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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Agricultures devastating toll is evident in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Upper Midwest, where it caused 95% of wetland loss between 1997 and 2009. Wetlands in the United States are now even more vulnerable after the Supreme Courts 2023 decision in Sackett v.

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STATEMENT: Wealthy countries fail to deliver on climate finance at COP29 

Enviromental Defense

When you account for inflation, the new target of $300 billion barely exceeds the previous global commitment that was set in 2009. We all know that a dollar today does not go as far as it used to. By contrast, each year countries provide subsidies to oil and gas companies that exceed $1.3-trillion,

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California Climate Policy: A Preliminary Report Card

Legal Planet

California has done well in terms of total emission reductions – about a 10% reduction from 2009 to 2019. Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. For that reason, I’ve used 2009-2019 as my comparison period. What’s the Overall Verdict? The verdict on this issue seems very clear.

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With COP29 nearing its end, wealthy countries must deliver on climate finance now

Enviromental Defense

Background information: In 2009, 15-years ago, wealthy countries agreed to mobilize $100-billion a year for the countries most vulnerable to climate change for every year between 2020 and 2025. That was first successfully delivered only in 2022.

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Alaska Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

Circle of Blue

What had once seemed an impossibility to Cameron, who moved to the coastal community in 2008 from Idaho and began working for the city in 2009, was suddenly her problem to fix: How could you have a drought and water shortages in Alaska? Between 1950 and 2009, the average summer temperature on the upper Kenai Peninsula was 53.6

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Watching Over a Fragile Desert From the Skies

Inside Climate News

By Humberto Basilio In 2009, South American deserts stretching from Peru’s parched coast to the wilds of Patagonia became a playground for the global off-road racing elite. A group of scientists looking for new ways to conduct studies that don’t harm the deserts of South America turned to motorized paragliding.

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2023 appears to follow an upward trend in the North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclone count

Real Climate

C (Benestad, 2009). The said assessment reports seem to have ignored empirical studies on tropical cyclones statistics, such as indications of more tropical cyclones with greater ocean surface area with sufficiently warm water to sustain tropical cyclones (Benestad, 2009). 635-645, 2009. References R.E. Blunden, T. Boyer, and E.

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