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  Catherine Malli-Dawson

  

  Mar 18

  A World Without Bees? Here’s What Happens If Bees Go Extinct

  NRDC

  There was more bad news on the honeybee front last week. A U.S. Department of Agriculture report found that honeybee losses in managed colonies—the …

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  Catherine Malli-Dawson

  

  Mar 17

  Global Freshwater Demand Will Exceed Supply 40% by 2030, Experts Warn

  ecowatch.com - Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” in 1798, but, with the world running out of fresh water, the …

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  Catherine Malli-Dawson

  

  Satellites Reveal Sheer Size of Record-Breaking Algae Bloom Approaching Florida

  ScienceAlert - Isobel van Hagen et al.

  An enormous stretch of seaweed measuring 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) wide is set to bring stench, pests, and bacteria to the beaches of Florida …

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  Catherine Malli-Dawson

  

  Is 1.5C still realistic? The crumbling consensus over key climate target

  Financial Times - Steven Bernard

  Sultan al-Jaber, chief executive of Abu Dhabi’s state oil company, has put one message front and centre since being named president of the UN COP28 climate summit: the world must not give up on the 1.5C target for curtailing rising temperatures. Ahead of the 28th gathering of world leaders to …

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  Catherine Malli-Dawson

  

  Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

  grist.org - Kate Yoder

  Droughts and floods are already intensifying as the world warms, putting solid observational data behind a trend scientists have long predicted and …

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  Catherine Malli-Dawson

  

  Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts

  The Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment editor

  The world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said on the eve of a crucial UN water summit. Governments must urgently stop subsidising the extraction and overuse of water through misdirected …