"Weird ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Lives 100 Years, Pregnant For 5"
"The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found."
Source: AP, 06/21/2021
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"EPA Chief Reinstates Science Advisory Board He Dismantled"
"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he has fully reinstated one of two key advisory boards he dismantled earlier this year in a push for “scientific integrity” at the agency."
Source: AP, 06/18/2021
"NOAA Gets First Senate-Confirmed Administrator Since 2017"
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday got a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time since 2017."
Source: The Hill, 06/18/2021
"What Is The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, And Why Is It So Important?"
"The U.N.'s approaching COP26 climate talks have been in the limelight, but COP15 - the biodiversity conference planned for China in October - will be equally critical. Here's why"
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/17/2021
"Earth Is Now Trapping An ‘Unprecedented’ Amount Of Heat, NASA Says"
"The amount of heat Earth traps has roughly doubled since 2005, contributing to more rapidly warming oceans, air and land, according to new research from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: Washington Post, 06/17/2021
National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
Applications are open for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF), a collaboration of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Early-career US journalists will receive training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas — while allowing them to stay at their jobs. Read the announcement, watch the recording of the Nov. 21 info webinar amd apply now (Dec. 31 deadline).
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US-Funded Study Of Whale Hearing Going Ahead Despite Concerns For Whales
"An international team of scientists is preparing to trap a dozen baleen whales off the coast of Norway and conduct hearing tests on them to gauge their sensitivity to human-made sounds such as sonar."
Source: NPR, 06/10/2021
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