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    North America drought food security Ocean
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2024

    Ocean Carbon Removal Is Uncharted Territory. The US Can Help Change That

    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    A scientist takes a soil sample to measure carbon sequestration in a seagrass bed.
    • carbon removal
    • Ocean
    • Climate Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2017

    In a Broken Food System, Consumers Have More Power Than They Realize

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Farmers’ market in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 8, 2015

    Coastal Community Leaders Aim for Strategy on Rising Seas, Extreme Weather

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    North Charleston flooding from Hurricane Joaquin in 2015. Photo Credit: Ryan Johnson/Flickr
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • Climate Resilience
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Food
    North America
    Insights
    June 11, 2014

    High Water Stress Jeopardizes One-Third of World’s Corn Crop

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Water limits to corn production are likely to be exacerbated as climate change alters global precipitation patterns. Photo Credit: Jane/Flickr
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Food
    Africa Asia North America
    News
    June 4, 2014

    RELEASE: Farmed Fish Production Must More than Double by 2050, New Analysis Finds

    • aquaculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • aquaculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 13, 2014

    Amidst California’s Drought, an Opportunity for Action

    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    The majority of California is currently blanketed in "extreme drought." Photo credit: Amber Tsuchida, Flickr
    • climate change
    • drought
    • climate impacts
    Food
    Africa Asia Europe North America Latin America
    News
    December 3, 2013

    New Report Offers Menu of Solutions to Close the Global Food Gap

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • restoration
    Climate
    Africa Asia
    Research
    November 11, 2013

    Weaving the Net

    Latin America
    Data
    February 18, 2011

    Reefs at Risk in the Atlantic/Caribbean

    • Ocean
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • coral reefs

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