September 13, 2012
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Air & Climate Newsletter September 13, 2012 |
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Study maps pollution’s pathway to the Arctic, sets path for future research
MIT researchers have built a model that will be further developed as part of an NSF-funded project to track how chemicals get to remote Arctic environments. Written by Vicki Ekstrom. You can read the original story in MIT News It`s been more than a decade since global leaders met in Stockholm, Sweden, to sign a treaty with the goal of eliminating persistent organic pollutants making their way into our food chain — such as harmful pesticides like DDT that nearly wiped out the American Bald Eagle. While leaders have come a long way in restricting these types of pollutants, contamination ... | ||
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Rich nations commit to help Pacific fight climate change
The Pacific Islands have obtained commitments from developed countries to help them protect their marine environment, and stave off threats from climate change and rising sea levels. At the Pacific Islands Forum last month (27–31 August), United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an investment of US$25 million over five years to make coastal communities more resilient to extreme weather in the short-term, and to rising sea levels over the longer-term. And Australia announced and investment of AU$58 million (just over US$60 million), specifically to improve weather and ... | ||
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