California must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Monday, March 18, 2024 “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds A common “old world” tree, [European beech]( can be found across Europe — from southern Scandinavia and Spain to Sicily and northwest Turkey. A new [study]( by an international team of researchers has found that the [summer solstice]( triggers synchronized [beech tree]( reproduction all over the continent, influencing [ecosystem functions](. [Read More]( Related: [Protect This Place: Italy’s World Heritage Beech Forests]( California Must Triple Its Rate of Carbon Emissions Reductions to Reach 2030 Target, Report Says [California]( is not on track to meet its [greenhouse gas emissions]( reduction goal for 2030, new data released by nonprofit think tank Next 10 and prepared by consulting firm Beacon Economics reveals. To do so, the state must triple its annual emissions reductions, the 2023 [California Green Innovation Index]( said. [Read More]( Related: [Sequestering Carbon in Soils Isn’t Enough to Offset Livestock Industry Emissions, Study Finds]( ‘An Underwater Bushfire’: Major Coral Bleaching Event in Northern Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef In the past eight years, the [Great Barrier Reef]( — the largest [coral reef]( in the world, stretching 1,429 miles — has experienced five [mass bleaching]( events, tied by scientists to [climate change](. Most recently, [corals]( around six islands in [Turtle Group National Park]( located about 6.2 miles off Australia’s Queensland Coast, have seen extensive bleaching, according to scientists from James Cook University, as reported by Reuters. [Read More]( Related: [Playing Healthy Reef Sounds Underwater Could Help Save Corals, Study Finds]( Yellowstone National Park Receives $40 Million Donation for Employee Housing The National Park Foundation (NPF) and National Park Service (NPS) recently announced that Yellowstone National Park has received a $40 million donation. The money is earmarked for improving existing housing and expanding housing for the park’s staff. [Read More]( Related: [Former Japanese American Incarceration Site Becomes America’s Newest National Park]( Air Pollution in Classrooms Could Be Reduced by Up to 36% With Simple Method, UK Researchers Say A new study led by researchers at the University of Surrey in England has identified methods that, when applied together, could reduce air pollution in classrooms by up to 36%. [Read More]( Related: [Check Mate: Air Pollution Can Harm the Thinking of Even the Best Chess Players]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](