Fort Collins, Colorado, was forced to adjust its water treatment system to cope with polluted water.
Posted inOn the Road
Oyster shells recycled from New Orleans restaurants are rebuilding Louisiana’s coastal reefs
A short video from Local Motives shows how the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is revitalizing coastal ecosystems
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Scientists work to better understand how ocean acidification will affect marine life
The oceans have absorbed about a third of the carbon pollution that people have added to the atmosphere, which has made them more acidic.
Posted inPolicy & Politics
UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’
The world’s climate-stressed and pollution-degraded farming and agricultural system must shift quickly to sustainable practices to feed an additional 2 billion mouths expected by 2050, a new United Nations report finds.
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How solar farms could do double duty
If properly designed, the land used for solar arrays can reduce erosion and pollution run-off.
Posted inPolicy & Politics
Dusting for ‘fingerprints’ to determine humanity’s climate impacts
Extreme weather forensics in the climate change era opens avenues for better engaging real public service interest and actions.
Posted inPolicy & Politics
Sorting things out: Go ‘big’ or ‘small’ on climate solutions?
Jumpstarting widespread efforts to tackle climate change challenges involves getting past ‘either-or’ options.
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California city finds a creative way to conserve water
Healdsburg residents used treated wastewater for trees and bushes around their homes.
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Extreme weather, pests, fires, and drought threaten forests in Southeast U.S.
But landowners can help protect forests by using good management practices.
Posted inEye on the Storm
Australia ties Southern Hemisphere’s all-time heat record of 123°F; epic heat cooks Argentina
The Southern Hemisphere heat record was 62 years old; the heat wave in Argentina is a threat to a key world grain-producing breadbasket.
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Saying goodbye to a glacier: ‘On Time and Water’
Icelandic writer and thinker Andri Snær Magnason’s book is profound and beautifully written, full of intriguing stories about intriguing people.
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Nature Conservancy tool helps identify ideal solar farm sites in Georgia
It assists developers in avoiding sensitive ecosystems, like habitat for the gopher tortoise.