California’s fossil fuel expansion plan to test Newsom’s clean energy record
Kern County officials approved a plan that could increase the number of oil wells in California by a staggering 40 percent or more over the...
Florida House panel moves two sea level rise measures, but not without debate
The House’s Environment, Agriculture and Flooding committee reported favorably two proposals (PCB EAF 21-01, PCB EAF 21-02) to address the effects of rising sea levels due...
Land could be worth more left to nature than when farmed, study finds
Nature-rich sites such as woods and wetlands more valuable because of the ‘ecosystem services’ they provide
Biden’s executive orders on climate have broad public support
Governing from the White House by executive actions – whether by executive orders or variations thereon – has its pluses and minuses.
Fighting misinformation Part 2: a multi-disciplinary approach
The apocryphal King Canute story has over the centuries morphed into a legend which shows the futility of trying to stop the tide. In fact...Rising seas and subsiding cities
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01009-6 Coastal adaptation aims to reduce impacts of relative sea-level rise from climate-induced sea-level rise and land...A global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change and coastal flood exposure
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 08 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-00993-z Land subsidence and uplift influence the rate of sea-level rise. Most coastal populations live in subsiding...
How ‘Cutting Green Tape’ can make California more resilient
California is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots – home to more unique species of plants and animals than any other state in the U.S....