Fred Pearce
English environment and science writer; a contributing writer for Yale Environment 360 and author of When the Rivers Run Dry (2006), The Land Grabbers (2012) and The New Wild (2015).
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Their wordsFrom the bayous of Louisiana to the backwaters of the Irrawaddy in Myanmar, from the lagoons of West Africa to the billabongs of northern Australia, mangroves are making a dramatic and unexpected comeback.
↗What Is Driving the Global Resurgence of Mangrove Forests?e360.yale.edu 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsMangrove forests are critical biodiversity hotspots, supporting everything from barnacles to tigers, and are vital fish nurseries for the oceans.
↗What Is Driving the Global Resurgence of Mangrove Forests?e360.yale.edu 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 5 months earlier
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India industrializing with solar instead of coal could go a long way toward saving the planet.
Their wordsClosing that gap by burning coal would be ruinous for the world’s climate. Achieving it with solar power could go a long way toward saving the planet.
↗A First Among Major Nations, India Is Industrializing With Solare360.yale.edu
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsSea levels are much higher than we thought. Real-world oceans are making a mockery of flood-risk forecasts based on crude global modeling.
↗A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into Viewe360.yale.edu 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd to make matters worse, coastal lands almost everywhere are subsiding faster than anyone realized — often many times faster than the seas are rising.
↗A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into Viewe360.yale.edu 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 5 months earlier
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Their wordsIt could be the last and best chance to save the world’s tropical forests.
↗Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?e360.yale.edu 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd market-based systems of forest protection and restoration based on trading in carbon offsets are floundering.
↗Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?e360.yale.edu 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsIncreasingly, the answer can be found in innovative ways to share the same space.
↗‘Green Grab’: Solar and Wind Boom Sparks Conflicts on Land Usee360.yale.edu 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsEver more land conflicts seem inevitable — certainly for solar power, which operates best in unshaded areas with gentle winds and moderate temperatures, the same conditions favored by many crops.
↗‘Green Grab’: Solar and Wind Boom Sparks Conflicts on Land Usee360.yale.edu 2nd of 2 in this piece