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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
In the wake of recent wildfires that have ravaged northern and central California, a new study finds that the severity of fire activity in the Sierra Nevada region has been sensitive to changes in climate over the past 1,400 years.
Local conservation can boost the climate resilience of coastal ecosystems, species and cities and buy them precious time in their fight against sea-level rise, ocean acidification and warming temperatures, a new paper by scientists at Duke University and Fudan University suggests.
Since 1959, land surveyors and other geospatial professionals have had two standards to measure the length of a foot.
Our planet has been baking under the sun this summer as temperatures reached the hottest ever recorded and heat waves spread across the globe.
While the economic cost of natural disasters has not increased much on average, averages can be deceptive.
A new study led by a UNB researcher will help identify optimal locations, technology and scientific approaches to maximize the effectiveness of whale monitoring in and around a major Canadian shipping region with the goal of mitigating ship strike risk.
