offshore drilling and mining rights and makes it difficult for their successors to reverse decision. Barack Obama has permanently banned new oil and gas drilling in most US-owned waters…
UN Biodiversity Conference Results in Significant Commitments for Action on Biodiversity
Governments agreed on actions that will accelerate implementation of global biodiversity targets, and enhance the linkage of the biodiversity agenda with other global agendas including the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement and others. Governments from 167 countries agreed…
New Global Database Will Help Scientists Track Role of Lakes in Earth’s Ecology
The total shoreline of the world’s lakes is more than four times longer than the global ocean coastline. And if all the water in those lakes were spread over the Earth’s landmass, it would form a layer some four feet…
NOAA: ‘Arctic Is Warming at Least Twice as Fast as the Rest of the Planet’
The Arctic broke multiple climate records and saw its highest temperatures ever recorded this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual Arctic Report Card released Tuesday. The report shows surface air temperature in September at the…
Uncertainties Related to Climate Engineering Limit its Use in Curbing Climate Change
Climate engineering refers to the systematic, large-scale modification of the environment using various climate intervention techniques. However, a new study by VTT and the Finnish Meteorological Institute suggests that the uncertainties associated with climate engineering are too great for it…
UN development chief meets communities grappling with scarce and vulnerable water resources in Burkina Faso
Wrapping up a three-day visit to the country, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark met today with a rural community in Burkina Faso which is bearing the brunt of the effects of environmental degradation and deforestation in a country where scarce water…
Climate change is changing nature so much it may need ‘human-assisted evolution’, scientists say
Life on Earth has already been fundamentally altered by global warming, affecting the genes of plants and animals and altering every ecosystem on the planet, according to a major review of the scientific literature. A paper in the leading journal…