February 05, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “An Australian court has rejected an application for a coal mine because of its potential contribution to greenhouse-gas emissions and global warming. It is the first time a new coal mine has been rejected in Australia, the world’s leading coal exporter, because of ...
Read More...February 04, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – After ambiguous language in the Green New Deal over nuclear energy, the debate is heating up over safety and affordability vs low emissions. Many scientists, including the authors of the IPCC, argue that more nuclear plants are necessary to reduce carbon emissions ...
Read More...February 02, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists have discovered a cavity two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall underneath the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The hole is “big enough to have contained 14 billion tons of ice, and most of that ice melted over ...
Read More...February 01, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Insurance premiums are already on the rise in coastal areas and other locations affected by extreme weather and sea level rise due to climate change. Insurers use the Actuaries Climate Index, which charts changes in extreme weather such as extreme temperatures, precipitation, ...
Read More...January 31, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has shown that global warming will change the color of the oceans, providing further proof that we are significantly altering the planet’s ecosystems. While the oceans will not look that different to us- the blues will be more blue and ...
Read More...January 30, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study suggests that sea level gauges in river deltas and low-lying coastlines do not account for land subsidence, severely underestimating the amount of sea level rise in those areas. The scientists argue that “deploying elevation tables in deltas around the ...
Read More...January 29, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Rising temperatures could drive some species to become sterile, making them succumb to the effects of climate change earlier than thought, scientists say.” Most of the research up to this point is based on the ‘critical thermal limit’ or CTL – the ...
Read More...January 28, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has found that even if we cut carbon emissions, at least one-third of the Himalayan ice cap will melt by 2100, endangering 2 billion people. If carbon emissions are not reduced, two-thirds of the glaciers will be lost. “The ...
Read More...January 26, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has found that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting four times faster than in 2003, and most of it is coming from land-based ice. While sea ice does not directly raise sea levels, the melting of land ice does, so ...
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