May 10, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Stephen Pond/Getty Images.Article Synopsis – The UK’s Environment Agency has warned that increased flooding may require entire communities to be moved away from coasts and rivers. According to a recent report from the Committee on Climate Change, “by the 2080s up to 1.5m properties ...
Read More...May 09, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – This article identifies the top 40 cities in the U.S. that have been the most impacted by climate change and projects the number of homes that will be lost to flooding and erosion by 2100. Cities in Florida, New York, New Jersey, ...
Read More...May 08, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Sean Gallup / Getty Images News.Article Synopsis – Researchers are predicting an increase in serial heatwaves as well as longer and stronger heatwaves in the coming years due to climate change. “Extreme heat already takes more than 600 lives each year in the U.S. ...
Read More...May 07, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – With the release of the new U.N. report stating that a million species are on the verge of extinction, it is more important than ever to act on climate change. Nature is essential for human existence. As Robert Watson, the chairman of ...
Read More...May 06, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
David Gray/Reuters.Article Synopsis – The Indigenous people from the Torres Strait Islands will file a complaint with the U.N. accusing the Australian government of violating their human rights by failing to tackle climate change. “In their complaint, the islanders ask the UN to find that ...
Read More...May 04, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Gunawan Kartapranata/WikiCommons.Article Synopsis – My op-ed discussing the decision Indonesia has made to move its capital city of Jakarta in the face of rising sea levels. The combination of land subsidence and sea level rise has made Jakarta particularly vulnerable. “Instead of spending hundreds ...
Read More...May 03, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Getty Images.Article Synopsis – According to a new study, “over the past half century, climate change has increased inequality between countries, dragging down growth in the poorest nations whilst likely boosting prosperity in some of the richest”. In fact, “the gap between the world’s ...
Read More...May 02, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images.Article Synopsis – “As climate change concerns grow, new polling suggests strong support around the globe for clean energy, putting coal-related investment in jeopardy.” In the poll of 6 countries considered to be major coal markets, the citizens in every single one ...
Read More...May 01, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Josh Shilko.Article Synopsis – According to a new study, “three-quarters of the coastal beaches and marshes from North Carolina to central Florida face a very high risk of erosion by 2030”. This will affect not only the residents of these communities, but the wildlife ...
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