#Small-farm tech reduces deforestation, climate change

“#Small-farm tech reduces deforestation, climate change” Miombo woodlands near the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. Credit: Johanne Pelletier Small farms in Zambia that use the latest hybrid seed for maize, along with improving health on neutral soils, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change, Cornell University researchers report this month in Global Environmental Change. “Scientists…

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#NASA examines Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s structural changes

“#NASA examines Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s structural changes” NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image to forecasters of Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the central North Atlantic Ocean on July 22, 2020. Credit: NASA Worldview Visible and microwave imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite indicated Tropical Storm Gonzalo was slightly less organized than it was on the previous…

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#NASA finds strength in new Gulf Tropical Depression 8

“#NASA finds strength in new Gulf Tropical Depression 8” On July 23 at 4:05 a.m. EDT (0805 UTC), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite gathered temperature information about Tropical Depression 8’s cloud tops. MODIS found several areas of powerful thunderstorms (red) where temperatures were as cold as or colder than minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit…

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#U.S. Congress approves conservation bill

“#U.S. Congress approves conservation bill” by Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/land.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: CC0 Public Domain” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/land.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”land” height=”480″ src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2020/land.jpg” title=”Credit: CC0 Public Domain” width=”800″></img><figcaption> Credit: CC0 Public Domain </figcaption></figure></div> Congress has passed sweeping legislation allocating $900 million a year for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and an…

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#New technique to capture carbon dioxide could greatly reduce power plant greenhouse gases

“#New technique to capture carbon dioxide could greatly reduce power plant greenhouse gases” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A big advance in carbon capture technology could provide an efficient and inexpensive way for natural gas power plants to remove carbon dioxide from their flue emissions, a necessary step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow global…

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#A world drowning in plastic pollution

“#A world drowning in plastic pollution” There is a credible pathway to significantly reduce ocean plastic flow into the ocean, but only if all solutions are implemented Credit: The Pew Charitable Trusts/SYSTEMIQ More than 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic will be dumped on land and in the oceans over the period from 2016 to 2040…

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