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In a world first, Japan's most recent annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory, provided to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this month, factored the carbon absorbed by seagrass and seaweed beds into its calculations. The Ministry of the Environment estimates that in fiscal year 2022, that amount of blue carbon – carbon that is naturally stored by marine and coastal ecosystems – was roughly 350,000 tons
Hot, Happening, Not Heart-Warming: India’s Massive Forest Loss Between 2000 And 2023
In a report published by Global Forest Watch, from 2001 to 2023, India lost 2.33 Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 6.0% decrease in tree cover since 2000
Forecast group predicts busiest hurricane season on record with 33 storms
University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann cites record ocean warmth as key factor in unprecedented Atlantic forecast
How Minnesota is rebuilding its forests to counter climate change
But our Northwoods are in trouble, according to local scientists, and are at risk of becoming grasslands in as little as 50 years because trees can't adapt as quickly as our weather is warming.
New Zealand experiencing 5x more temperature extremes than expected
Research for ultradeep geothermal in Canada receives major fundingThink GeoEnergy5–6 minutes
The Cascade Institute at the Royal Roads University in BC, Canada has received $3 million from philanthropic funds to advance research in ultradeep geothermal
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