ENERGY TRANSITIONS: Utilities battle over future of mass-emitting coal plant
For decades, electricity generated at a gargantuan coal plant on the Montana plains was shipped west to the growing metropolises of Portland, Ore., and Seattle. Now, the long-standing trade is on the brink of collapse.
With bacteria against coral bleaching
(Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)) Coral bleaching, which is becoming stronger and more frequent due to heat stress, has already wiped out corals at many locations globally. With the help of a microbiome-targeting strategy developed by an international team led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, it could become feasible to help protect corals from heat stress.
The Earth’s poles are on the move, is global warming the reason? – Radio Canada International – English Section
As ice sheets collapse, and glaciers melt, the billions of tonnes of mass that were on land in one region of the Earth are transferred to the oceans. A new study says that fact, and mass extraction of groundwater, is…
Catastrophic sea-level rise from Antarctic melting possible with severe global warming – EurekAlert
The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a key 2015 Paris climate agreement target, according to a Rutgers…
Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise from Antarctic Melting is Possible with Severe Global Warming – Rutgers Today
Antarctic ice sheet is more likely to remain stable if Paris climate agreement is met If Paris Agreement targets are not met, the collapse of melting Antarctic ice shelves – like the Wilkins Ice Shelf in 2009 – could cause…
Nature is Critical to Slowing Climate Change, But It Can Only Do So If We Help It First – InsideClimate News
No matter how many solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars are built between now and 2030, the world won’t meet its increasingly ambitious climate targets without a lot of help from forests, fields and oceans. “Achieving net-zero by 2050…
Global Vaccine Crisis Sends Ominous Signal for Fighting Climate Change – The New York Times
Brazil’s right-wing populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, scorned public health guidance and insisted that lockdowns and mobility restrictions would be a bigger threat to the country’s weak economy. Brazil now has one of the world’s highest death tolls and its economy…
Debunked: New Computer-Simulated Pine Island Glacier Doomsday Paper Ignores Science
A recent paper announcing Pine Island Glacier doom failed to consider other findings showing the glacier is in fact more stable than assumed. A new paper by Rosier et al concludes – based on model simulations – that the Pine…
CHINA: Extreme weather kills 11, injures 66
An extreme thunderstorm hit an eastern Chinese city, leaving 11 dead and 66 injured, with strong winds causing buildings and trees to collapse, officials said.
Articles for Geosphere posted online in April
(Geological Society of America) GSA’s dynamic online journal, Geosphere, posts articles online regularly. Locations and topics studied this month include the Central Anatolian Plateau; the Southern Rocky Mountain Volcanic Field; petrogenesis in the Grand Canyon; and the evolution of the Portland and Tualatin forearc basins, Oregon.
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