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Studies: Ocean acidification could impact Atlantic cod populations more severely than previously thought
This article discusses how ocean acidification could impact Atlantic cod populations more severely than previously thought.
A 2016 study determined that, at the ocean acidification levels expected by the end of the century if we do nothing to draw down CO2 emissions, twice as many cod larvae will die within […]
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Three decades after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Alaska’s coast faces an even bigger threat – climate change
This High Country News article discusses how, 3 decades after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Alaska’s coast faces an even bigger threat. Climate change is damaging ecosystems that never had the chance to recover.
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World-wide water problems – drought
These two articles discuss world-wide drought conditions caused by climate change.
Iraq: where water used to flow. The Mesopotamian marshlands in southern Iraq were once the largest wetland ecosystem in Western Eurasia. But after years of drought and political turmoil, they’re in danger of disappearing.
England could run short of water […]
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The Toxic Consequences of America’s Plastics Boom
This The Nation article discusses the toxic consequences of America’s plastics boom. Thanks to fracking, petrochemicals giants are poised to make the plastic pollution crisis much, much worse.
The dump trucks aren’t real, but the trash is. No one knows exactly how much plastic leaks into the oceans every year, but one […]
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When environmental racism and climate change collide
This article discusses when environmental racism and climate change collide. ‘They chose us because we were rural and poor’.
The environmental movement has a long history in America’s south – yet people of color and impoverished communities continue to face dangerous pollution.
It doesn’t surprise me that the environmental justice movement began in […]
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Report: “Off the charts” arsenic levels detected in Western Pennsylvania groundwater – coal ash is the cause
This article discusses “Off the charts” arsenic levels being detected in Western Pennsylvania groundwater. The pollutant is leaching from a coal ash landfill at a power generating station.
New data shows arsenic at levels 372 times greater than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s threshold for safety in groundwater an hour […]
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Study: Iconic Forests Reaching Climate Tipping Points in American West
This article discusses how iconic forests are reaching climate tipping points in the American West. Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forests are struggling to regrow after wildfires in parts of the West as temperatures rise and the air and soil become drier.
Climate change in the American West may be […]
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Studies: Scientists Warn The Ocean Is Running Out of Breath
This article discusses why scientists feel that the ocean is running out of breath. Widespread and sometimes drastic marine oxygen declines are stressing sensitive species—a trend that will continue with climate change.
Escaping predators, digestion and other animal activities—including those of humans—require oxygen. But that essential ingredient is no longer […]
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DeSmog Blog
This posting discusses:
Can YouTube Solve Its Serious Climate Science Denial Problem?
Entergy Gas Plant Opponents Question Integrity of New Orleans City Council as It Gives Final Approval
Another Oil Train Crashes as Alberta Government Gets Into Oil-by-Rail Business
Student Reporters in West Virginia Find Atlantic Coast Pipeline Offers Only […]
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Saltwater intrusion: Rising seas are poisoning North Carolina’s farmland
This article discusses how saltwater intrusion is poisoning North Carolina’s farmland. Once-rich coastal land is turning barren — a trend expected to worsen as the world continues to warm.
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