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The Daily Climate, April 28, 2021
Articles include: lumber shortage; disabilities and natural disasters; California wildfire season; Study: cut methane emissions quickly; flooding in Michigan; climate vote in Senate; Study: poor communities affected by climate change; low carbon fuel standard; money to modernize grid; Fukushima; Ford making electric vehicles; Study: sea level […]
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The Daily Climate, April 6, 2021
Articles include: Orphan oil wells & climate change; lightning, wildfires, and the Arctic; farmland restoration; wage gap; alternatives for coal country; carbon flooding; O&G jobs disappearing; Texas winter energy disaster; diseases in Alaska; drought in Michigan and Arizona; fossil fuel subsidies.
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Yale Climate Connections, April 9, 2021
Articles include: Wind and solar energy are job creators. Which states are taking advantage? Forecasters predict an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021; How the nonprofit Green 2.0 is tackling the environmental movement’s diversity problem; Experts lay out their case against carbon pricing; Some insightful […]
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The Daily Climate, March 31,2021
Articles include: Michigan flooding & sea walls; forest destruction accelerated in 2020; rivers as a climate change solution; Kerry to India and UAE; Climate change, Canada, and hurricanes (report in the ScienceBrief Review website); thaw-driven landslides; wind energy; Scottish wind farm success; UAE, automakers and EV’s; keeping the planet […]
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The Great Blind Spot in Hurricane Preparedness
New Republic: The Great Blind Spot in Hurricane Preparedness. Hurricane season is getting longer. Building higher sea walls won’t save us.
Hurricane season is creeping its way deeper into spring. Last month, The Washington Post reported that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering officially moving up the start of the […]
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Study: Scientists blow up decades of thinking on why hurricanes are becoming more deadly
The Hill: Scientists blow up decades of thinking on why hurricanes are becoming more deadly. Researchers have used the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation to explain hurricane activity. Now, it may not exist.
Story at a glance
Using preindustrial climate and pollution data, scientists are walking back the idea that the Atlantic Multidecadal […]
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Study: 2 articles – Ocean currents are slowing down – could have a devastating effect on our climate
CNN: The slowing down of ocean currents could have a devastating effect on our climate. Well, new research reveals Earth’s major ocean currents are slowing down, and though the consequences will not be as immediate or dramatic as in the Hollywood fiction, there are real-world impacts for global weather […]
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DeSmogBlog, February 27, 2021
Articles include: Racial Equity & Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community; Exxon & Its Bad Fossil Fuel Investments; Texas Catastrophe Shows How Natural Gas Systems Can Fail; Aquaculture in the US; Texas Refineries’ Release Pollutants During Storm; Rejoining the […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd, February 24, 2021
NY Times Climate Fwd: nationwide crises waiting to happen. Biden’s pick to lead DOI; Insurance costs going up; Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord; Arctic drilling; community wood banks.
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As Extreme Weather Events Increase, What Are the Risks to Wildlife?
The Revelator: As Extreme Weather Events Increase, What Are the Risks to Wildlife? Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.
A hailstorm in South Texas. Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires across the […]
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