WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48148) on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Coastal Blue Carbon as a Carbon Dioxide Removal Approach: Selected Issues for Congress" by natural resource policy specialists Caitlin Keating-Bitonti and Eva Lipiec. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Recent Congresses and Administrations have shown increased interest in the ability of certain coastal and marine ecosystems to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (  more

BURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- Simon Fraser University issued the following news: Mammoths, the massive pre-historic ice age cousins of the modern-day elephant, have always been understood to have inhabited parts of British Columbia, but the question of when has always been a bit woolly. Now, a new study from Simon Fraser University has given scientists the clearest picture yet when the giant mammals roamed Vancouver Island. As part of SFU researcher Laura Termes' PhD and publi  more