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New Recommendations for a Climate-Smart National Flood Insurance Program
A new article co-authored by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law provides key recommendations on how to change flood insurance for a changing climate.
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Climate Panel Disbanded by Trump, Now Regrouped, Releases Report
The report details how to translate climate science into local action.
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Why We Shouldn’t Let Maritime Boundaries Shrink as Coastlines Recede
Climate change will pose many challenges for small island states — and shrinking maritime boundaries would only make matters worse, argues one climate lawyer.
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Deep-Sea Drillers Investigate Shedding of Antarctic Icebergs
Scientists are sailing to remote areas of the Southern Ocean to drill cores from the bottom that they hope will contain clues to past rapid changes in the Antarctic ice, and how it may react to warming climate today.
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Midwestern Floods, Climate Resiliency, and the Green New Deal
Midwestern floods, Western forest fires, and coastal hurricanes are creating a call for climate resilient infrastructure. The Green New Deal is a way to respond to that demand.
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Hurricane Maria Study Warns: Climate-Driven Storms May Raze Many Tropical Forests
Biodiversity could suffer as result, and more carbon could be added to the atmosphere.
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New Project Will Tackle Amazonian Development Challenges From Space
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society is part of a new project that will use satellite imagery to address environment and development challenges across the Amazon Basin.
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Changes in Ocean ‘Conveyor Belt’ Foretold Abrupt Climate Changes by Four Centuries
Led by Lamont-Doherty researchers, a new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts.
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Scott Barrett is Not Hopeful About Climate Change, But He is Determined
Focusing on collective action that aligns with human nature, he studies solutions to the greatest problem facing the world today.
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