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Indigenous Territories Fight Climate Change

Study finds that Indigenous Territories are as effective as Protected Areas in preserving forest's carbon stocks

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The Winds of Change

UC Santa Barbara experts weigh in on the effects of offshore wind energy

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Sri Lanka Pledges No New Coal, Makes Push Into Rooftop Solar

In its latest climate plan, Sri Lanka is ruling out new coal power and aiming to reach 70 percent clean electricity by 2030, an important milestone on its way to reaching its goal of a carbon-neutral electricity generation system by 2050, Climate Home News reported.

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Securing the Smart Grid

Imagine massive blackouts, the disruption of essential government services, or hackers gaining access to millions of networked consumer devices. 

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Cities Are Making Mammals Bigger

A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people.

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Warming Western Antarctic Peninsula Waters Impact Plankton Community

Warming water and receding sea ice in the Western Antarctic Peninsula is changing the local plankton community with potential consequences for climate change, according to research led by scientists from Duke University and Duke Kunshan.

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Restoring Farmland Ponds Can Help Save Our Declining Pollinators

Pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies, hoverflies and wasps, interact more with plants at well-managed farmland ponds than those that are severely overgrown by trees, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

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Green Seaweed in the Yellow Sea

In June 2021, algal slicks painted the waters green off Qingdao, China, during the region’s largest bloom on record.

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A New Way to Measure How Arctic Plant Communities Respond to Climate Change

One of the big unknowns about the future Arctic is whether plant communities around the Northern Hemisphere will continue to increase their carbon uptake as atmospheric CO2 rises.

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