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News 7 April 2016

Seven Ways Climate Change Threatens U.S. Population's Health

A report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program finds health risks from global warming tied to heat, air quality, vector-borne diseases, water issues, extreme weather, nutrition, and mental stress.

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Ocean Sciences

News 25 March 2016

Navy Ship Mysteriously Lost in 1921 Found via Science, Sleuthing

Scientists painstakingly compared a shipwreck spotted in 2009 to a 1904 schematic of a long-lost tugboat. A naval gun on the wreck proved to be the "smoking gun" identifying the vanished ship.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 24 March 2016

White House Summit Focuses on Solutions to Water Challenges

Announced initiatives included funding for water research, development, and infrastructure projects; the launch of a new National Water Model; and the release of a drought resilience action plan.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

News 24 March 2016

Upcoming Arctic Summit to Include Focus on Climate Change

U.S. initiatives aim to protect the marine environment and address climate change in the Arctic, U.S. ambassador says.

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Climate Change

News 22 March 2016

Science of Tying Some Extreme Weather to Climate Change Advances

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says attribution of some classes of extreme events can provide policy makers with better information about future risks.

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

News 17 March 2016

Interior Department Shelves Oil and Gas Lease off Atlantic Coast

The administration moves forward with offshore plans for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, but its removal of an Atlantic lease sale sparks sharp responses from industry.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 15 March 2016

Florida Mayors Spotlight Climate Change as U.S. Election Issue

In the run-up to presidential primaries today in Florida, a bipartisan group of mayors there raised the issue by convincing moderators to pose questions about it in national debates and in other ways.

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Atmospheric Sciences

News 10 March 2016

NOAA's 2017 Budget Would Support Observational Infrastructure

The Obama administration's budget request includes funding for an initiative to vastly boost the number of water-monitoring sites used to forecast floods, droughts, and other hydrological impacts.

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Planetary Sciences

News 3 March 2016

Congress Tussles over Bill to Provide Stability to NASA

Witnesses at a congressional hearing highlighted the need to provide stability to NASA but were lukewarm in supporting specific provisions of the proposed Space Leadership Preservation Act.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 1 March 2016

McNutt Breaks Barriers as Incoming Science Academy President

Two traditions fall to the wayside as the U.S. National Academy of Sciences selects its first woman ever as president and, in choosing her, elevates its second consecutive geoscientist to the helm.

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