Enviros Sue Trump’s EPA To Save Salmon From Climate Change

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Conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday to protect wild salmon from so-called man-made global warming. The lawsuit is slated to be the first against the agency under President Donald Trump’s new EPA head, Scott Pruitt. It seeks to protect salmon from rising water temperatures, which some scientists say is caused by climate […]

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February 24, 2017 at 03:27AM

Global polar bear population larger than previous thought – almost 30,000

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The results of three recently-released studies that were not included in the last IUCN Red List assessment add more than 2,050 bears (on average)1 to the official 2015 global polar bear estimate, a point you won’t likely hear next Monday (27 February) from most polar bear specialists, conservation organizations, their cheerleaders and corporate sponsors on […]

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February 24, 2017 at 03:27AM

Watch the ‘super-soaker’ pineapple express storm hitting California

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NASA eyes Pineapple Express soaking California – video follows From the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER NASA has estimated rainfall from the Pineapple Express over the coastal regions southwestern Oregon and northern California from the series of storms in February, 2017. The West Coast is once again feeling the effects of the “Pineapple Express.” Back in […]

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February 24, 2017 at 03:16AM

Claim: Air pollution may have masked mid-20th Century sea ice loss

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From the American Geophysical Union: WASHINGTON, DC — Humans may have been altering Arctic sea ice longer than previously thought, according to researchers studying the effects of air pollution on sea ice growth in the mid-20th Century. The new results challenge the perception that Arctic sea ice extent was unperturbed by human-caused climate change until […]

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February 24, 2017 at 03:09AM