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Greenland’s melting ice may affect everyone’s future
This National Geographic article discusses how Greenland’s melting ice may affect everyone’s future. NASA scientists are trying to understand how this region is responding to climate change—and how that will influence sea levels around the world.
Greenland’s ice is shrinking, this we’ve known for a while, since the science of global […]
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How USDA is failing farmers
This Politico article discusses how USDA is failing farmers. ‘I’m standing right here in the middle of climate change’. The $144 billion Agriculture Department spends less than 1 percent of its budget helping farmers adapt to increasingly extreme weather.
American farmers are reeling after extreme rains followed by a “bomb cyclone”— […]
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Report: Tracking the Atlantic Ocean’s Inland Creep in Miami-Dade County
This article discusses how the Atlantic Ocean’s salt water is creeping inland, into Florida’s aquifers. U.S. Geological Survey report documents underground movement of salt water.
It’s a gentle intruder, moving stealthily underground, out of sight but not undetected. Salt water continues to move farther inland in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, albeit […]
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Record Heat Thrusts Hawaii Corals Into ‘New Era’ Of Bleaching.
This article discusses how record heat is pushing Hawaiian corals into ‘New Era’ Of Bleaching. The reefs have never had to endure such conditions. Marine scientists remain optimistic but warn that time is running out for society to step up.
This is the third widespread coral bleaching in Hawaii since […]
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Trump opening California public land to fracking, gas leases. Is it ‘reckless’?
This article discusses Trump’s opening California public land to fracking, gas leases. Is it ‘reckless’?
The Trump administration has finalized its plans to open hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land in Central California to oil and gas leasing, paving the way for more fracking to soon begin in the […]
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DeSmogBlog, October 5, 2019
This weeks articles include:
Will the Fracking Revolution Peak Before Ever […]
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This depressing map of the Arctic lets you track 40 years of melting sea ice
This Fast Company article shows a map of Arctic sea ice melting over hte past 40 years.
If you’re looking for a reason to not get out of bed today, here’s one for you: The Arctic sea ice is melting and it’s melting fast.
As the world reckons with a climate […]
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Environmental group sues over exemptions to safety rule put in place after Deepwater Horizon
This article discusses an environmental group’s lawsuit over exemptions to safety rule put in place after Deepwater Horizon. The nonprofit group Healthy Gulf filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday against two federal agencies and their directors for allowing […]
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Trump administration pushes for Arctic drilling by arguing ‘there is not a climate crisis’
This The Hill article discusses how Trump’s administration is pushing for Arctic drilling by arguing ‘there is not a climate crisis’.
The Trump administration, in its push for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is arguing the project should go forward because “there is not a climate crisis.”
The Bureau of Land […]
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U.S. taxpayers are at risk for homes threatened by climate change
This CBS News article discusses why U.S. taxpayers are at risk for homes threatened by climate change.
The growing threat from natural disasters like hurricanes and floods could leave U.S. taxpayers footing the bill for damage to properties battered by rising seas. The reason: Mortgage lenders — mostly Wall Street […]
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