October 07, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – While coastlines around the world are disappearing due to rising seas, river deltas on the coast of Greenland are actually growing bigger. As glaciers melt, they send fresh water and loose sediment flowing out toward the ocean. Greenland’s deltas are largely shielded from ...
Read More...October 06, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As sea levels keep rising, coastal Virginia is likely to see more prolonged periods of high water and worsening effects from minor storms. Disturbances way out in the Atlantic that once might have been waved off as inconsequential can now cause tidal flooding. ...
Read More...October 05, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A monumental drying out that took place more than 5 million years ago caused the Mediterranean Sea to literally evaporate – and scientists now think this could have inadvertently spurred an excess of volcanic activity in the region. With so much less water ...
Read More...October 04, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station is built directly on the waterfront in Homestead — a location that has exposed the plant to serious natural disasters. When Florida Power & Light (FPL) proposed building two more reactors there, Miami state Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez ...
Read More...October 03, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The giant A-68 iceberg that broke away from the Larsen C ice shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula in July is slowly revealing a vast undersea ecosystem that has been hidden for thousands of years. It will eventually expose 2,240 square miles of ...
Read More...October 02, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Trump administration plans to scrap the Clean Power Plan, which was aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, as part of a broader effort to obliterate efforts to make combating climate change a top government priority. The Clean Power Plan directed every state to ...
Read More...September 30, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new report, in the coming decade, economic losses from extreme weather and air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels could rise to $360 billion annually, crippling U.S. economic growth. The report underestimates the economic impact as it doesn’t include ...
Read More...September 29, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists have just documented an unexpected process occurring in the air over the Antarctic ice sheet: The wind is causing snowflakes to vaporize — literally — before they hit the ground. The cause, they believe, is a particular type of wind pattern known ...
Read More...September 28, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Let there be no doubt: the horrific damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey was an almost entirely man-made catastrophe, one fingerprinted by all-too-human neglect, corruption and denial. The historic flooding was caused by a combination of increasing carbon pollution, warmer waters in the Gulf ...
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