Climate Change
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The plastic polluters won 2019 – and we're running out of time to stop them
The beach at Muncar on the island of Java was revolting. The 400-yard wide, mile-long stretch of sand was feet deep in foul-smelling sauce sachets, shopping bags, nappies, bottles and bags, plastic clothes and detergent bottles. Bulldozers had cleared away and buried some of the huge mat of plas…
The Green New Deal would create nearly 30 million jobs -- study
If we want to avoid the possibly catastrophic effects of climate change, we’re going to have to transition to renewable energy as soon as possible. That will mean jobs will be lost in the fossil fuel industry, but a new study out of Stanford University shows a lot of jobs would be created. The s…
1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows
The first inventory of high-altitude sources finds the Indus is the most important and vulnerable “water tower” due to run-off from the Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Ladakh, and Himalayan mountain ranges, which flow downstream to a densely populated and intensively irrigated basin in Pakistan, India, C…
We need a new MONIAC: Visualizing the Flow of Money to Design a Sustainable Future
Since its advent in the 1970s, the personal computer has dramatically enhanced society’s collective ability to understand the natural and man-made systems of our world. The ability to capture and share information has been a key driver for progress. With the recent development of cloud computing…
Joe Biden Dismisses Climate Activist Asking About Fracking Ban: ‘You Oughta Vote For Someone Else’
Biden has been criticized for not embracing more comprehensive legislation to combat climate change. The former vice president has vowed to reinstate Obama-era regulations, which came across intense scrutiny from climate change organizations and non-governmental groups. In September, for instanc…
Canada's House of Commons has declared a national climate emergency
OTTAWA – The House of Commons has passed a motion declaring a national climate emergency, and supporting Canada’s commitment to meet the Paris Agreement emissions targets.Conservative MPs voted against the motion, but it still passed 186-63 with the support of the Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Q…
Trump 2020 budget: Which department budgets would be cut
The Trump administration released its 2020 budget request on Monday, proposing major cuts to federal government spending. While the cuts are unlikely to become reality — Congress has rejected many of Trump’s previous requests — the budget is an important signal of the administration’s priorities…
75 below zero? Polar vortex yields deadly cold as thousands endure power cuts, travel issues mount in Midwest
States of emergency have been issued in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan due to the extreme cold with many schools and businesses closing until the frigid air loosens its grip on the region later this week.
Minneapolis could break low temperature records originally set in the 1800s, and …
U.S. Stands with Russia and Saudi Arabia Against Climate Science
At a meeting to coordinate climate action, the nations thwarted recognition of a recent report expressing the urgency of reducing emissions
KATOWICE, Poland—The United States worked with Russia and Saudi Arabia on Saturday night to sideline climate science in U.N. negotiations, angering …
Record-breaking carbon emissions forecast for 2018
Glaciers are melting; sea levels are rising. And 20 of the hottest years on record have occurred since 1996.
A new report projects that annual global carbon emissions will reach an all-time high this year.
Carbon emissions from human activity are driving climate change and curbi…
David Attenborough: collapse of civilisation is on the horizon
Naturalist tells leaders at UN climate summit that fate of world is in their hands.
The collapse of civilisation and the natural world is on the horizon, Sir David Attenborough has told the UN climate change summit in Poland.
The naturalist was chosen to represent the world’s peo…
The Three Most Chilling Conclusions From the Climate Report
Thirteen federal agencies agree: Climate change has already wreaked havoc on the United States, and the worst is likely yet to come.
Extreme hot weather is getting more common, and cold weather more rare.
Climate change has doubled the devastation from wildfires …
Power company under pressure to explain actions before California wildfire
Victims of California's worst wildfire asking why state's largest utility didn't shut off power in high-risk areas
Officials In California Tally Losses, Release Missing Persons List
At least 56 people have died in the Camp Fire, which has destroyed entire neighborhoods and continues to burn. Meanwhile, Butte County says about 300 people are missing.
"Firefighters have been working diligently to attack the fire through direct and indirect methods," authorities said. …
Southern California wildfire threatens 30,000 homes, forces evacuations
A pair of rapidly intensifying wildfires in Ventura County, California, are forcing thousands of evacuations and already burning structures.
The Woolsey Fire, the blaze currently causing the most concern for firefighters, was up to 7,500 acres around 1:30 a.m. local time, according to th…
Humanity has wiped out 60% of animal populations since 1970, report finds
The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists.
The new estimate of the massacre of wildlife is made in a major report produced by WWF and involving 59 scientists from across the globe. It finds that the vast and g…
The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change
While violence and poverty have been cited as the reasons for the exodus, experts say the big picture is that changing climate is forcing farmers off their land – and it’s likely to get worse.“The focus on violence is eclipsing the big picture – which is that people are saying they are moving be…
World first as Scottish tidal turbines connect to grid
A pioneering green energy project in the far north of Scotland has become the world’s first fully operational grid-connected ‘baseload’ tidal power station. The move comes after tidal turbines in the sea off Shetland were integrated with cutting edge battery storage from international tech firm …
What's Going On With That Bizarre Rectangular Iceberg?
It's getting a lot of attention because of its unexpected angles and straight lines. A sea ice specialist explains why it formed this way.
An iceberg recently spotted by NASA scientists looks like it was carefully cut into a perfect rectangle, and it's getting a lot of attention because…
Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt: potential health impacts?
A new study looked at sea, rock, and lake salt sold around the world. Here’s what you need to know.
Of 39 salt brands tested, 36 had microplastics in them, according to a new analysis by researchers in South Korea and Greenpeace East Asia. Using prior salt studies, this new effort is the…
‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss
Insects are vanishing even in a pristine tropical forest, and an ecologist calls this "one of the most disturbing articles I have ever read.”
In 2014, an international team of biologists estimated that, in the past 35 years, the abundance of invertebrates such as beetles and bees had dec…
Trump says he has 'natural instinct for science' when it comes to climate change
He can see through political bias on climate, he says.
President Donald Trump told the Associated Press that he has a "natural instinct for science" that informs his understanding of climate change and allows him to see through the political bias that he accused some scientists of holdin…
Geoengineering May Be Our Last Resort for Climate Change. What If It Fails?
Using sulfur particles to dim the sun is considered a last-ditch remedy for an overheated planet. But a new finding suggests we should be skeptical.
This is especially distressing coming on the heels of several bits of recent analysis on the “solutions side” of the climate crisis: a repo…
UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That.
The real meaning of the IPCC report isn’t “climate change is worse than you think.” We knew that. It’s “you now have permission to freak out.”
The alarming new report you may have read about this week from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — which examines just how much …
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
A landmark United Nations report paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding damage requires quickly transforming the world economy.
The report, issued on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch…
Macrolide use in pregnancy tied to higher risk of birth defects
The study, published this week in the BMJ, looked at data on more than 100,000 children born in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2016 to mothers who w…
In a Huge First, Physicists Have Captured Individual Atoms And Watched Them Merge
To understand how atoms unite to turn into molecules, we need to catch them in action. But to do that, physicists must force atoms to pause long enou…
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