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Future cool: Minnesota city ponders new boom as a climate migrant destination
This Thomson Reuters Foundation article discusses how a city in Minnesota might become a climate migrant destination. A Minnesota town is among a group of cities that scientists predict will become top destinations for Americans abandoning parts of the country made inhospitable by climate change.
Before the advent of air […]
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Fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom
This The Guardian article discusses fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom. How oil and gas production is devastating Colorado communities and endangering the climate.
For Barb Binder, the bad news arrived with a knock on the door. That’s when she learned from a local activist […]
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RTeport: Loons likely to disappear from Minnesota due to climate change
This article discusses why Loons are likely to disappear from Minnesota due to climate change, new report warns. Minnesota is one of the country’s fastest-warming states, largely because of its northern location and warming winters.
Minnesota could lose its beloved state bird in coming decades if humans don’t stall climate change […]
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Study: Climate Change Is Decimating Mojave Desert Birds
This article discusses how climate change is decimating Mojave Desert birds.
We found out last year that hotter, drier weather due to climate change is likely causing bird populations in the Mojave Desert to collapse at an alarming rate. A new study published today suggests one […]
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Study: Trees and Climate change
This article discusses whether we are overestimating how much trees will help fight Climate Change? By using imaging scans to measure internal decay, researchers find forests may store far less carbon than we think. His research, published in Environmental Research Letters late last year and funded by […]
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Study: “There’s no doubt about it” — Researchers suggest increased fire activity, and cost, due to climate change in Alaska
This article discusses climate change’s impact on Alaska. “There’s no doubt about it” — Researchers suggest increased fire activity, and cost, due to climate change in Alaska.
Researchers in Alaska say climate change is shifting the way the state manages resources, including around wildfires. They predict a warmer climate will bring […]
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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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