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NASA Set To Ditch Satellite-Based Environmental Data Source [1]

Instrumentation on the International Space Station that gathers 3-D images of forest canopies and other environmental data is scheduled to soon be junked. But the move is provoking an outcry from scientists and pushback from some politicians. Reporter’s Toolbox examines what the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation does and how journalists might make use of it, while it lasts.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Forests [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
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Public [12]

"Sacred Groves: How the Spiritual Connection Helps Protect Nature" [13]

"From Ethiopia’s highlands to Siberia to the Australian rainforest, there are thousands of sacred forests that have survived thanks to traditional religious and spiritual beliefs. Experts say these places, many now under threat, have ecological importance and must be saved."

Forests [7]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [14]
Public [12]
International [11]
Source: YaleE360 [15], 01/06/2023

"Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?" [16]

"One of the first times Luciana Vanni Gatti tried to collect Amazonian air she got so woozy that she couldn’t even operate the controls. An atmospheric chemist, she wanted to measure the concentration of carbon high above the rainforest."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Forests [7]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [12]
South America [19]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [20], 01/05/2023

Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [21]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [7]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
South America [19]
Source: Mongabay [23], 01/05/2023

"Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida" [24]

"Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [7]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [18]
Wildlife [27]
Public [12]
South America [19]
Source: NYTimes [28], 01/02/2023

Record High Number Of Dead Trees Found As Oregon Copes With Extreme Drought [29]

"Flying over Oregon's woodlands, tree health specialist Danny DePinte was stunned by what he saw: a stretch of dead fir that seemed to go on and on."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [30]
Forests [7]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [31]
Source: NPR [32], 12/22/2022

Great Bear Lake in NW Territories To Become Indigenous Protected Area [33]

"The Sahtu ́K’aowe Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area is set to move ahead and conserve the world’s eighth largest lake, after an announcement at COP15 biodiversity conference".

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Forests [7]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [27]
Public [12]
Canada [37]
Source: The Narwhal [38], 12/21/2022

"Cop15: Historic Deal Struck To Halt Biodiversity Loss By 2030" [39]

"Governments appear to have signed a once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems, but the agreement seems to have been forced through by the Chinese president, ignoring the objections of some African states."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [7]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [12]
International [11]
Source: Guardian [41], 12/19/2022

"Whitebark Pine That Feeds Grizzlies Is Threatened, US Says" [42]

"Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles, government officials said as they announced federal protections Wednesday."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Forests [7]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [18]
Wildlife [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [43], 12/15/2022

"Despite a Changing Climate, Americans Are ‘Flocking to Fire’" [44]

"Over the past decade, Americans have migrated to areas of the country with high wildfire risk, indicating that climate disasters are not yet prioritized in moving decisions."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [30]
Forests [7]
People & Population [35]
Planning & Growth [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 12/09/2022

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