May 29, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research that maps economic and social development to climate models has “determined that the poorest populations on the planet will experience more perceptible climate change than the richest. It’s harder for people to overcome disasters in regions without the resources and infrastructure that ...
Read More...May 28, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to new research, and the oil industry’s own reports, “the most widely-used technology for detecting methane leaks from oil and gas operations does not work reliably in extremely cold weather”. Methane leaks across the country are already underreported, with some areas ...
Read More...May 26, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In Antarctica, researchers have discovered hundreds of miles of mountain ranges and valleys beneath the ice that link the Eastern and Western Antarctic Ice Sheets and could contribute to global sea level rise. These “land forms prevent ice from East Antarctica from flowing ...
Read More...May 25, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with the Heartland Institute, a conservative group that dismisses climate change, to gather scientists and economists known for rejecting man-made climate-change for public hearings on global warming and the agency’s science standards. They also ...
Read More...May 24, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The looming threat of sea level rise and frequent flooding hasn’t deterred foreign investors from buying up Miami real estate, though they are only short-term investors with plans to sell before the market turns. The real estate site Zillow estimates that “by ...
Read More...May 23, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – City Planners in San Jose’s Alviso area are looking at constructing a “floating village” that could adapt to rising sea levels and better withstand earthquakes. Arx Pax, the creator of the SAFE Foundation, or Self-Adjusting Floating Environment, uses a system of concrete pontoons ...
Read More...May 22, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In a meeting of more than 40 officials in Broward County, community leaders “expressed concern over a lack of funding for sea-level rise adaptation projects”. County voters rejected a “proposed penny sales tax” that could have raised some money for the projects, but ...
Read More...May 21, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The National Park Service finally published a report outlining the effects of sea level rise on parks across the country after federal officials allegedly tried to censor the report. It was the report’s inclusion of references to man’s role in climate change ...
Read More...May 19, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – At a hearing on climate change held by the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks posited that sea level rise could be caused by falling rocks or soil erosion. This is, of course, not the cause of sea level rise and ...
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