February 09, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Antarctica just hit 65 degrees F (18.3 C), its warmest temperature ever recorded. beating out the previous record from 2015. “Antarctica is one of the fastest-warming regions in the world. In just the past 50 years, temperatures have surged a staggering 5 degrees ...
Read More...February 08, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new report, several recent climate models are predicting up to 5.6 degrees Celsius of warming, much greater than previous models have suggested. “About a fifth of climate models published in the last year” have shown this alarming trend. Scientists are ...
Read More...February 07, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Arctic Oscillation is preventing cold air from moving south, resulting in the mildest winter on record in parts of the United States and Europe. It is unclear what, if any, connection the Arctic Oscillation has to climate change. To read the actual ...
Read More...February 06, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – An entire network of marketing and PR firms have been working for the oil industry to influence public opinion about climate change since the 1960s. Some of the common tactics used by the oil companies are “fake news”, “corporate philanthropy”, “false equivalence”, ...
Read More...February 05, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has shown that homeowners don’t believe their homes are at risk of sea level rise, even when shown flood maps that prove it. Although “party identification was the strongest predictor of general perceptions of climate change and sea-level rise, ...
Read More...February 04, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – NASA scientists are warning that warming temperatures could cause the reversal of a major Arctic ocean current, which would result in “significantly colder weather in western Europe”. “Changes to this cycle could also affect the movement of organisms in the ocean.” To read ...
Read More...February 01, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research has determined that it will be cheaper to reduce emissions and keep global warming to 2 degrees Celsius than to deal with the effects of climate change. “All those who have been saying that climate stabilization would be nice but is ...
Read More...February 01, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Jim Cramer, the CNBC host of ‘Mad Money’ has stated that fossil fuels are the new tobacco and believes the end is near for investment in the industry. Shares of both Chevron and Exxon fell after announcing revenue declines for last quarter. To ...
Read More...January 31, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Rising temperatures and extreme droughts threaten to intensify conflicts in Afghanistan where the U.N. estimates “80% of conflict is over land, water, and resources”. While Afghanistan has started initiatives to combat climate change, there is little they can do as the primary ...
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