"Global Study Reveals Widespread Salt Marsh Decline" [1]
"The world lost 1,453 square kilometers (561 square miles) of salt marsh between 2000 and 2019, an area twice the size of Singapore, according to a new study based on satellite imagery."
"The world lost 1,453 square kilometers (561 square miles) of salt marsh between 2000 and 2019, an area twice the size of Singapore, according to a new study based on satellite imagery."
"The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan is challenging a state permit approving construction of a gold and metals mine that would tunnel under the Saksaia Glacier on 6,100-foot Flower Mountain near the headwaters of the Chilkat River watershed."
"Cyclone-like auroras near the North Pole, dubbed space hurricanes, can transfer large amounts of energy from the sun to Earth’s upper atmosphere".
"China appears to be weakening its post-Covid restrictions on the farming of wildlife such as porcupines, civets and bamboo rats, which raises a new risk to public health and biodiversity, warn NGOs and experts."
"New data shared with The New York Times reveals stark disparities in how different U.S. households contribute to climate change. Looking at America’s cities, a pattern emerges."
An explosion of deliberately misleading information has hit the environmental journalism beat, argues the new Backgrounder. A look at how today’s untruth industry has evolved from that of the past, particularly in the area of climate change, and how reporters have now turned it into its own specialty coverage area. Plus, seven tips on what you can do to handle disinformation on your beat.
Biodiversity is on the minds of many this week as international biodiversity treaty talks take place in Montreal. For environmental journalists covering the topic, there are a number of databases readily available that track endangered species in the United States and globally. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has a helpful list. Plus, visit our new biodiversity “Topics on the Beat” [42] page and keep on top of the latest biodiversity headlines [43] with EJToday.
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s implicit threat of legal action against a proposed titanium dioxide mine on the flanks of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp raises unresolved questions about the scope of the agency’s authority to protect public lands outside their boundaries, legal experts say."
"Fernando Calderón-Gutiérrez is a Mexican underwater cave ecologist who dives in the coastal caves of Mexico, Belize, and the United States to document organisms and learn how they interact with their hostile environment."
A study supporting the use of hydrogen as a fuel -- a position favored by the gas industry -- was funded by natural gas interests -- documents reveal.
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[10] https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/global-study-reveals-widespread-salt-marsh-decline/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chilkat-indian-village-says-alaska-mine-poses-risk-watershed
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[17] https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/chilkat-indian-village-says-alaska-mine-poses-risk-watershed
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/space-hurricanes-swirling-over-earth-surprise-scientists
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic
[22] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/15/space-hurricanes-auroras/
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/china-s-return-wildlife-farming-risks-global-health-and-biodiversity
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia
[29] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/15/chinas-return-to-wildlife-farming-a-risk-to-global-health-and-biodiversity
[30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-impact-your-neighborhood-mapped
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[35] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/13/climate/climate-footprint-map-neighborhood.html
[36] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/disinformation-presents-new-challenges-environmental-journalists
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
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[42] https://www.sej.org/topic-beat-biodiversity
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[44] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/reporter%E2%80%99s-toolbox
[45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/okefenokee-titanium-mine-fight-escalates-interior-move
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[47] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/interior-letter-to-kemp-escalates-okefenokee-titanium-mine-fight
[48] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coastal-job-underwater-cave-ecologist
[49] https://hakaimagazine.com/article-short/coastal-job-underwater-cave-ecologist/
[50] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-touting-hydrogen-was-funded-gas-interests-e-mails-show
[51] https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/science/study-touting-hydrogen-technology-favored-by-gas-firms-was-funded-by-gas-interests-e-mails-show/
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