July 10, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new study, climate change will not only increase the risk of food shocks from world corn production, but these crop failures could occur simultaneously. Corn is the most produced and traded crop in the world by volume. “With two degrees of warming, ...
Read More...July 09, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A massive iceberg four miles wide has broken off from a glacier in eastern Greenland, and another large iceberg in northwestern Greenland has drifted close to the village of Innaarsuit, causing the evacuation of its residents over fears of flooding. The iceberg in ...
Read More...July 07, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Over the past week, numerous locations all across the Northern Hemisphere have experienced their hottest weather ever recorded. The heat has been blamed for at least 33 deaths so far in southern Quebec alone. In Northern Siberia, along the coast of the ...
Read More...July 06, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “New research suggests that marine mammals in the Arctic could be threatened by increasing ship traffic as the region’s ice melts” and the U.S., Russia, and China all race to take advantage of new shipping routes. The animals are in danger not ...
Read More...July 05, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Florida Everglades, a 2.5 million acre “River of Grass”, and important ecosystem for numerous plant and animal species, is at risk of disappearing due to reduced freshwater and sea level rise. Through work originally pioneered by Dr. Harold Wanless, “we are ...
Read More...July 04, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Rather than retreating from flood-prone neighborhoods after Hurricane Sandy, many developers are taking advantage of the housing shortage and demand for waterfront homes in New York’s coastal districts by increasing building in the highest risk flood zones. In fact, “one in eight ...
Read More...July 03, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Pope Francis urged governments on Friday to make good on their commitments to curb global warming, warning that climate change, continued unsustainable development and rampant consumption threatens to turn the Earth into a vast pile of “rubble, deserts and refuse.” Francis made the appeal ...
Read More...July 02, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research has “warned that failure to meet the United Nations’ 2ºC warming limits will lead to increased sea level rise and dire global economic consequences. The study found that flooding from rising sea levels could cost $14 trillion worldwide annually by ...
Read More...June 30, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – NASA scientist and legend in the field of climate change, James Hansen, reflects on the 30 years since he first testified before Congress about the dangers of climate change, and suggests solutions for the future. One of those suggestions is a global ...
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