Carbon Brief Increasing drought in Jordan: Climate change and cascading Syrian land-use impacts on reducing transboundary flowScience AdvancesIn countries where severe drought is an anticipated effect of climate change and in those that heavily depend on upstream nations for fresh water, the effect of drier conditions and consequent changes in the transboundary streamflow regime induced…

Live Science Climate Change Is Driving These Cute Mountain Critters Out of Their HomesLive Science“A lot of studies have documented climate change sort of nibbling away at the edges of species distribution,” Stewart said. “This is an example where you see a species disappearing from the center of an area of distribution.” Using radiocarbon dating…

Sentinel Awards Celebrate TV Depictions Of Health, Climate Change And SecurityNPRThe Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California hands out the Sentinel Awards to TV shows for outstanding accurate depictions of health, climate change and security issues. Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email …

The Guardian Brazilian court blocks abolition of vast Amazon reserveThe GuardianA Brazilian court has blocked an attempt by the president, Michel Temer, to open up swaths of the Amazon forest to mining companies after an outcry by environmental campaigners and climate activists. The federal judge Rolando Valcir Spanholo said the … and more »

Dearborn Press and Guide Keeping track: Crestwood students monitor environment during eclipse projectDearborn Press and GuideCrestwood High School students Leanne Alawieh and Ali Eter, both 16, record data as part of NASA’s citizen science Total Solar Eclipse project through the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program. Science teacher Diana Johns …

HB 542 & the Dealing of Pennsylvania’s Environment (I)Natural Resources Defense CouncilIn recent years, Pennsylvania’s state budget has repeatedly served as a chopping block for environmental protection, with legislators cutting funding to the state DEP by almost 40% over the last fifteen years. A $33 billion state spending bill that …

The Guardian Javid ‘misunderstood planning policies’ in approving fracking site, court hearsThe Guardian“The government must be held to account for failing to protect UK citizens from the health impacts of fracking and the untold damage it will cause to our environment, our climate, and those living near the site in Lancashire.” Hundreds of anti-fracking ……

Kirkland Reporter Spill response training prepares city staff to protect our environmentKirkland ReporterLast month, staff from the City’s Storm Utility Crew, Surface Water & Pollution Prevention and Fire Department joined members of the Marine Rescue Dive Unit of the King County Sheriff and the Washington Department of Ecology for a combined training on …

Novinite.com France to Host International Climate Summit in DecemberNovinite.comFrench President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that France will host an international summit on Dec. 12 to ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to Xinhua News. The summit is scheduled to take place two …France to host int’l climate summit in December: MacronXNewsPressFrance’s…

Cities Today Climate Summit of Local and Regional LeadersCities TodayThe Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders on Sunday, 12 November 2017 in Bonn, Germany will be the jumping off point for key initiatives and partnerships that support the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. The Summit will unlock …