CLIMATE CHANGE THIS WEEK: ARCTIC FRYING DISASTER, TEENAGERS SUE FOR THEIR FUTURE, AND MORE!
Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in this African forest kissing lips plant, is another reason to preserve carbon storing forests. Species of this group are becoming endangered due to African deforestation. Photo Source www.wonderslist.com
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded.
And the chances of Donald Trump’s family and fortune surviving climate change are small, dwindling daily and irreversibly...
MAJOR CITIES THREATENED BY RAPID SEA LEVEL RISE, NEW REPORTS FIND...
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Faster than ever sea level rise puts densely populated coastal regions increasingly at risk by 2100, as two studies reveal past and future sea level projections...
Read moreSHE WENT TO ALASKA TO PHOTOGRAPH POLAR BEARS IN SNOW, BUT FOUND NO SNOW...
Patty Waymire says she shot “No Snow, No Ice” after being struck by how “contemplative” the bear appeared to her. credit: Patty Waymire
“The shot struck me immediately...”
Read more2016 MAPPED: AROUND THE WORLD IN TOP CLIMATE STORIES...
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Look back on a year of weird weather and clean energy breakthroughs around the world...
Read moreNORTH POLE TEMPERATURES CLIMB NEAR MELTING POINT THIS CHRISTMAS WEEK...
Temperatures around the North Pole will almost certainly pass the melting point, 32 degrees Fahrenheit, in the days leading up to Christmas, as global warming wreaks havoc on some of the world’s coldest and iciest areas, scientists say...
Read moreREX TILLERSON'S RECORD ON CLIMATE CHANGE: RHETORIC VS. REALITY...
As Exxon's chief executive, Rex Tillerson has acknowledged the reality of climate change, but has opposed climate action. Credit: Getty Images
As Exxon's chief executive, Trump's secretary of state choice walked a fine line between Exxon's support of denial and accepting mainstream science...
Read moreSETH MEYERS SLAMS TRUMP'S CLIMATE DENIAL IN 'LATE NIGHT' SEGMENT...
NBC's Seth Meyers has been transforming his show into a home for substantive, and hilarious, critiques of the incoming Trump administration. On Wednesday's Late Night, Meyers devoted nearly 10 minutes to a discussion of the president-elect's views on climate change — and it wasn't pretty...
THE NAVY ADAPTS TO RISING SEA LEVELS...
A beach within Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu has eroded 400 feet since the 1940's, placing critical infrastructure closer to the ocean. - Jed Kim/Marketplace
Many environmentalists have expressed concern about the incoming Trump Administration, since several of the President-elect’s picks for cabinet appointments are people who question the human impact on climate. Many fear a government pullback from efforts to combat climate change. The Department of Defense, however, is continuing work to adapt its bases to deal with possible threats associated with a warmer planet...
Read moreNORTH POLE HITS MELTING POINT IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, SO SANTA CAN JUST SWIM TO YOU NOW...
Arctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest level on record on Sept. 10, 2016. Image: national snow and ice data center/ap
Today is an extremely unusual December day at the North Pole, with temperatures getting very close to the melting point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 degrees Celsius...
CLIMATE CHANGE COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACT ON GLOBAL FISHERIES...
With a warming climate, fish may end up migrating northward to cooler waters, a new study has found. The change would deeply impact countries around the world. (Luis Galdamez/Reuters)
But if countries abide by Paris agreement, fisheries could see increase of 6 million tons of fish annually...
Read moreTRUMP’S PICK FOR INTERIOR SECRETARY CAN’T SEEM TO MAKE UP HIS MIND ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE...
Add your reaction ShareWOMEN ARE BREAKING THE CLIMATE TABOO AND QUESTIONING WHETHER TO HAVE KIDS IN SUCH A WORLD...
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Climate change has caused a reproductive justice crisis, activists say, as its projected impacts lead some to question how they could have a baby with such an uncertain future...
Read moreWARMING IS SENDING MOUNTAIN GLACIERS ‘OFF A CLIFF’...
Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, one of the glaciers whose retreat is almost certainly linked to global warming.
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Photos showing the jarring, sometimes miles-long, retreat of mountain glaciers have long been emblems of the often stark changes wrought by Earth’s rising temperature...
Read moreMANHATTAN PROJECT-SIZED EFFORT IS NEEDED TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL ARCTIC ICE 'TO PREVENT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE'...
Polar bears are struggling because they use sea ice to hunt seals and other prey U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Handout
The loss of sea ice ‘represents one of the most severe positive feedbacks in the climate system’...
Read moreSPIKING TEMPERATURES IN THE ARCTIC STARTLE SCIENTISTS...
The cruise ship Crystal Serenity, anchored outside Nome, Alaska, in August, before its inaugural voyage through the Northwest Passage. The trip would not have been possible before climate change led to diminished sea ice coverage. Mark Thiessen/Associated Press
A spate of extreme warmth in the Arctic over the past two months has startled scientists, who warn that the high temperatures may lead to record-low ice coverage next summer and even more warming in a region that is already among the hardest hit by climate change...
Read moreNORTH POLE TO WARM TO NEAR MELTING POINT THIS WEEK: 50 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...
Joan Gardener, with the Naval Research Laboratory, scans the Arctic ice for a location to conduct research and collect data during Ice Exercise 2016. Image: U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler N. Thompson/AP
It's happening again: The temperature at the North Pole is projected to spike to around the melting point, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on Wednesday into Thursday, despite the complete lack of sunshine that far north in December...
'THE TIME HAS NEVER BEEN MORE URGENT': AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST EARTH SCIENCE EVENT...
Scientists hold signs during a rally in conjunction with the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
With Trump set to have a ‘chilling effect’ on environmental policy, 20,000 Earth and space scientists met in California to face up to a new responsibility...
Read moreWHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS? PROBABLY LESS THAN THEY USED TO BE...
Santa doesn't need to dress quite as warmly as he used to for his big day, climate scientists say. Credit: Getty Images
Climate change's impact on winter is uneven, with some parts of the world getting snowier, despite the rise in overall temperatures...
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