August 10, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Caribbean states and territories are criticizing the Trump administration for leaving the Paris Climate Agreement, and are warning that greenhouse gas emissions must be sharply cut to avoid hurricanes and sea level rise threatening the future of their islands. Roosevelt Skerrit, the prime minister ...
Read More...August 09, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Arctic sea ice has shrunk by half in 40 years, and is projected to be ice free in the summer as early as 2040, which opens huge potential for shipping lane shortcuts, oil and gas extraction, fishing, tourism and scientific research. There is ...
Read More...August 08, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The seaside resort of Knokke-Heist, known as Belgium’s St Tropez, is in a “fight for its life” to save its shores from the encroaching sea. In an attempt to protect the Belgian coast against wave damage, the Flemish government has proposed building ...
Read More...August 07, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new report, the “melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought”. The evidence shows for the first time that ...
Read More...August 06, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As wildfires and heat waves spread across much of the globe, greenhouse gas emissions and investments in oil and gas are rising, pushing the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement even farther from reach. This rise in emissions is due to many factors. ...
Read More...August 04, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Using fossils, scientists were able to determine that 50 million years ago, when CO2 levels were at 1000 ppm, temperatures in Europe were 10–15 degrees Celsius (18–27 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than modern times. The heat in the tropics may have been even more ...
Read More...August 03, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – While partisans argue over climate change, military leaders in South Carolina are preparing for rising sea levels that threaten coastal installations. They are building a seawall around Parris Island, are dealing with flooded streets around their coast guard stations in Charleston, and ...
Read More...August 02, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New study finds that as sea levels rise, the water floods river deltas causing the wetlands to expand and release methane. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with more than 20 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide. “Overall, global methane emissions are ...
Read More...August 01, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists warn that leading global forecasts widely underestimate the future costs of climate change, by using outdated models. Currently, the projections used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fail to account for human uncertainty or “tipping points” such as the ...
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