DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 4 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2023: Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) through the International Methane Emission Observatory (IMEO), and RMI, founded as Rocky Mountain Institute, announced a new effort to embed transparency and accountability in global efforts to reduce methane from the oil and gas sector  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: Universities Space Research Association (USRA) proudly announces the appointment of Dr. David C. Noone as the new Director of the Earth from Space Institute (EfSI). Dr. Noone, currently the Buckley-Glavish Professor of Climate physics and Founding Director of Nga Ara Whetu: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society at the University of Auckland, brings a wealth of experience to his new role.  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 5 -- The Journal of Sedimentary Research, an earth science journal dedicated to the field of sedimentology from the Society for Sedimentary Geology, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2023 edition (Vol. 93, No. 11): Research Article: * Controls On Bioturbation And Sediment Distribution In Carbonate Shoreface Deposits: Insights From Heterogeneity In Pleistocene And Recent Strata * Flume Experiments In The Development Of Crevasse-Splay D  more