January 12, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A global campaign is being launched to create a 1.8 sq km fishing-free zone in Antarctica that would protect species such as penguins, leopard seals and whales, and help mitigate the effects of climate change. The huge reserve – five times the size of Germany ...
Read More...January 11, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study suggests that saltwater intrusion is releasing phosphorus from soils which could reach the Chesapeake Bay and fuel oxygen-sucking algal blooms that kill fish and crabs. To stop the flood of nutrients, researchers are investigating the ability of salt-tolerant crops ...
Read More...January 10, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New York City announced on Wednesday that it filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against five top oil companies, citing their “contributions to global warming,” as it said it would divest fossil fuel investments from its $189 billion public pension funds over the next ...
Read More...January 09, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Warmer waters of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia are causing more sea turtles to be born female, creating a dangerous gender imbalance in the endangered Green sea turtles. The temperature at which turtle eggs incubate determines the sex of hatchlings. Almost the ...
Read More...January 08, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new draft report by the IPCC states that global warming is on track to breach the toughest limit set in the Paris climate agreement by the middle of this century unless governments make unprecedented economic shifts from fossil fuels. The report ...
Read More...January 06, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study says warming has reduced the oxygen levels in large swaths of the deep ocean, upending where and how sea creatures live, shrinking fish populations, and threatening marine life around the world. These low-oxygen zones occur naturally, but have grown ...
Read More...January 05, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Downtown Boston flooded on Thursday when a powerful winter storm hit during a record high tide, creating renewed motivation to construct a $10 billion sea barrier in the harbor. Such a barrier would run from the tip of Logan International Airport to South ...
Read More...January 04, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Trump administration announced Thursday a draft proposal to offer offshore blocks to oil and gas drillers in almost all of the U.S. outer continental shelf in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The five-year offshore lease plan, from 2019 to 2024, would offer ...
Read More...January 03, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – One of the great mysteries of climate change isn’t scientific but psychological: When will the growing risks associated with rising seas and more severe storms begin to affect home values in otherwise desirable coastal markets? New research has found that homes exposed to ...
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