November 16, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The bipartisan Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act aims to “identify, protect and restore coastal ecosystems like kelp, seagrasses, marshes and mangroves that capture and store carbon”. These ecosystems can help protect shorelines from erosion and sea level rise while also providing ...
Read More...November 13, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, is rapidly melting, and when it collapses, the West Antarctica Ice Sheet behind it will become exposed to the warming waters. The melting of Thwaites alone would “raise sea levels by 1.5 to 3 feet”. To ...
Read More...November 12, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Even if humanity stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, Earth will warm for centuries to come and oceans will rise by meters”, according to a new study. In one model, the researchers found that if carbon emissions instantly stopped now, the planet would ...
Read More...November 11, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new study, rivers of warm air in the atmosphere “play a major role in the creation of polynyas”, which are large openings in Antarctic sea ice. Some of these openings “expand tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of ...
Read More...November 10, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – For the first time, the Federal Reserve has officially acknowledged climate change as a “potential threat to the stability of the financial system”. In its semiannual report on financial stability it stated, “The Federal Reserve is evaluating and investing in ways to ...
Read More...November 10, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The powerful storm surge of Tropical Storm Eta combined with sea level rise to cause widespread flooding across Florida. Rising sea levels inundated the drainage systems, causing storm waters to back up into the streets and flood homes and businesses. The flooding ...
Read More...November 09, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study argues that climate change was the driving force behind the extinction of several of our ancient hominin ancestors. Using fossil records and climate models, the researchers found that three of the five extinct species they studied had died out ...
Read More...November 08, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new analysis of 6,000 companies, businesses are failing to respond to investor demands on climate change. “The analysis looked at past, current, and future emissions and found that globally businesses are on course for a 4 degrees rise, despite ...
Read More...November 07, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Researchers at the University of Hawaii have found that the Marshall Islands may disappear by 2080 due to sea level rise. Freshwater resources could become inundated even earlier, by 2050. The study also found that “inhabitants can slow the erosion by restoring ...
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