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Plants will demand more water in the future making less water available for people.

With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according to a new study. The research suggests a drier future despite anticipated precipitation increases for places like the United States and Europe, populous regions already facing water stresses.

Source: Dartmouth College

From Science Daily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191104112828.htm

Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.

From the BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50375482

When you check the weather forecast in the morning, the results you see are more than likely determined by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, a comprehensive model that simulates the evolution of many aspects of the physical world around us.

From Environmental News Network

https://www.enn.com/articles/60761-deep-neural-networks-speed-up-weather-and-climate-models

Source: Washington University in St. Louis

Faced with extreme weather events and unprecedented environmental change, animals and plants are scrambling to catch up — with mixed results. A new model helps to predict the types of changes that could drive a given species to extinction.

From Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190930131549.htm

In a future with higher temperatures and other climate changes, Alaska’s boreal forests could look significantly different than they do now.

From Environmental News Network: https://www.enn.com/articles/60290-warmer-drier-climate-could-transform-alaskan-forests

The recovery of the ozone layer over Antarctica cannot be taken for granted and requires constant vigilance.

That’s the message from Dr Jonathan Shanklin, one of the scientists who first documented the annual thinning of the protective gas in the 1980s.

This year’s “hole” in the stratosphere high above the White Continent is the smallest in three decades.

From the BBC:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49965556

U.S. also saw 4 more billion-dollar disasters since May.
Despite being the start of meteorological autumn, September felt more like a summer swelter across much of the contiguous United States. The month was also drier than normal, but 2019 continued its soggy stretch with the wettest January through September period (YTD) ever recorded.

From Environmental News Network

https://www.enn.com/articles/60145-september-2019-tied-as-2nd-hottest-on-record-for-u-s

In an e360 interview, Mary Nichols, the long-time chair of the California Air Resources Board, talks about California’s continued efforts to stop the Trump administration’s rollback of stricter fuel efficiency standards, and why the auto industry is largely on its side.

By Paul Rogers

From Yale Environment360

https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-california-is-standing-firm-against-trump-on-auto-emissions