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Study: Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years
This article discusses a study that suggests that the Arctic is the warmest it’s been in 10,000 years. Permafrost samples suggest Arctic is 2 C warmer than previous record highs thousands of years ago.
New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures […]
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Rising global temperatures are creating bubbling, methane lakes you can light on fire
This article and video discusses just how bad climate change is affecting permafrost.
Thousands of flammable lakes are popping up all over Alaska and Siberia.
Rising global temperatures are thawing and melting permafrost in the Arctic, which creates these thermokarst lakes that bubble with methane.
The methane is flammable, but also getting into the […]
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Radical climate action ‘critical’ to Great Barrier Reef’s survival, government body says
This article discusses the need for radical climate action save the Great Barrier Reef’s. Australia’s top Great Barrier Reef officials warn the natural wonder will virtually collapse if the planet becomes 1.5 degrees hotter – a threshold that scientists say requires shutting down coal within three decades.
This federal election campaign […]
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Canadian Coal-Fired Power Plant Transformed into Solar Farm
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses the transformation of a Canadian coal-fired plant into a solar farm.
What was once the largest coal-fired power plant in North America has been converted to a 44-megawatt solar farm with 192,431 photovoltaic panels spread across 260 acres, the electric utility Ontario Power Generation announced. […]
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Study: Climate change has caused an 89% decrease in new coral in the Great Barrier Reef
This article discusses a study showing that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is dying.
Global warming has caused such extensive damage to the Great Barrier Reef that scientists say its coral may never recover. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, baby coral in […]
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How Climate Change Is Fueling the U.S. Border Crisis
This New Yorker article discusses how Climate Change is fueling the U.S. Border Crisis. In the western highlands of Guatemala, the question is no longer whether someone will leave but when. This is the first piece in a series on the forces driving migration from Guatemala. You can read the second […]
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German greenhouse gas emissions fall for first time in four years
This article discusses how German greenhouse gas emissions fall for first time in four years. Though renewables played a role in the 4.2 percent drop it has largely been attributed to warm weather. Despite this good news the country is certain to miss its 2020 target of reducing emissions by 40 […]
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Report: Environmentalists hope for action in wake of ‘shocking and utterly unsurprising’ climate-change report
This article discusses the hopes of environmentalists for action in wake of ‘shocking and utterly unsurprising’ climate-change report. Floods, severe wildfires, rising sea levels listed as potential consequences of Canada warming.
A new report about climate change in Canada, leaked to the public on Monday, has alarming implications across the country […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s posting contains articles on the oil industry subterfuge. activists fighting the chemical industry in Louisiana, Australian deniers meeting with the Koch Brothers, the financial impact of Trump’s rollback of clean car standards and his appointing an Independent Petroleum Association of America insider to the top DOI post, […]
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Report: the Past Four Years Were Warmest on Record
This article discusses a U.N. report finding that the past four years were the warmest on record. Extreme weather affected 62 million people in 2018, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
THE PAST FOUR YEARS have been the warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s annual State of the Climate report. Climate […]
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