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Study: Penguin diets key to understanding how climate change could affect humans:
This CBC article discusses how penguin diets are a key to understanding how climate change could affect humans. U of S professor compares the problem to the Irish potato famine of the 1840s.
The eating habits of penguins may serve as a warning about climate change, says University of Saskatchewan professor […]
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Study: Climate change could be making birds shrink in size
This article discusses how climate change could be making birds shrink in size, study finds. Now, a comprehensive study of the unique and remarkably detailed data Willard amassed has shown that North American migratory bids have been getting smaller over the past four decades, and their wingspan wider. The changes […]
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What’s not to like about biomass? Deforestation, pollution and overpriced power.
This Virginia Mercury article discusses incinerators that burn biomass for energy. What’s not to like about biomass? Deforestation, pollution and overpriced power.
What if you could get your electricity from a fuel that destroys forests, produces more air pollution than coal, and is priced higher than alternatives?
“Wow, sign me up!” […]
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Light pollution is key ‘bringer of insect apocalypse’
This The Guardian article discusses why light pollution is a key factor in causing the insect apocalypse. Scientists say bug deaths can be cut by switching off unnecessary lights.
Insect population collapses have been reported in Germany and Puerto Rico, and the
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Study: Fishery collapse ‘confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy’
This The Guardian article discusses how common pesticides have been found to starve fish ‘astoundingly fast’ by killing aquatic insects.
The research is the first to reveal the knock-on effects of insecticides on fish. Harm to bees is well known, but previous studies in Europe have […]
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Yale Climate Connections, November 1, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘How can academic and professional organizations reduce air travel to conferences?’
Essay: A student deals with hope and fear over climate change
Six groups that will help you get active on climate
Why climate […]
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Study: Small Adjustments to Wind Turbines Can Reduce Impacts on Birds
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses how small adjustments to Wind Turbines can reduce impacts on birds.
About 150,000 birds are affected by wind turbines every year in the United States, from collisions with equipment to changes in bird habitats due to wind disturbance, construction, and other factors, according to […]
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Study: Amazon fires increase malaria cases, and continue to burn
These two Mongabay articles discuss the impact of burning the Amazon forest:
Malaria surges in deforested parts of the Amazon, study finds. Tropical deforestation may spur the transmission of malaria at levels much higher than once thought, according to a recent study. Disease ecologist Andrew MacDonald and […]
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What will we lose? Tracking climate change in Yellowstone
This article discusses what we are losing – tracking climate change in Yellowstone.
Scientists have been predicting for years that fire activity in Yellowstone National Park is going to increase as the world gets warmer. Climate models predict more large fires and ballooning yearly burned acreage totals. There will also […]
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