Wealth of Environmental Science at AAAS Meeting
The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Feb. 12-16, 2009, offers at least 67 sessions devoted directly to one aspect or another of the environment beat.
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Feds Find Big Flaws in Current Flood Maps
Flood maps for riparian areas and coastal zones are in need of significant improvement, according to a new National Academies report. The benefits of implementing the improvements would substantially outweigh the costs.
New Climate Change Reports Provide Insights
At least eight climate change reports have been or will be released, or are open for public comment, from the National Academies' National Research Council and the US Climate Change Science Program.
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Freelancers: This section of SEJ.org offers resources specifically tailored to YOU. Various SEJ journalists and others have offered these links as sources of information. We pass them along as a service. Includes Media Outlets That Publish Science (and Environment) Stories, a comprehensive list compiled by freelance journalist/editor Robin Lloyd. Also includes health, climate, nature and tech media.
International Climate Change Meeting Opens Oct.29
The next major round of international negotiations on climate change is scheduled for Oct. 29 - Nov. 9, 2001, in Marrakech, Morocco.
Scientists Call for Safer Coal Waste Impoundments
After the disastrous collapse of a Kentucky coal waste impoundment in October 2000, Congress asked the National Research Council to recommend ways to help reduce the potential for future calamities at about 700 U.S. facilities.
Terrorism Down on the Farm
Amid the torrent of terrorism news, one angle that's been overlooked is agroterrorism -- using biological agents as weapons against crops or livestock.
Terror and the Electric Grid
The Sept. 11 attacks should remind reporters of the vulnerability of the electric power supply system not just to terrorism, but to other natural and man-made disasters that could bring serious outages.
TOOLBOX: Database on US Fish Disease
As of Sept. 21, reporters and citizens have access to substantial US Fish and Wildlife Service data on fish diseases in US waters.
TOOLBOX: NOAA Launches New Flood Forecast
Reporters in some flood-prone communities now have a new forecast tool to help their audience anticipate floods.
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