July 13, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Brian Witte/AP.Article Synopsis – A new report from NOAA has found that “the number of high-tide flood days is rising significantly in more than 40 coastal communities”. The biggest effects are being felt along the East Coast. Officials and urban planners are starting to ...
Read More...July 12, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: NASA.Article Synopsis – “In a new study, scientists found that the Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica will likely hit a point of irreversible melting, after which it will lose all of its ice over a period of 150 years and raise sea levels at least ...
Read More...July 11, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR. Article Synopsis – Doctors are beginning to talk to their patients about how some of the consequences of climate change – heat waves, more pollen, longer allergy seasons – can affect their health. Seventy medical and health groups have called for action on climate ...
Read More...July 10, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images.Article Synopsis – Democratic presidential candidates are “urging the Federal Reserve to work with financial institutions around the world to confront climate risks that could trigger cascading economic collapses”. “They also want regulators to ensure that America’s financial system is resilient to ...
Read More...July 09, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Pierre Markuse (Flickr).Article Synopsis – Fires were reported in Greenland this week, with the arctic experiencing an “unprecedented” amount of wildfire activity this year. “In June alone, arctic fires emitted 50 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is equivalent to Sweden’s total annual ...
Read More...July 08, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Daniel Johnson /Herald file photo.Article Synopsis – A new report estimates it would cost $400 billion in the next 20 years to build seawalls along the coasts of the U.S., “an amount that would nearly rival what was spent to build the interstate highway system”. ...
Read More...July 06, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Getty Images.Article Synopsis – Britain has become the first major economy to pass legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2050. According to Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore, “We’re pioneering the way for other countries to follow in our ...
Read More...July 05, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Getty Images.Article Synopsis – Scientists have found that planting forests could capture two thirds of all the CO2 humans have generated since the industrial revolution in the next 40 to 100 years. This would require planting 0.9 billion hectares of forests that could store “205 ...
Read More...July 04, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Julian Meehan.Article Synopsis – The Secretary General of OPEC, the world’s most powerful oil cartel, believes Greta Thunberg and her campaign may be the “greatest threat” to the fossil fuel industry. Thunberg responded that that may be their “biggest compliment yet”. To read the ...
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