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Yale Climate Connections August 16, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘What’s the best kind of car for the climate?’
What it means to be human in an age of climate change
Storytelling is fueling climate conversations at Appalachian State University
Architectural history offers clues […]
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Sustainable Food Production – 3 articles about the IPCC Report.
This article discusses a solution for a Sustainable Climate and Food System – Regenerative Agriculture Is the Key. The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that agriculture is responsible for 37% of greenhouse gas emissions. There’s hope—and a solution. It also discusses a report […]
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Scientists say farmers could grow their way out of the climate crisis
This CNN article discusses how farmers could deal with the climate crisis. It is a brutal time to be an American farmer.
Hammered by trade wars, a climate crisis and the worst income-to-debt ratio in a generation, calls to Farm Aid crisis lines have doubled […]
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Yale Climate Connections – August 9, 2019
This Yale Climate Connections issue discusses:
What you need to know about the link between sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Some northern cities could be reborn as ‘climate havens’
What a drier and hotter future means for the arid Southwest
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Report: Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply
The impacts of climate change on land are already severe and will substantially increase food prices, risking widespread food instability, says a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Special Report on Climate Change and Land warned that a food crisis looms, especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions, […]
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Some Fish Are Still Full of Mercury, for a Worrying Reason
This The Atlantic article discusses fish and mercury. Emissions of mercury have declined, but levels in fish could still increase thanks to overfishing and a changing climate.
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Free Lance-Star Editorial: Preserve Ag land for agriculture
This editorial is way off base.
Why should agricultural land be off-limits for solar projects? Solar projects are more environmentally friendly than housing developments. And they are more economically beneficial as they don’t require massive outlays of tax dollars for roads, schools, etc.
Solar farms don’t use massive amounts of water […]
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Study: Unexpected ocean heat waves are becoming the norm
This Daily Climate article discusses why ocean heat waves are becoming the norm. “We are entering a world where history is an unreliable guide for decision-making”.
Ocean heat waves, which can push out fish, plankton and other aquatic life, are happening far more frequently than previously thought, according to a […]
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Report: We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report
This The Guardian article discusses changing food production to save the world, says leaked report.
Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.
A leaked draft of a report on climate change and […]
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Yale Climate Connections – Week of August 2, 2019
This week, articles include:
What role will climate change play in the 2020 presidential election?
The Great Smoky Mountains’ iconic clouds are helping to protect the region from climate change – for now
People don’t need to ‘believe’ in climate change […]
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