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What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us. Quantifying the Economic Risks of Climate Science Uncertainty SOURCE: Sandia National LaboratoriesA map developed by Sandia Labs shows the GDP risk due to climate uncertainty in 48 US states between 2010 and 2050, in billions of dollars at a 0% discount rate.

What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us

What we don’t know about climate science can really hurt us. Flood Maps. Why Surfing A Tsunami Wave Won't Work. Earth Impact Effects Program. Robert Marcus, H.

Earth Impact Effects Program

Jay Melosh, and Gareth Collins Welcome to the Earth Impact Effects Program: an easy-to-use, interactive web site for estimating the regional environmental consequences of an impact on Earth. This program will estimate the ejecta distribution, ground shaking, atmospheric blast wave, and thermal effects of an impact as well as the size of the crater produced. Please enter values in the boxes below to describe your impact event of choice and your distance away. WWF - WWF's International Smart Gear Competition. Enter the 2014 International Smart Gear Competition h Improving fishing gear is a key step in reducing bycatch.

WWF - WWF's International Smart Gear Competition

Gear modifications can increase the chances of escape for non-target species or, better yet, reduce the number caught in the first place. Simple, inexpensive innovations have proven effective in many fisheries and some of the best solutions to date have come from fishers themselves. WWF, in partnership with industry leaders, scientists and fishers, launched the International Smart Gear Competition in 2004.

Designed to inspire creative thinkers, Smart Gear is a call for innovative ideas that have practical applications for fishing “smarter”—for increasing selectivity for target fish species and reducing bycatch.