Environmental Awareness – Page 5 – PossibleThreat Articles

New tool enables Nova Scotia lobster fishery to address impacts of climate change

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Climate, Environmental Awareness, Fish, Fisheries, Global Warming, Marine Biology, Nature, Oceanography

Researchers use long-term survey data sets and climate models to help fishing communities plan for a warmer ocean. Researchers have developed a tool that incorporates projected changes in ocean climate onto a geographic fishery management area. Now fishermen, resource managers, and policy-makers can use it to plan for the future sustainability of the lobster fishery in Nova Scotia and Canadian waters of the Gulf of Maine.

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Population aging to create pockets of climate vulnerability in the US

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Chronic Illness, Climate, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Healthy Aging, Menopause, Personalized Medicine

Population aging projections across the US show a divide between cities and rural areas, which could lead to pockets of vulnerability to climate change.

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Fairy-wrens change breeding habits to cope with climate change

October 11, 2019 0 Comments Behavioral Science, Climate, Environmental Awareness, Genetics, Global Warming, Hurricanes and Cyclones, Mating and Breeding, Nature

Warmer temperatures linked to climate change are having a big impact on the breeding habits of one of Australia's most recognisable bird species.

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New tool visualizes nature's benefits worldwide

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Agriculture and Food, Ecology, Ecology Research, Endangered Plants, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Nature, Sustainability

The researchers set out to understand where nature contributes the most to people and how many people may be affected by future changes. By 2050, up to 5 billion people could be at higher risk of water pollution, coastal storms and under-pollinated crops.

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New study analyzes FEMA-funded home buyout program

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Civil Engineering, Disaster Plan, Energy Policy, Engineering and Construction, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Policies, Environmental Policy, Floods, Poverty and Learning

An analysis of FEMA's 30-year-old property buyout program offers new insight into the growing debate on managed retreat — moving people and assets out of flood-prone areas.

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Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Chemistry, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Materials Science, Optics, Organic Chemistry, Water

Researchers show that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously thought.

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Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Bacteria, Batteries, Chemistry, Environmental Awareness, Extreme Survival, Geochemistry, Microbiology, Nanotechnology, Pollution

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have shown that nanoparticles may have a bigger impact on the environment than previously thought.

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Infectious disease in marine life linked to decades of ocean warming

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Coral Reefs, Environmental Awareness, Environmental Issues, Fish, Global Warming, Marine Biology, Nature, Sea Life

New research shows that long-term changes in diseases in ocean species coincides with decades of widespread environmental change.

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Reef fish caring for their young are taken advantage of by other fish

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Coral Reefs, Ecology, Environmental Awareness, Exotic Species, Fish, Fisheries, Marine Biology, New Species

Among birds, the practice of laying eggs in other birds' nests is surprisingly common. This phenomenon, known as brood parasitism, was unknown in coral reef fish because most marine fish don't provide any parental care at all. Now, however, biologists studying an unusual kind of coral reef fish that does care for its young have found that, sure enough, other fish are taking advantage of this to get free parental care for their offspring.

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Predicting the impact of climate change on bridge safety

October 9, 2019 0 Comments Civil Engineering, Climate, Construction, Engineering, Engineering and Construction, Environmental Awareness, Floods, Global Warming

Climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of natural hazards like flooding. In turn, floodwaters erode a bridge's foundation, creating scour holes that compromise the integrity of the structure. But to date, it's been possible to quantify that scour risk. A new model developed by civil engineering researchers takes a holistic approach combining climatology, hydrology, structural engineering, and risk assessment to determine the effects of climate change on bridges.