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DEC: Phelps Site Poses Significant Threat to Public Health, Environment – Finger Lakes Daily News
The state has determined the G.W. Lisk site on South Street in Phelps poses a significant threat to public health and the environment. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is reviewing the Remedial Investigation Report for the G.W. Lisk Site located at 2 South Street. The Remedial Investigation Report (RIR) describes the…
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The Need for Increasing Private Sector Funding of Climate Solutions
climate change climate change By Galina Hale·November 30, 2023 University of California, Santa Cruz The Issue: Many of the mitigation solutions needed to limit further climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions already exist. There are also many existing strategies to protect people, property, and nature from the damages that are already occurring and are…
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Kingston planted 38 street trees this year, with a concentration in Midtown, mayor says
KINGSTON, N.Y. – More than 30 street trees have been planted in the city this year with funding provided, in part, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, according to Mayor Steve Noble. On Thursday, Noble announced that 38 trees were planted throughout the city using funding from the DEC’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant…
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California’s first Black-led conservancy acquires hundreds of acres in Placer County
The 40 Acre Conservation League, California’s first and only Black-led land conservancy, has recently acquired hundreds of acres of land in Placer County, a significant step towards making outdoor experiences more inclusive. The league acknowledges a long-standing history of discrimination and racism in the industry, public land and environment. With this new land acquisition, the…
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Author Correction: Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4 Published online 4 October 2023 In the version of the article initially published, the first name of Somphouthone Phimmachak appeared incorrectly as Soumphthone. The Data Availability section included the wrong link, which has been updated to https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/data-repository. These changes have been made in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.…
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Regional climate contributes more than geographic distance to beta diversity of copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) between caves of Italy
Abstract Despite the study of subterranean biodiversity facing harsh sampling and mapping challenges, the huge diversity of taxa, ecological adaptations and evolutionary trajectories in subterranean environments is gaining increasing attention. Yet, the spatial and environmental factors driving the composition of groundwater communities are still poorly understood. To partially fill this knowledge gap, we collected copepod…
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Efficiency evaluation and nonlinear multi-objective optimization of forestry industry transformation in the Heilongjiang state-owned forest region
Abstract With the deepening of the concept of sustainable development of the whole society, protecting forest resources has become a crucial task of the current society. The present forestry industrial structure of Heilongjiang state-owned forest areas has undergone significant changes, and the transformation of the forestry industry has become increasingly prominent. How to deepen the…
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Did yall know it was National Mississippi Day?
Did y’all know it was National Mississippi Day? Published 5:16 pm Thursday, November 30, 2023 So, according to the National Day Calendar website, NationalToday.com. November 30 is National Mississippi Day, honoring those who live in our great state. We who live here know we are great, but it is nice to know we also have…
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Dust Storm Catastrophe Serves as Major Warning
The tragedy of the infamous Dust Bowl era of the 1930s was repeated in the “mini” dust storm on I-55 in the heart of the U.S. Corn Belt in May 2023. A recent article that I wrote alongside Randall Reeder, Rattan Lal, David R. Montgomery and the late David Brandt, highlighted soil mismanagement that caused…
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Crucial to minimise inevitable harm to marine environment if Long Island reclamation project proceeds: Experts
POTENTIAL IMPACT The process of reclaiming land from sea “would certainly lead to the decline of marine species living in the sea and potentially habitats around it”, said Associate Professor Huang Danwei from the National University of Singapore (NUS). For example, half of coastal wetlands in China have been lost to land reclamation. The deputy head…