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| Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:22 AM PDT The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and a lot of attention has been devoted to electric passenger vehicles and their potential to help reduce those emissions. |
| Coastal ecosystems worldwide: Billion-dollar carbon reservoirs Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:21 AM PDT Australia's coastal ecosystems alone save the rest of the world costs of around 23 billion US dollar a year by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. Coastal ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, salt marshes and mangrove forests make an important contribution to mitigating climate change. |
| Mathematicians develop ground-breaking modeling toolkit to predict local COVID-19 impact Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:21 AM PDT Mathematicians have created a new modeling toolkit which predicts the impact of COVID-19 at a local level with unprecedented accuracy. |
| Rise in Southeast Asia forest clearance increasing greenhouse gases Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:21 AM PDT Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new research. The findings show that forests are being cut down at increasingly higher altitudes and on steeper slopes in order to make way for agricultural intensification. |
| Sea-level rise may worsen existing San Francisco Bay Area inequities Posted: 12 Jul 2021 09:21 AM PDT Researchers examined the number of households unable to pay for damages from coastal flooding to reveal how sea-level rise could threaten the fabric of Bay Area communities over the next 40 years. |
| Every spot of green space counts Posted: 12 Jul 2021 07:22 AM PDT An international study of parks and gardens finds even the humble roadside verge plays an important role in the environment and for our health. |
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