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Low Salt Marsh Habitats Release More Carbon in Response to Warming: Study [1]

"Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [8], 01/10/2023
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"Biden Moves to End Doughnut Lures and Other Bear Hunting Tactics in Alaska" [9]

"The National Park Service is moving to prohibit hunters on some public lands in Alaska from baiting black bears with doughnuts and using spotlights to shoot hibernating bears and cubs in their dens, techniques allowed by the Trump administration but considered inhumane by conservationists."

Biodiversity [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 01/09/2023
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"Nine Right Whale Calves Spotted In Atlantic Ocean: Researchers" [15]

"Researchers along the Atlantic Ocean say there have been nine North Atlantic right whale calves spotted this season, a positive sign for the aquatic giant described as one of the “most endangered whales.”"

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Canada [17]
Source: Global News [18], 01/06/2023
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"EU Ban On Deforestation-Linked Goods Sets Benchmark, Say US Lawmakers" [19]

"A groundbreaking EU deal to ban the import of goods linked to deforestation has set a global benchmark and will hasten the passage of a similar law in the US, American lawmakers have said."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [21]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Europe [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 01/06/2023
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"Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?" [24]

"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 [20]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Forests [25]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [6]
South America [26]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [27], 01/05/2023
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"Emperor Penguins, Reindeer Among Threatened Species: WWF" [28]

"Emperor penguins and reindeer were among the species highlighted in a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report as severely threatened by  the cascading impacts of climate change."

Biodiversity [2]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
International [7]
Antarctica & Arctic [29]
Source: DW [30], 01/05/2023
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"The Hidden Underwater Forests That Could Help Tackle the Cimate Crisis" [31]

"Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and has high nutritional value, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, pollution and invasive species".

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: Guardian [32], 01/04/2023
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Colorado Plans To Reintroduce Wolves On Western Slope By 2023 Deadline [33]

"Colorado could be less than a year away from the state’s first relocation of gray wolves to parts of the Western Slope, as required by a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2020."

Biodiversity [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [4]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Source: States Newsroom [35], 01/04/2023
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Endangered Bird May Get 275,000 Protected Acres In Hawaii [36]

"Federal wildlife officials have proposed that more than 275,000 acres of forest across Hawaii be designated critical habitat for the ‘i‘iwi bird, one of about a dozen native honeycreeper species currently headed toward extinction."

Biodiversity [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [4]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [37], 01/03/2023
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"How Can Coral Reefs Deal With Climate Change? Get Better Roommates" [38]

"Time is running out for coral reefs as the climate gets hotter. So scientists are searching the globe for corals that are better at enduring heat."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Natural Resources [4]
Science [39]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
International [7]
Source: NPR [40], 01/02/2023
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