HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SIDS make up about 1% of the world’s population and face similar economic, social and environmental challenges due to factors including their geographical location, reliance on natural resources and limited industrial activities (Thomas, 2020). Small Islands, Large Oceans: Voices on the Frontlines of Climate Change.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Rising sea temperatures are impairing the health of marine environments around the islands, by coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Sea level rise has caused saltwater to intrude into the islands’ soil, such that areas previously used for traditional gardening can no longer be cultivated. Right to a life with dignity.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Despite promising adaptation strategies, sea level rise is projected to drown tens of thousands of acres of farmland within the century. He makes his living on the Turnbridge Plantation in his hometown of Hardeeville, South Carolina, 30 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. Storm events are getting steadily more intense.

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Washington Nature

MAY 26, 2023

If we're trying to conserve salmon populations, climate change is likely to affect our ability to do that: warming ocean and stream temperatures affect salmon, for example, and other changes associated with climate change, such as shifts in growing conditions for riparian forest trees, may also affect salmon habitat.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court held that NJDEP had acted within its authority when it acquired property interests to construct a dune and berm system along Long Beach Island and along 14 miles of coastline in northern Ocean County after Superstorm Sandy. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As sea levels rise, ghost forests expand. Sea level rise is causing ghost forests to expand along the east coast, with hotspots in New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. Ghost forests, then, are an intermediate stage in the Atlantic coastline’s quickening transition from land to ocean.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

While the Governor signed a number of significant environmental laws, he also vetoed several, including laws intended to address impacts to low-income communities of color from air pollution, water pollution, and sea level rise. This year saw significant budget allocations to facilitate California’s conservation goals.

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Environmental Science

JUNE 15, 2018

It created new paradigms and accepted evidence from geography - understanding how ground geology can affect soils, rock layering and profiles of the ocean, and how rock acidity impacts the flora and fauna that inhabit the area. This follows global mean sea level for accurate readings for a variety of functions. Geophysics.

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Legal Planet

MAY 8, 2025

As coastal communities up and down California contend with sea-level rise, theyre facing tough decisions about how to update their land use plans. The new plan will be one of the first in California to contend seriously with sea-level rise. Photo by Alfred Leung on Upsplash. Download as PDF

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

New research finds that Greenlands ice sheet is cracking more rapidly than ever as it remains on track to increase sea levels by one meter by this centurys end. By 2100, the ice sheets melting is on track to increase sea levels by about one meter, and 10 meters by 2300. Alaska, Hawaii, U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2023

Supreme Court narrowed Clean Water Act protections for wetlands that aren’t directly connected to “lakes, oceans, streams, and rivers.” “The The Supreme Court ripped the heart out of the law we depend on to protect American waters and wetlands.” — Manish Bapna, president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. 17-2780, 17-2806 (2d Cir. filed Oct.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 1, 2025

and the Danish territory have the opportunity to capture and monetize the torrent of clean fresh water pouring off Greenland and into the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. and other regions turns Greenlands overabundance of fresh water into a strategic resource in fierce demand around the world. Both the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 13, 2025

Most of that heat is going into the ocean, where temperatures in the upper reaches also set a record. Thermal expansion contributes to sea-level rise and fuels tropical storms. The global average temperature was nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial times, when the burning of fossil fuels began in earnest.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No. 3:17 -cv-03404 (N.D. BP p.l.c. , 18-cv-182 (S.D.N.Y.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The full Senate also confirmed Monica Medina to be assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs by a 61-36 vote. During her confirmation hearing, Medina pledged to prioritize addressing biodiversity loss, ocean protection and space policy. The bill authorizes the U.S. 5, 2021.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Next week, the House is expected to consider another six spending bills, including a bill funding the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. She has a Ph.D. International. Comments are due Aug.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

New research finds that Greenlands ice sheet is cracking more rapidly than ever as it remains on track to increase sea levels by one meter by this centurys end. By 2100, the ice sheets melting is on track to increase sea levels by about one meter, and 10 meters by 2300. Alaska, Hawaii, U.S.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Spinrad is a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. In both cases, the New York plaintiffs argue that the allocation of the summer flounder quota is based on obsolete data that does not reflect the fishery’s northeast shift, which may be due in part to ocean warming.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

On the first day of his second administration, January 20, 2025, President Trump undertook a flurry of executive actions, many of which jeopardize a healthy ocean and the health of the people and wildlife that rely on it. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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