2020’s wildfires negated 18 years of California climate policy & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Monday, October 17, 2022 “We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.” – Steve Irwin Enough Commercial Fishing Gear Lost in Ocean Each Year to Stretch to Moon and Back “Ghost” fishing gear includes the lost, abandoned or discarded fishing nets, lines and hooks that pollute the world’s [oceans]( and entangle marine mammals, [sea turtles]( [sharks]( and seabirds, leading to slow and painful deaths from suffocation and exhaustion. Marine habitats like [coral reefs]( are also damaged by ghost gear. [Read More]( Related: [Climate Crisis Puts Half of Reefs at Risk by 2035]( ‘Up in Smoke’: How 2020’s Wildfires Negated 18 Years of California Climate Policy In 2020, [California]( suffered a devastating [wildfire]( season. More than 9,900 [fires]( burned around 4.3 million acres, more than doubling the previous record, killing 33 people and cost the economy more than $19 billion, according to the University of California Davis. [Read More]( Related: [Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing U.S. Air Pollution Gains, Study Finds]( As Ice Melts on U.S. Mountains, Sheep and Goats Battle Over Resources Scientists studying over 1,500 miles of the Rocky Mountains have documented competition between mountain goats and bighorn sheep. The competition is over resources that are being uncovered as glaciers melt. A newly released study documents these previously unknown conflicts and shows that most of the time, the goats are winning. [Read More]( Related: [Climate Crisis and Deforestation Are Bringing Tree-Dwelling Primates Down to Earth]( East Antarctic Glacier Melting at 70+ Billion Tons a Year In recent years, scientists have begun to raise the alarm that [East Antarctica]( isn’t as safe from the ravages of the [climate crisis]( as previously believed. Now, a study published in Geophysical Research Letters in September found that warm water is making its way into a dip beneath East Antarctica’s [Denman Glacier]( melting 70.8 billion tons of ice each year. [Read More]( Related: [More Intense Rainfall Happening Across the U.S., Study Finds]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 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](