Credit Joe Riis courtesy of Wenjing Xu
A new study from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) shows that fencing has a bigger effect on migratory wildlife like deer and antelope than previously thought. Fencing has been on the landscape for really a long time, but it s actually also missing from the discussion of a lot of ecologists and conservationists, even when we think about human impact on on the globe, people talk about roads, people talk about urban [areas], but fencing has been on the landscape for so long that people kind of take it as a part of the landscape and kind of become in that way invisible, take it for granted, said lead author Wenjing Xu.
The research, published in the journal
Communications Earth & Environment, shows that turning to the oceans for food if land-based farming fails after a nuclear war is unlikely to be a successful strategy – at least in the equatorial Pacific.
“In our computer simulations, we see a 40 percent reduction in phytoplankton (algae) biomass in the equatorial Pacific, which would likely have downstream effects on larger marine organisms that people eat,” said lead author Joshua Coupe, a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Environmental Sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. “Previous research has shown that global cooling following a nuclear war could lead to crop failure on land, and our study shows we probably can’t rely on seafood to help feed people, at least in that area of the world.”
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To Predict Future of Polar Ice, Environmental Scientists Are Looking to Past
Over the past century, global sea level has been rising at an increasingly rapid pace. That means the damage done by storm surges will be more severe, coastal erosion will accelerate and flooding will become more frequent and more expensive.
But one of the most troubling things about that trend is that current models for predicting future sea-level rise are missing critical pieces of information – key factors that could help us better prepare for effects of rising seas on our communities and our economy.
A new study by geologist Lauren Simkins, a University of Virginia environmental sciences professor, however, suggests that she and her colleagues, who describe themselves as “glacial geologists,” have discovered a way to test important variables in the equation that could make those models much better at predicting how much sea levels will rise – and how fast.
KP govt moves to control industrial emissions
Peshawar
January 8, 2021
PESHAWAR: There has been a noticeable change in the air quality in the Hayatabad Industrial Estate as the industries are now complying with environmental regulations, thanks to the KP government timely actions.
A press release said in pursuance of directives by Chief Secretary Kazim Niaz, a meeting was convened recently by the secretary, Forest, Environment, & Wildlife Department (FEWD) KP, in his office.
The FEWD secretary chaired the meeting. Other participants were the Environment Protection Agency director-general, relevant officials, those from Peshawar district administration and Khyber, representatives of the particleboard & steel mill owners, and members of the Sarhad Conservation Network.