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R. Heisman

Rebecca Heisman is a freelance science writer interested in wildlife and the environment.

Refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of the plant’s normal operations, in Anacortes in Washington.
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Carbon Tax Initiative Fails in Washington State

by R. Heisman 14 November 201614 November 2016

Environmental groups were divided over the nation's first carbon tax ballot measure.

Methane-releasing vegetation flourishes in small freshwater Arctic tundra ponds
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Aquatic Plants May Accelerate Arctic Methane Emissions

by R. Heisman 22 September 20162 November 2021

About two thirds of the gas produced by a study area near Barrow, Alaska, came from increasingly abundant greenery covering only 5% of the landscape, researchers estimate.

A scientist takes a smoke sample from a smoldering peat fire in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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The 2015 Indonesian Fires: Less Carbon Release Than Was Thought

by R. Heisman 9 June 201616 August 2016

Preliminary results from field measurements of smoldering Kalimantan peatlands suggest that the fires emitted 8% less carbon dioxide and 55% less methane than were previously estimated from lab tests.

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Algae Blooms and Gas Wells Drive Lake Erie Methane Emissions

by R. Heisman 29 March 20162 November 2021

In one of the first studies to investigate large lakes as methane sources, researchers found that Lake Erie is releasing more of the potent greenhouse gas than expected.

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Ships Bring More Than Cargo to Arctic Waters

by R. Heisman 9 December 201529 May 2016

A probe of ballast water in ships at an Arctic port finds hitchhiking organisms that polar warming could allow to invade the region's ecosystems in less than 40 years.

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