December 28, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The ocean surrounding Australia’s southern coast has warmed by 3.6 degrees F (2 degrees C), nearly four times the global average. More than 95% of the giant kelp forests, which served as an important marine habitat, have died. Many cold water marine ...
Read More...December 27, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: NOAA.Article Synopsis – In the last decade there have been major changes to the ice on our planet, with melting of ice on land and in the sea at both poles. Some of the major events have included the loss of Iceland’s Okjökull glacier, ...
Read More...December 26, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Antarctica broke a new record on Christmas Eve- the most ice melt in a single day, with about 15% of the surface melting. The production of melt water is also “a record 230% higher than average since November this year”, and the ...
Read More...December 25, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey.Article Synopsis – The retreat from sea level rise has begun in Woodbridge, New Jersey, where the state has bought and torn down 145 homes since 2013. “The goal of the state buyout program, Blue Acres, is twofold: To remove people and property ...
Read More...December 24, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.Article Synopsis – In the last year we’ve experienced fires, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, melting ice, heatwaves, and storms that have left permanent impacts on the earth. Some of the most notable events include a record setting amount of excess carbon was dumped ...
Read More...December 23, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Adi Talwar.Article Synopsis – To feed its 8.5 million residents, New York City relies on six food distribution centers, which are vulnerable to extreme weather events. With its high rates of poverty and the rising cost of food, New York City is already facing ...
Read More...December 21, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: AFP/Getty.Article Synopsis – A new study has found that the ability of “re-grown areas of the Amazon rainforest to draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and combat climate change may have been vastly overestimated”. The areas of regrowth were found to hold just “40% as much carbon dioxide ...
Read More...December 20, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: AGU/Geophysical Research Letters/Whyjay Zheng.Article Synopsis – Glaciologists believe that a glacial surge in the Russian Arctic in 2013 has led to the birth of an ice stream, which has never been observed before. Ice Streams are “rapid, long-lasting flows of ice that form in ...
Read More...December 19, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: David Gray/Getty Images.Article Synopsis – The combination of record heatwaves and record drought exacerbated by climate change has much of Eastern Australia burning. So far 6 people have died and an estimated 800 homes have been destroyed. As of Thursday there were 100 active ...
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