November 23, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households”. The UN estimates that over 275,000 people have been displaced by the drought, which is more than have been displaced by the ...
Read More...November 22, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A group of researchers has looked at a hypothetical geo-engineering plan that would shield the Earth from sunlight by spraying sulphate particulates into the atmosphere, in an attempt to reduce global warming. While technically possible and relatively inexpensive, it does not address ...
Read More...November 21, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “New research finds that people living in climatically turbulent regions tend to make riskier decisions than those in relatively more stable environments.” The researchers also found that ‘geography and climate have a long-term impact on decision-making, even after technology makes those constraints relatively ...
Read More...November 20, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Native communities are one of the most impacted by climate change, and due to their knowledge of the natural world, also may be a necessary part of the solution. Unfortunately, “indigenous communities have no guarantee that their cultural values, secrets, and traditions will be respected ...
Read More...November 19, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Climate change is causing parts of the Earth to become inhabitable, resulting in the displacement of thousands of people. This is due to fires, loss of agricultural lands, hurricanes, melting ice, lack of fresh water, rising temperatures, and rising seas. To read the ...
Read More...November 17, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In California, climate change is causing higher temperatures that dry out plants and soils and extend that dry season much later in the year, when extreme winds can greatly increase the spread of fires. “Over the past century, California has warmed by about ...
Read More...November 16, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to new research, “as the Antarctic ice sheet melts, warming of the atmosphere will be delayed by about a decade but sea level rise will accelerate”. This is due to Antarctic meltwater trapping more heat in the ocean. The Antarctic melting ...
Read More...November 15, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Plans to establish the first oil drilling operation in US Arctic waters have hit an ironic snag – a lack of sea ice caused by rapid warming in the region.” Reversing an Obama-era ban on Arctic drilling, the Trump Administration approved the first federal ...
Read More...November 14, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has found that natural solutions, like utilizing more land for forests, grasslands, and wetlands, have the ability to cut 21% of the yearly greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. That is the equivalent to emissions from all US vehicles. “Joe Fargione, Director ...
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