April 2020 | Find Climate Answers

Coronavirus is driving down global carbon dioxide emissions to levels last seen 10 years ago, agency says

April 30, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/04/30/coronavirus-is-driving-down-global-carbon-dioxide-emissions-levels-last-seen-10-years-ago-agency-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_climate-environmentThe International Energy Agency says the drop in CO2 emissions is six times as large as the previous record in 2009. Original Title: Coronavirus is driving down global carbon dioxide emissions to levels last seen […]

Cape Cod Bay restrictions extended to protect right whale calves

April 30, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.capeandislands.org/post/cape-cod-bay-restrictions-extended-protect-right-whale-calvesVisit Underwater Times. Original Title: Cape Cod Bay restrictions extended to protect right whale calves Full Text of the Original Article: https://www.capeandislands.org/post/cape-cod-bay-restrictions-extended-protect-right-whale-calves

Effects of a deep-sea mining experiment on seafloor microbial communities and functions after 26 years

April 29, 2020 Currator 0

http://advances.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/6/18/eaaz5922?rss=1Future supplies of rare minerals for global industries with high-tech products may depend on deep-sea mining. However, environmental standards for seafloor integrity and recovery from environmental impacts are missing. We revisited the only midsize deep-sea […]

NOAA: Maine leaders: Feds must step up to protect lobster fishery

April 29, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1063003669/feedLeaders in the Maine Legislature are calling on the federal government to protect the lobster fishery in the wake of a ruling about protection of rare whales. Original Title: NOAA: Maine leaders: Feds must step […]

Trump Administration Fails, Again, to Protect the Gulf of Mexico Whale

April 28, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/samuel-eisenberg/trump-administration-fails-again-protect-gulf-mexico-whale Original Title: Trump Administration Fails, Again, to Protect the Gulf of Mexico Whale Full Text of the Original Article: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/samuel-eisenberg/trump-administration-fails-again-protect-gulf-mexico-whale

ENDANGERED SPECIES: NOAA extends protection zone for rare whales off Boston

April 28, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1062994973/feedFederal ocean managers are asking mariners to continue slowing down east of Boston because of sightings of rare whales in the area. Original Title: ENDANGERED SPECIES: NOAA extends protection zone for rare whales off Boston […]

North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer condition than their Southern counterparts

April 26, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/north-atlantic-right-whales-are-in-much-poorer-condition-than-their-southern-counterparts/New research by an international team of scientists reveals that endangered North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer body condition than their counterparts in the southern hemisphere. Original Title: North Atlantic right whales are […]

Amid the push to reopen, states and businesses plead for more federal testing help

April 17, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/17/amid-push-reopen-states-businesses-plead-more-federal-testing-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_climate-environmentOfficials are warning the Trump administration that they will be unable to safely reopen the U.S. economy without radically increasing the number of available tests. Original Title: Amid the push to reopen, states and businesses […]

More than half of remote reefs in Coral Sea marine park suffered extreme bleaching

April 9, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/10/more-than-half-of-remote-reefs-in-coral-sea-marine-park-suffered-extreme-bleachingExclusive: researchers found some areas outside the bounds of the Great Barrier Reef had 90% of their shallow water corals bleached this summer More than half of the spectacular and remote coral reefs beyond the […]

OCEANS: Bleaching on Great Barrier Reef more widespread than ever

April 8, 2020 Currator 0

https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1062820537/feedAn aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef shows coral bleaching is sweeping across the area off the east of Australia for the third time in five years. Original Title: OCEANS: Bleaching on Great Barrier […]