October 14, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Maui County has begun working on a plan for managed retreat and new infrastructure to protect communities from the impacts of rising sea levels. This week they filed a lawsuit against 20 oil companies seeking compensation for damage from climate change.” To ...
Read More...October 13, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the world, and is on a trajectory to warm 4C by mid-century. The latest models show summer sea ice will be lost 15 years sooner than expected and the permafrost is ...
Read More...October 13, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “A survey of maritime engineers found that sea level rise is often not factored into designs of ports, piers, and other coastal infrastructure. More than half of the respondents said that “a lack of design standards” was the chief barrier to incorporating ...
Read More...October 12, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new report, not only is climate change eroding the Florida real estate market, it has been doing so for nearly a decade. “The decline in sales in high-risk areas started in 2013, followed a few years later by a ...
Read More...October 09, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As the risk of wildfires increases due to climate change, human health effects, including deaths, will also increase. Some of the health risks associated with wildfires include burns, injuries, mental health effects, dehydration, heat-stroke, ptsd, eye irritation, respiratory and cardiac illnesses, and death. To ...
Read More...October 08, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The small town of Cameron, LA, sits just three feet above sea level and is in the eye of a second hurricane in a matter of weeks. Hurricane Laura, which hit Cameron on August 26th as a category 4, devastated the town ...
Read More...October 07, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Eastern black rail has now been listed as threatened due to “habitat destruction, sea level rise, and increasing storms due to climate change”. This marsh bird is likely to be “completely extinct by 2068”. To read the actual article click here.
Read More...October 06, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Important article from June that may have been overlooked regarding dramatic warming of the South Pole over the last 30 years. Research shows that over the past three decades, Antarctica has “been warming at over three times the global rate”. To read the ...
Read More...October 06, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – 60 Minutes interviews Dr. James Hansen and Dr. Michael Mann about climate change. The segments starts at 6:45 minutes from the beginning of the program. To watch the video click here.
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