April 01, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Research suggests the current growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions is faster than those which triggered two previous mass extinctions, including the event that wiped out the dinosaurs. Carbon dioxide is now pouring into the atmosphere at a rate of two to three ...
Read More...March 30, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As the financial costs of climate change continue to grow, the federal government should insist on local risk reduction measures in exchange for financial support. “From 2005 to 2014, the federal government obligated almost $280 billion for disaster assistance. In 2018, in ...
Read More...March 29, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Denman Glacier in East Antarctica has retreated nearly 3 miles in the last 22 years, and if fully thawed could raise sea levels by almost 5 feet (1.5 m). Researchers found a trough underneath the glacier that extends 3,500 meters (11.500 ...
Read More...March 28, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As the earth continues to warm, the impacts of climate change will reach every city in the world, but some will experience more extreme effects than others. Some of these effects will include more extreme heat, droughts, and increased rainfall. “Hotter temperatures ...
Read More...March 26, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The city of San Diego conducted a sea level rise vulnerability study and found that large sections of the city could be underwater by the end of the century, and some areas much sooner. In the study’s worst-case scenario, “the Pacific Ocean could ...
Read More...March 25, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Researchers have discovered a hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic that covers “an area about three times the size of Greenland”, which could be a new record. Ozone holes are caused by cold temperatures that allow clouds filled with industrial ...
Read More...March 14, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Although it is uncertain whether COVID-19 is linked to climate change, it is a harbinger of things to come as health officials warn that rates of infectious disease will rise due to the warming planet. “The current outbreak is providing an object ...
Read More...March 13, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Greenland and Antarctica are losing six times more ice than during the 1990s, which would lead to even more sea level rise. “Every centimeter of sea level rise leads to coastal flooding and coastal erosion, disrupting lives around the planet,” said University ...
Read More...March 12, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The World Meteorological Organization has released a multi-agency report that highlights the increasing impacts of climate change.The report also “documents impacts of weather and climate events on socio-economic development, human health, migration and displacement, food security and land and marine ecosystems”. To read ...
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