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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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Alaska’s Hottest Month on Record: Melting Sea Ice, Wildfires and Unexpected Die-Offs
This Inside Climate News article discusses the hottest month on record in Alaska – Melting Sea Ice, Wildfires and Unexpected Die-Offs. Arctic sea ice is at a record low for this time of year, and the usual buffer that helps keep Alaska cool is gone.
The temperatures have soared as high […]
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Study: GLOBAL WARMING COULD MAKE MICROBES LIVING IN ALASKAN TUNDRA RELEASE MORE GREENHOUSE GASES, SCIENTISTS WARN
This Newsweek article discusses how global warming can impact the release of GHGs frozen in the Alaskan Tundra.
Scientists who studied the Alaskan tundra have warned that global warming could make microbes which live in the soil release more greenhouse gases. The permafrost soils on the northern latitude make up […]
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Will climate change force this Alaska village to relocate?
This article discusses whether climate change will force this Alaska village to relocate. The people of Quinhagak are facing hard questions about what happens when a changing climate poses an existential threat to their community. This story is part of an occasional Monitor series on “Climate Realities.”
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The hidden consequences of New Mexico’s latest oil boom
This article discusses the hidden consequences of New Mexico’s latest oil boom. Carlsbad residents are experiencing health impacts, but the science behind their woes lags behind the pace of drilling.
Oil and gas development has existed for years in the Permian Basin, which stretches from southeastern New Mexico into Texas. But […]
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Adapting to Climate Change in Alaska – part 1 of 3
This Scientific American article discusses how Alaska is adapting to climate change. In the first of three posts, an ecologist looks at how citizens and planners are responding to the threat.
This series will illuminate innovative efforts by citizens and conservation planners to adapt to climate change. In the face of […]
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With far-north temperatures rising, Alaska tundra fires proliferate
This article discusses how, with far-north temperatures rising, Alaska tundra fires proliferate.
In Alaska, where sea ice has shrunk to record lows in places and far-north temperatures have climbed to record highs, dozens of fires are burning the treeless tundra and releasing carbon into the atmosphere.
The latest flurry of Alaska […]
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For Quinhagak, Alaska, Climate Change Means They May Have To Move
This article discusses why some Alaskan peoples may have to move because of climate change. In Western Alaska, accelerating erosion is forcing several villages to consider moving. In Quinhagak, a village on the Bering Sea, erosion is threatening the sewer lagoon and the building that houses its washeteria and […]
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In Courtrooms, Climate Change Is No Longer Up for Debate
This article discusses how, in courtrooms, climate change is no longer debated. Increasingly, global warming science is going unchallenged in lawsuits seeking to curb fossil fuel use and hold companies to account.
IN SEPTEMBER 2017, San Francisco experienced its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching a searing 106 degrees. Weeks later, […]
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Yale Climate Connections post – 6-14-2019
This week’s edition includes:
State and local governments seeking climate change ‘solutions’ have plenty of options
Permafrost is thawing rapidly. How much should we worry?
Reverend Mitchell Hescox encourages Christians to advocate for renewable energy
Electric vehicles could […]
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