Via news.com.au
It's "weather extreme" instead
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Via Phys.org
"Sea level rise hot spots—bursts of accelerated sea rise that last three to five years—happen along the U.S. East Coast thanks to a one-two punch from naturally occurring climate variations, a new University of Florida study shows."
Via Nature
"Genetically engineered salmon has reached the dinner table. AquaBounty Technologies, the company in Maynard, Massachusetts, that developed the fish, announced on 4 August that it has sold some 4.5 tonnes of its hotly debated product to customers in Canada."
Via Earth and Space Science News
"A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discussed increasing ocean alkalinity as an alternative method of carbon sequestration in response to climate change."
Via NPR
A gastro physicist has developed a chip made out of jellyfish.
Via AL.com
"Newly introduced federal legislation would give coastal states, like Alabama, authority over a wider swath of the Gulf of Mexico when it comes to managing red snapper fishing."
Via The Atlantic
"In a remote bay in Indonesia, American researchers have partnered with local fishermen to uncover the mysteries of world’s biggest fish."
Via Phys.org
"Commercial fishermen may be able to catch more of the profitable fish they want with marine reserves than without them, according to a study in the journal PNAS led by the University of California, Davis. Using marine reserves as a management tool could also help the recently rebounded West Coast groundfish fishery sustain itself, the study notes."
Via The Mercury News
"Rejecting a petition from environmental groups, the Trump administration announced Monday that it will not list Pacific bluefin tuna — a torpedo-shaped fish that can grow to 1,000 pounds and which sells for $100,000 or more per fish in Japanese sushi markets — as endangered, despite that fact that the animal’s population has fallen 97 percent."
Via Phys.org
"The initiative marks the first time that companies from Asia, Europe and the US have joined forces to work on a clear agenda and commitment for change, and illustrate how sustainability scientists can actively engage as change makers."