AR6 Synthesis Report warns only urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all |
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There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released March 20.
The IPCC's latest synthesis report is over 8000 pages long. World Resources Institute did a fantastic job capturing the 10 key takeaways of this dire warning to humanity.
Main points:
1. Human-induced global warming of 1.1 degrees C has spurred changes to the Earth’s climate that are unprecedented in recent human history.
2. Climate impacts on people and ecosystems are more widespread and severe than expected, and future risks will escalate rapidly with every fraction of a degree of warming.
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Conserving the Florida Wildlife Corridor could double protection of state water resources |
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March 17, 2023 – Gainesville, Fla. – A fully-connected Florida Wildlife Corridor could roughly double the permanent protection of many water resources critical to the state’s ecology and economy, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by the University of Florida Water Institute.
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For the first time, the UF Water Institute is issuing an open call to the water science, technology, education, policy, management and stakeholder community to assist with developing our symposium agenda. |
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Join volunteers working together to measure precipitation |
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Ever notice how it rains at the airport and sometimes not at your house? Rainfall can be quite variable, especially here in Florida. Join thousands of other Citizen Scientist’s who observer and report rainfall in their backyards using a simple plastic rain gauge. CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow network, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is looking for everyday folks to help measure rainfall at their locations. It’s easy and fun and only takes five minutes a day. |
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The Swamp Peddlers - a book discussion with Jason Vuic |
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Thursday, April 20
7:00 pm EST
Matheson Museum
513 East University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
You can choose to enjoy this event in-person or on Zoom.
In partnership with the University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, and the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine we are excited to welcome historian and author Dr. Jason Vuic to share about his latest book The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream.
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If you have any climate-related research, news items, or events that you would like to submit for consideration in the next newsletter, please email them to info@floridaclimateinstitute.org
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McCoy, I. L., McCoy, D. T., Wood, R., Zuidema, P., & Bender, F. A. M. (2023). The Role of Mesoscale Cloud Morphology in the Shortwave Cloud Feedback. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(2).
McPhillips, L., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Hale, R., Harms, T. K., Bisht, V., Caughman, L., et al. (2023). Learning from arid and urban aquatic ecosystems to inform more sustainable and resilient futures. Journal of Hydrology, 66.
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