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Study: A Worrisome Discovery in High Arctic Snowfall – microplastics
This The Atlantic article discusses a study that found thousands of particles of microplastic in Arctic snowfall. There is another study referenced below showing how tap water is also polluted by the same thing..
In just the past decade, scientists have discovered that microplastics—defined as any plastic detritus that’s
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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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Study: Climate crisis and health of pregnant moms and children
This article discusses why children’s health is vulnerable to climate change, per the Canadian Paediatric Society. Society points to emerging health issues for kids that include heat-sickness and reduced air quality.
The Canadian Paediatric Society says it expects climate change to increasingly affect children’s health and is encouraging health-care providers […]
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Study: Marine heatwaves kill coral instantly
This BBC article discusses how marine heatwaves kill coral instantly.
Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves can lead to the almost instant death of corals, scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have found.
These episodes of unusually high water temperatures are – like heatwaves on land – associated with climate change.
Scientists […]
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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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House Democrats Look to End Special Treatment of Corporate Polluters
This Sierra Club article discusses how House Democrats are trying to stop corporate polluters.
For decades, bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act have existed to protect our communities from dangerous pollution. But did you know that oil and gas companies are often able to […]
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Report: Pipeline-Related Pollution Events
The environmental group, West Virginia Rivers, discusses pipeline-related pollution in a new report here.
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Germany facing risk of increased water shortages
This article discusses why Germany faces an increased risk of water shortages. Germans have never had to worry much about water scarcity. But with rising global temperatures driving record heatwaves and prolonged droughts, demand for the precious resource is increasing.
In late June, 2019, an emergency warning app developed by Germany’s Office […]
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DeSmogBlog, August 7, 2019
This week’s articles discuss:
Fracking’s Dirty Water Problem Is Getting Much Bigger
New Concerns Raised by Opponents Delay Wanhua’s $1.25 Billion Plastic Complex in Louisiana
Hard Times in the Climate Denial Business for the Heartland Institute
YouTube’s Video Suggestion Engine Boosted Climate Science Denial as World Warmed, Study Finds
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As Gulf Stream cools and weakens, what’s in store for Florida?
This article discusses the impact to Florida from the Gulf Stream cooling and weakening. Melting ice caps in Greenland are disrupting this marine circulatory system, which has reached its weakest point in 1,600 years, recent studies show.
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