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(Unless otherwise noted, all news pieces were written by Gyami Shrestha.)
2014
December, 2014
November, 2014
2025 Target to Cut U.S. Climate Pollution by 26-28% from 2005 Levels...
....quick-turnaround projects... recommended by the National Research Council in 2007...selected for NASA funding at a total cost of no more than $30 million over five years...airborne field campaigns will investigate how long-range air pollution, warming ocean waters, and fires in Africa affect our climate...
As products of the 2013 workshop sponsored by the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program, these papers demonstrate convincingly that an integrated approach to urbanization and the carbon cycle is overdue....
October, 2014
Overview of the USGCRP research enterprise and recent highlights that demonstrate how the Program is meeting the mandate of the Global Change Research Act and fulfilling its 2012–2021 Strategic Plan...
Foster climate-resilient lands and waters; Manage and enhance U.S. carbon sinks; Enhance community preparedness and resilience by utilizing and sustaining natural resources; Modernize Federal programs, investments, and delivery of services to build resilience and enhance sequestration of biological carbon....
Forty one proposals from a total of 235 compliant Step-2 proposals addressing six specific research themes were selected for funding. The combined total funding provided by NASA, DOE, USDA, and NOAA member Programs of the CCIWG for these investigations is approximately $37 million over three years....
September, 2014
Oil and Gas Methane Partnership, Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, Pilot Auction Facility for Methane and Climate Change Mitigation, City Action to Reduce Methane and Black Carbon from Municipal Solid Waste, New York Declaration on Forests, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, Executive Order on Climate-Resilient International Development....
...Between 1990 and 2013, a 34% increase in radiative forcing—or atmospheric heat-trapping—caused by long-lived greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide....
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