"The CDC Is Looking Into A Stomach Bug Outbreak At The Grand Canyon"
"Hundreds of visitors to the Grand Canyon over the summer were sickened by a norovirus, which prompted the CDC to take a look at it."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022
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"Zoonotic Diseases Like COVID-19 And Monkeypox Will Become More Common"
"Cases of monkeypox are on the rise in the U.S., with about 67,600 global cases, including about 25,500 in the U.S. Simultaneously, the world is still facing a COVID-19 pandemic, despite the number of cases tapering off. Researchers say these types of viruses, known as zoonotic diseases, or ones that spread between humans and animals, will become increasingly commonplace as factors such as the destruction of animal habitats and human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensify."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2022"A Moonshot for Coral Breeding Was Successful"
"Wearing a navy-blue polo neck emblazoned with the Florida Aquarium logo, Keri O’Neil hugs a white cooler at Miami International Airport. “Coral babieeeeees,” she says, before letting out a short laugh. Relief. The container holds 10 plastic bottles teeming with thousands of tiny peach-colored specks."
Source: Hakai, 09/29/2022"Nord Stream Gas Leaks Raise Climate Fears, But Impact Hard To Quantify"
"Unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are spewing out greenhouse gas emissions, raising fears that the disruption could cause a climate calamity - although to what extent is still unclear."
Source: Reuters, 09/28/2022"Hurricane Ian Nears Florida Landfall With 155 mph Winds"
"Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified as it neared landfall along Florida’s southwest coast Wednesday morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status. Damaging winds and rain lashed the state, and the heavily populated Naples to Sarasota region was at highest risk of a devastating storm surge."
Source: AP, 09/28/2022Senate Moves Funding Bill To Avert Shutdown After Manchin Deal Scrapped
"The US Senate has voted to advance a funding bill to avert a federal government shutdown, after a tense standoff over a controversial energy-permitting provision proposed by the West Virginia senator Joe Manchin ended with its withdrawal."
Source: Guardian, 09/28/2022Billions to Farmers for Programs That Were Not ‘Climate-Smart,’ - Study
"The Environmental Working Group urges retrofitting two conservation programs to help counter climate change, with nearly $12 billion in new funding coming from the Inflation Reduction Act."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/28/2022Texas Is Now the Nation’s Biggest Emitter of Toxics Into Water
"Texas is a notably easy place to set up shop for industrial projects with lots of liquid waste and nowhere good to put it. The state’s waterways are open for business, an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data shows, to send large volumes of discarded chemicals and industrial discharge downstream and out to sea."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/28/2022"Hydrogen Is Unsuitable For Home Heating, Review Concludes"
"Hydrogen is unsuitable for use in home heating, and likely to remain so, despite the hopes of the UK government and plumbing industry, a comprehensive review of scientific papers has concluded."
Source: Guardian, 09/28/2022"Tribe Opposes Alaska’s 20-Mile Road Expansion"
"Some Nenana-area residents and tribal citizens say a state road project outside Nenana should be paused after what they describe as a failure by the state to adequately engage the public. The state wants to build 20 miles of new road to open access to agricultural opportunities and improve food security. But tribal members say expanding Totchaket Road will go through ancestral land and further exhaust subsistence opportunities."
Source: Alaska Beacon, 09/28/2022"Africa Wants Its Climate Money. Will Rich Countries Pay?"
"This year’s U.N. climate conference, set to be held in Egypt, is being seen by negotiators and climate advocates in Africa as an opportunity to push the continent’s needs up to the top of the agenda."
Source: Mongabay, 09/28/2022Half Of World’s Bird Species In Decline As Avian Habitat Destroyed
"State of the World’s Birds report warns human actions and climate crisis putting 49% in decline, with one in eight bird species under threat of extinction".
Source: Guardian, 09/28/2022"Wildlife Protection Helps Species Thrive In Europe - Report"
"Many wildlife species are thriving in Europe thanks to protection and re-introduction, a new report finds. Grey wolves, Eurasian beavers, grey seals, and European bison have seen some of the strongest recoveries in numbers and geographical range."
Source: BBC News, 09/28/2022"Senate GOP Leadership Whipping Against Manchin Permitting Bill"
"Senate Republican leaders are urging their GOP colleagues to stay unified against a permitting reform bill sponsored by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) and to support instead a competing bill sponsored by his home-state colleague, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)."
Source: The Hill, 09/27/2022"Ian Makes Landfall In Cuba As Category 3 Hurricane; Florida On Alert"
"Hurricane Ian made landfall over western Cuba early Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, bringing with it “significant wind and storm surge impacts” as it continued to make its way toward Florida, forecasters said."
Source: Washington Post, 09/27/2022
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