September 25, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters. Article Synopsis – At the UN Climate Action Summit, the United States and China, two of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide, made no new agreements to cut their emissions. However, 65 other countries promised to “achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, several asset ...
Read More...September 24, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to the EPA, rising sea levels could cause problems with wastewater management for 1 in 5 households in the U.S. The properties at risk are those that still use septic systems. In Miami-Dade County alone, more than half of the septic ...
Read More...September 23, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: COPERNICUS DATA/SENTINEL-1/@STEFLHERMITTE. Article Synopsis – An iceberg about the size of Rhode Island has broken off of the third largest ice shelf in Antarctica, the Amery Ice Shelf. This is the largest iceberg that has been lost from the Amery Ice Shelf in East ...
Read More...September 21, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Jack Gruber/USA Today. Article Synopsis – Close to 4 million people in nearly 150 countries took part in the climate strike on Friday, with some of the largest turnouts in New York City, Australia, Berlin, and London. “Greta Thunberg, the noted 16-year-old Swedish environmental ...
Read More...September 20, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: MARVIN RECINOS/AFP/GETTY. Article Synopsis – By 2050, 1.5 billion people could be displaced by climate change, yet the international community has made no effort to legally protect climate refugees. Acting Secretary of the DHS, Kevin McAleenan, has acknowledged that drought and food scarcity are ...
Read More...September 19, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images. Article Synopsis – For the first time in 90 years, Exxon dropped out of the S&P 500’s top 10 stocks and the energy sector had its lowest weighting since 1979. While it is uncertain whether this is temporary or the ...
Read More...September 18, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Google Earth. Article Synopsis – New research has shown that surface meltwater draining through glaciers in Antarctica is causing an acceleration in melt rate. Some of these glaciers are moving “at speeds 100 percent faster than average (up to 400m per year) for a ...
Read More...September 17, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Getty Images. Article Synopsis – A new report from the World Meteorological Organization shows that the last five years have been the warmest on record and effects from climate change are accelerating. Sea levels and CO2 emissions are continuing to rise as well. “The ...
Read More...September 16, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: USGS. Article Synopsis – A new study has found that mega-melts, like the one Greenland experienced in July in which more than half the ice sheet’s surface was melting, cause the remaining ice to become more dense. These dense ice slabs have “already caused ...
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