Author Profile: Randy Showstack

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News 18 October 2016

Scientists, Activists Call for Climate Topic in Wednesday’s Debate

As environmentalists petition for climate questions in the final presidential debate, some scientists are urging—and others taking polls about—climate as a topic for politicians to address.

Biogeosciences

An image taken from an ever-changing online display by Global Fishing Watch of commercial fishing activity worldwide.

News 12 October 2016

Online Tracking of Ships Fights Illegal Fishing Worldwide

The system currently follows and records the movements of more than 35,000 large fishing vessels globally to bring transparency to commercial fishing activities.

Science Policy & Funding

News 10 October 2016

Trump Touts "Clean Coal" in Second Debate

The Republican presidential candidate also attacked regulation of energy production by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Shaded-relief rendering of ArcticDEM digital elevation model, north pole.

News 29 September 2016

First Arctic Science Ministers' Confab Yields Cooperation Pledge

Newly announced ventures and advances include developing an Integrated Arctic Observing System and the release of the first-ever Arctic-wide digital elevation model.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Donald Trump speaks as Hillary Clinton listens during their first presidential debate.

News 27 September 2016

Candidates Have Dustup over Climate in First Debate

During the first presidential candidate debate Monday, Donald Trump denied saying that climate change is a hoax, but his own tweets show otherwise.

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Climate Change

A soldier guards a United Nations peacekeeping base in northern Mali in July 2015.

News 23 September 2016

White House: National Security Plans Must Consider Climate Risks

Along with the new policy directive, the administration released a report on how climate changes—from more extreme weather to sea level rise—can threaten national security.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Barack Obama views Bear Glacier on a 1 September 2015 boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska.

News 22 September 2016

Top Arctic Science Diplomats Convene at White House Next Week

Precipitous transformations from climate change add impetus for this international meeting to guide cooperative research in the northern polar region, U.S. official says.

Science Policy & Funding

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News 21 September 2016

Congressional Caucus for Earth and Space Sciences Gets Launched

Organizers of the bipartisan caucus say it will urge sustained federal investments in Earth and space sciences, educate members of Congress, and provide a forum for relevant policy discussions.

Science Policy & Funding

Small colony of the black coral Bathypathes.

News 19 September 2016

Obama Unveils First Marine National Monument in the Atlantic

The new designation follows the administration's expansion last month of a marine sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii into the world's largest protected ocean area.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 16 September 2016

Next President Must Name Science Leaders Fast, Report Urges

The report steers clear of providing guidance for how the next president should deal with specific science and technology issues, but it calls out climate change as a key policy area.

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