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Madagascar scientists unsure best guard frogs from fungus
Posted by Mongabay: Elizabeth Devitt on January 30th, 2016
Mongabay: Madagascar is rich in amphibian species. It boasts 500 species of frog, almost all endemic, with more likely undiscovered. That diversity could be in immediate jeopardy due to the chytrid fungus — then again, maybe not. Two new, but possibly conflicting, studies, one saying that the fungus is in country and spreading, the other saying it has not yet taken a firm hold, are leaving policymakers with more questions than answers about how to use limited funds to most effectively combat the problem....
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Comments Off on Madagascar scientists unsure best guard frogs from fungusHow Climate Change Could Spread Diseases Like Zika
Posted by Time: Justin Worland on January 30th, 2016
Time: For thousands of years, humans have taken every precaution to avoid mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, from Malaria to Zika. But while techniques for fighting the insects have improved dramatically over time, scientists say long-term climate change could soon make protecting humans from mosquitoes much more difficult.
The link between climate change and mosquito-borne illness centers around how rising temperatures may expand the area in which mosquitoes can thrive. Most such illnesses can...
DiCaprio: ‘It’s a sin to destroy our planet’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 30th, 2016
USA Today: Leonardo DiCaprio's meeting with Pope Francis this week might have been even bigger news than winning the coveted best actor award for The Revenant at the SAG Awards.
Backstage at the SAG Awards Saturday night, DiCaprio talked about his private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican to discuss climate change, calling it an "honor."
"(Pope Francis) has been inspiring and revolutionary to come out and be outspoken on the issue of climate change and endorse the scientific community," said DiCaprio....
Cloud Blanket Warms Up Melting Icecap
Posted by Climate News Network: Tim Radford on January 30th, 2016
Climate News Network: Researchers have identified another piece in the climate machinery that is accelerating the melting of the Greenland ice cap. The icy hills are responding to the influence of a higher command system: the clouds.
An international research team led by scientists from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium report in Nature Communications journal that cloud cover above the northern hemisphere’s largest single volume of permanent ice is raising temperatures by between 2 degrees and 3 degrees...
Oklahoma aims to find ways to reduce induced earthquakes
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 30th, 2016
United Press International: Mary Fallin, governor of emerging shale state Oklahoma, said she set aside more than $1 million in emergency funds to support earthquake research.
Fallin approved $1.38 million in one-time costs to support earthquake research to be directed by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
"I'm committed to funding seismic research, bringing on line advanced technology and more staff to fully support our regulators at they take meaningful action on earthquakes," she...
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Posted by Orlando Sentinel: None Given on January 30th, 2016
Orlando Sentinel: Earlier this month House Speaker Steve Crisafulli made an appeal on our opinion page for one of his legislative priorities, a bill to rewrite water policy in Florida.
"Florida's most valuable natural resource is our water," Crisafulli, a Merritt Island Republican, wrote in a guest column. "From it flows life for our people, our food supply, our environmental resources and our economic prosperity. Policy choices we make today will greatly impact the future of our state."
Legislators in both...
South Florida mayors have reason goad candidates on climate
Posted by Palm Beach Post: None Given on January 30th, 2016
Palm Beach Post: Climate change in South Florida isn’t theoretical. It isn’t some problem for some undefinable future that our kids will have to deal with. It’s a pain in the neck right now.
Ask the people of Miami Beach, where they’re elevating streets to cope with the unstoppable rise of sea water. The people of Hallandale Beach, where most drinking wells are closed because the water is too salty.
Yet the two candidates for president from South Florida cannot bring themselves to acknowledge what’s happening....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on South Florida mayors have reason goad candidates on climateOilsands’ share of GHG emissions to double by 2030
Posted by Ottawa Citizen: None Given on January 30th, 2016
Ottawa Citizen: Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says “more needs to be done” to curb greenhouse gas emissions, as new data show Canada is drifting further away from its climate targets while the oilsands’ share of national greenhouse emissions is projected to double by 2030.
Briefing materials prepared for McKenna, and obtained by the Citizen, show that oilsands emissions are expected to account for more than half the increase in total Canadian GHGs between 2010 and 2030.
Greenhouse gas emissions from...
In Canada, Justin Trudeau takes pipelines in a new direction
Posted by LA Times: Christopher Guly on January 29th, 2016
LA Times: It's getting harder to build an oil pipeline in Canada.
In 2013, when TransCanada Corp. proposed a cross-country pipeline that would be among the longest in the world, the Conservative Party was in power and the project's approval seemed a given.
But the new Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now requiring pipeline projects to pass a more stringent environmental review, including a climate test to determine how it would affect greenhouse gas emissions.
That change represents...
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Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on January 29th, 2016
EcoWatch: The city of Copenhagen is set to become the latest recruit to the unstoppable divestment movement, with its plan to sell off the coal, oil and gas assets of its 6.9 billion Krone (EUR1.29 bn) investment fund.
The Danish capital will join a movement worth more than $3.4 trillion worldwide, following Norway’s capital Oslo and non-European cities such as Newcastle, Australia, as well as more than 500 institutions, universities, banks, companies and thousands of people, who have already pulled their...
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