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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. When wetlands are damaged or destroyed, that stored carbon is released into the atmosphere, where it traps heat, warms the planet, and fuels extreme weather, including catastrophic floods.

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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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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? Atmospheric warming, however, will almost certainly affect the waters quality. she wondered.

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Should the official Atlantic hurricane season be lengthened?

Real Climate

The difference is due largely to the differences in the regional atmospheric response that occurs in concert with the SST warming. In particular, they don’t just respond to SST changes, but also how the atmosphere changes as the SSTs change. 2009 ), a quiescent period of volcanic eruptions ( Mann et al. 778-781, 2009.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

million jobs in 2022, according to a report last year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A report this year by the US Fish and Wildlife Service found between 2009 and 2019, the nation lost enough acreage of forest and scrub wetlands to equal the size of Rhode Island. Photo by Derrick Z.

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Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 8 Webinar On Renewable Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

Rather than vent it into the atmosphere, companies have turned to collecting and processing the gas and using it to power compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, for power generation, or for other purposes. Tom joined WM in 2006 and has served in the Gas Group since 2009.

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The European Commission’s industrial carbon management strategy: ambitious and risky plans to achieve net-zero

Law Columbia

In fact, the impact assessment supporting the Commission’s proposed 2040 target suggests that the EU may need to remove up to 400 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere annually by 2040, and significantly more to achieve net-negative emissions after 2050.