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    United States North America forest monitoring 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
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    September 30, 2022

    3 Lessons on Wildfire Resilience and Recovery from Oregon’s Santiam Basin

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    A road leading into the woods with a welcome sign
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 23, 2020

    3 Ways President Biden and Congress Can Restore US Forests

    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Pine trees in Rampart Lakes at dawn.
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    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
    Forests
    Latin America North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2017

    Global Tree Cover Loss Remains High. Emerging Patterns Reveal Shifting Contributors.

    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    Aguaje trees in Peru.
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    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
    Forests
    Asia Latin America North America
    News
    March 21, 2016

    RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    August 19, 2015

    Northwest Lumber Mill First to Be Indicted on US Domestic Lacey Act Charges

    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    J&L Tonewoods was charged with purchasing illegal big leaf maple, violating the Lacey Act. Photo by Washington DNR/Flickr
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • illegal logging
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    April 21, 2015

    オバマ大統領の2025年GHG削減目標—野心的しかし達成は可能

    • forest monitoring
    • environmental democracy
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    写真撮影: Mingia Zhou/Flickr.
    • forest monitoring
    • environmental democracy
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Latin America
    Data
    February 18, 2011

    Reefs at Risk in the Atlantic/Caribbean

    • Ocean
    • coral reefs
    • Ocean
    • coral reefs
    Energy
    North America
    Research
    February 11, 2011

    In Deep Water

    North America
    Data
    June 28, 2010

    A Storm Warning for the Deepwater Horizon Spill: Major Hurricanes in the Southern United States (1950 to 2005)

    • Ocean
    • natural infrastructure
    • Energy
    • Ocean
    • natural infrastructure
    • Energy

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