October 16, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: John Anderson/Getty Images/iStockphoto. Article Synopsis – Chemical analysis of marine fossils from 66 million years ago shows that ocean acidification can cause mass extinction of marine life. Researchers found that ocean pH dropped by 0.25 units after a meteorite strike, wiping out three quarters ...
Read More...October 15, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images. Article Synopsis – Economists and the International Monetary Fund are pushing for a carbon tax as the “single most powerful and efficient tool” to combat climate change. Not only would a $75-per-ton global carbon tax keep global temperatures below 2 degrees ...
Read More...October 14, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Mike Beauregard/flickr. Article Synopsis – Climate change is causing water levels in the Great Lakes to vacillate between extreme highs and extreme lows, making retreat from the water’s edge the the most logical solution. Almost every Great Lake reached record levels in 2019. In ...
Read More...October 13, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Leading world banks like JPMorgan, UBS, and Goldman Sachs say that recent weather and environmental events have convinced their investors that climate change is real and could wreak economic havoc. “Researchers found that if the temperature increased by just 4 degrees Fahrenheit, ...
Read More...October 12, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Mark Wilson / Getty Images. Article Synopsis – A new study analyzed FEMA’s buyout program for flood-prone properties and found that the number of homeowners utilizing the program has gone down in the last 30 years. “Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi — the three states ...
Read More...October 11, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Felipe Dana/AP. Article Synopsis – According to an International Monetary Fund study, “a global agreement to make fossil fuel burning more expensive is urgent and the most efficient way of fighting climate change”. “The group found that a global tax of $75 per ton ...
Read More...October 09, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images. Article Synopsis – Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned that “companies and industries that are not moving towards zero-carbon emissions will be punished by investors and go bankrupt”. “The Bank of England has said up to $20tn (£16tn) ...
Read More...October 08, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: cisko66/WikiCommons. Article Synopsis – At the C40 World Mayors Summit, leaders from 94 cities representing 1/4 of the world’s economy called for urgent action on climate change. While there is still little action at the national level in many countries, local leaders are committing ...
Read More...October 07, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: P. VOOSEN/SCIENCE. Article Synopsis – The Greenland Ice Sheet, which has the potential to raise sea levels by 7 meters (23 ft), has lost 329 billion tons of ice this year. “Melt from Greenland already accounts for 25% of global sea level rise, but ...
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