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Report: The EU role is changing as the Arctic melts.
This article discusses how Brussels is seeking to change its role in the melting Arctic. European leaders warn that regional security is at risk and call for the introduction of a new Arctic governance structure. But a stronger EU role in the region might not be welcomed by Arctic states.
Unprecedented […]
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Hear the sounds of climate change—with earthquake monitors.
This National Geographic article discusses how you can hear the sounds of climate change—with earthquake monitors. Seismometers can register hurricanes from thousands of miles away, or hear ice melting and refreezing, offering a new way to track changes big and small.
THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS, running along the French-Spanish border, conceal a […]
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To Go Green, the Energy Industry Goes Open Source
This Wired article discusses how the energy industry is using open source software to go green. Challenges around renewables are prompting players in the “traditional” sector to collaborate on software they can modify to address their changing needs.
he European Union aims to reduce carbon emissions by at least 80 […]
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Report: Renewables generated more power than fossil fuels in UK for first quarter ever
This The Hill article discusses how renewables generated more power than fossil fuels in UK for first quarter ever.
Electricity generated from wind, solar and hydroelectric plants beat out traditional fossil fuel plants as the top source of power for the United Kingdom during a three-month period for the first time, […]
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Cuadrilla packs up in Preston, and UK fracking bites the dust
This article discusses why the company Cuadrilla has packed up in Preston, and UK fracking bites the dust.
The controversial gas extraction process known as fracking is “dead” in the UK, campaigners and local residents groups have claimed.
Cuadrilla, the fracking company most active in England, has begun removing equipment from […]
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How Britain Ended Its Coal Addiction
This Inside Climate News article discusses how Britain ended its coal addiction. The UK was once the world’s largest coal consumer, but the highly polluting fossil fuel has been pushed out by renewable energy and natural gas.
At Aberthaw Power Station on the coast of South Wales, Tom Glover examines a […]
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Climate change has created more bird winners than losers in England
This New Scientist article has a slight bit of good news from climate change – climate change has created more bird winners than losers in England.
Climate change appears to have helped far more English bird species than it has hindered over the past 50 years.
Out of 68 species that […]
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Study: Climate Change Is Shifting Europe’s Flood Patterns, and These Regions Are Feeling the Consequences
This Inside Climate News article discusses how Climate Change Is Shifting Europe’s Flood Patterns, and These Regions Are Feeling the Consequences. A new study maps out which regions have seen increases in the magnitude of destructive river flooding, and why.
Global warming is driving big changes in floods across Europe by […]
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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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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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