August 24, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Victor Moriyama/Getty Images. Article Synopsis – Brazil’s Amazon rain forest, the “lungs of the world”, has been burning for the past week, and many are blaming Brazil’s President Bolsonaro. The fires were started by farmers to clear land for crops, and come after years ...
Read More...August 23, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: chenisyuan/Wikicommons. Article Synopsis – The Prime Minister of Singapore has announced it could cost S$100 billion ($72 billion) or more over 100 years to protect Singapore against rising sea levels. Singapore has already introduced a carbon tax and allotted “S$400 million over the next ...
Read More...August 22, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Worldwide/Newscom. Article Synopsis – Heavy rains and strong, shifting winds due to climate change have caused Lake Michigan to break its high-water record of 33 years. So far this year, 30 people have drowned, and the shoreline has been encroaching on homes and businesses. ...
Read More...August 21, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Getty Images. Article Synopsis – “The Trump administration has moved to significantly weaken the Endangered Species Act, limiting consideration of climate change when identifying species as endangered.” This new rule requires that extinction risk must be “imminent” for a species to be listed as ...
Read More...August 20, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Paul Hennessy / Nurphoto via Getty Images. Article Synopsis – According to the CDC, the number of reported cases of flesh eating bacteria has “more than tripled since 1997, from 386 to 1,256 in 2016”. Experts say climate change is “helping drive the increase, allowing ...
Read More...August 19, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Department of Energy and Climate Change. Article Synopsis – Direct Air Capture (DAC) is a technology that captures carbon out of the air and uses it to produce plastics, fuels and other products. In the next 10 years, DAC is expected to become more ...
Read More...August 17, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: NOAA. Article Synopsis – Scientist have warned that global warming needs to stay well below the critical threshold of 2 degrees Celsius to avoid climate catastrophe; some areas of the country are already there. This is evidenced by rising seas, heatwaves, storms, reduced winter ...
Read More...August 16, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Eyevine. Article Synopsis – The damage to coastal cities from sea level rise could reach $1trn a year, and adapting to it will take coordination between governments, individuals, and companies. “Actuaries calculate that governments investing $1 in climate resilience today will save $5 in ...
Read More...August 15, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: USGS. Article Synopsis – Recent studies have found microplastics in remote areas like the Rocky Mountains, the Alps, the Arctic and even the deepest trenches of the ocean. The plastics are showing up in the rain and snow all over the world. Some researchers ...
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