Why I’m climate striking against Fox News on Friday | Alexandria Villaseñor
This past Saturday, I was among hundreds of activists with the group Extinction Rebellion NYC who protested outside the New York Times headquarters in midtown Manhattan to demand better coverage of the climate crisis. Protesters lay down on Eighth Avenue,…
Carpet weavers of Himachal Pradesh an unusual casualty of global warming – Livemint
KANGRA: You will not find anyone here, they left last month,” said Ramesh Chand about other shepherds in his mountain village. At 49, Chand is among a handful of men left in Kareri, near the town of Dharamshala in Himachal…
Pacific nation Vanuatu is the first to ban disposable diapers
The mothers of the Vanuatu will shoulder the tiny Pacific island’s dream of a pristine future with the recent announcement of a ban on disposable diapers.
Huge freshwater aquifer found under the ocean
Scientists have found a giant aquifer under the Northeastern U.S., estimated to hold at least 670 cubic miles of freshwater. If it was on the surface, they say, it would create a lake spanning 15,000 square miles, which is twice…
Scientists Suggest Turning Methane Into Carbon Dioxide Could Reduce Global Warming – Forbes
A group of climate researchers from Stanford University have proposed that an effort to turn one of the worst greenhouse gases, methane, into carbon dioxide – not the worst greenhouse, but much more abundant – could still work out positive for the…
As temperatures increase, so do rat populations
The warmer weather creeping into cities across America is cause for international concern, but there’s one group that loves it – rats. The impact of climate change on pests and disease is widely studied and cited as a reason to worry at the local level, but the rise in rat populations specifically is hard to quantify. While lab rats are studied ad nauseum, ‘wild’ urban rats and mostly taboo for the scientific community. Pest control workers and 311 hotline staff in cities like New York, however…
Scientist: House Dems Spreading ‘Lies’ About Climate Change And Hurricanes
House Democrats’ climate change hearing is based on “inaccurate” information that’s “not in accord with current science or consensus,” according to a scientist. A Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday on natural disaster policy…
Global warming = more energy use = more warming – FRANCE 24
Date created : 24/06/2019 – 18:14 ADVERTISING Read more Paris (AFP) Even modest climate change will increase global energy demand by up to a quarter before mid-century, and by nearly 60 percent if humanity fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions,…
More energy needed to cope with climate change
A new study found that by mid-century climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming.
Those Lazy, Hazy, SNOWY Days of Summer
Nat King Cole recorded “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” way back in 1963. In “Those days of soda and pretzels and beer,” summers were hot, and the only thing frosty was the beer. Not so much this summer….
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