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HONOLULU Scientists have started to introduce native damselflies into the wild on Oahu s North Shore to help repopulate the insect and potentially save the species from extinction.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources has been releasing orange-black Hawaiian damselflies to an area near Dillingham Air Field, the department reported.
Department officials said in a statement that the only other wild population of the insects is in Tripler Army Medical Center, but that the location is not ideal for population growth.
Kapua Kawelo, manager for the U.S. Army’s Natural Resources Program, said the state department s invertebrate program partnered with the Army to raise the endangered species in a breeding facility for introduction to the wild.
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services was recently awarded a $197,690 two-year grant to train personnel to improve Forktail Rabbitfish production in the CNMI and
John F. Kerry, former Secretary of State and current Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, joined intelligence experts and other stakeholders at a Harvard Kennedy School conference on the geopolitical, intelligence, and national security implications of climate change on Friday.
The half-day conference was co-sponsored by the HKS Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs’s Environment and Natural Resources Program, the Belfer Center’s Intelligence Project, and the nonpartisan think tank Center for Climate Change and Security.
The conference titled “Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global Security” was held just after Earth Day and a White House climate summit with 40 world leaders. Along with keynote speaker Kerry, the HKS conference hosted intelligence officers, climate experts, military personnel, and private sector stakeholders, such as the McKinsey Global Institute, to address climate change.
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No less than 10 IIASA researchers have made it onto the Reuters Hot List – the media giant’s ranking of the world’s most influential climate scientists – with IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, claiming the top spot.
The Reuters Hot List of climate scientists identifies the world’s 1,000 most influential scientists, using a combination of three rankings. These are based on the number of papers a scientist has published on topics related to climate change; how often those papers are cited by other scientists in similar fields of study; and how often those papers are referenced on other channels including the lay press, social media, and policy papers.
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The usual lush green of the
Bear Creek Greenway bike and pedestrian path was blackened by the Almeda Drive fire in September 2020. Not only was the Greenway itself scorched, but the vegetation acted as a conduit for the wind-driven fire to spread from Ashland to Medford.
Since the fire, crews have cut down damaged trees before they could fall on people, and planted grass to prevent erosion. But those were stopgap measures while a more complete restoration plan could be developed.
We explore the shaping of those plans with Steve Lambert, Jackson County Parks Program Manager. He is joined by Greg Stabach, Natural Resources Program Manager at the Rogue Valley Council of Governments (RVCOG), and John Speece, Project Manager at the Rogue River Watershed Council.