Methane is one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases… and, is part of an exponential negative feedback loop: Methane in the atmosphere causes the climate to warm A warmer climate causes permafrost to melt… Releasing more methane and CO2… Making the climate warmer… Melting more permafrost… Releasing more methane and CO2… Melting, more permafrost, etc., […]
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Methane Emissions Soar to Record High
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Far More Properties At Risk: Flood Insurance Exposure
The last link is a map that lets you find flood risk exposed properties by zipcode Far more properties at flood risk than estimated: ” far more U.S. homes — an estimated 14.6 million — face flooding conditions on par with those in FEMA’s 100-year floodplain. In contrast, FEMA’s maps classify 8.7 million homes as […]
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Tagged climate change, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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Climate Change and Mortgage Change
New York Times By Christopher Flavelle June 19, 2020 Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations. WASHINGTON — Up and down the coastline, rising seas and climate change are transforming […]
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Tagged climate change, flood insurance, flooding, real estate, rising sea level
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Climate Change 2020
Our Infrastructure Is Being Built for a Climate That’s Already Gone Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can’t predict what we’ll need in the future. by Shayla Love Jun 2 […]
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Tagged climate change, flood insurance, real estate, rising sea level, tree death, trees
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COVID-19 and Air Pollution
by Daniel Brouse March 25, 2020 Email: help@membrane.com Abstract: Many compromised respiratory and immune systems are a result of air pollution. COVID-19 is having a larger impact on the population due to underlying compromised respiratory and immune systems caused by air pollution. Hypothesis: Large portions of the world are susceptible to particulate and ozone pollution. […]
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Tagged air pollutin, compromised immune system, COVID-19, NAD, ozone, particulate pollution, respiratory system, Tropospheric Ozone
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Vulnerability in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists just discovered a massive new vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet Scientists have found a new point of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet, in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term. […]
Coastal Real Estate and Rising Sea Level
Rapidly rising sea level and the future of our coasts A new report by Climate Central presents the potential impacts due to flooding from projected sea-level rise on coastal communities around the world. This is based on its new digital elevation model called Portfolio Analysis Tool (PAT). The results are useful for planning, but even […]
New Jersey Requires Climate Change Risk Analysis for Building Permits
The New York Times reports, “With 130-Mile Coast, New Jersey Marks a First in Climate Change Fight New Jersey will become the first state to require that builders take into account the impact of climate change, including rising sea levels, in order to win government approval for projects, Gov. Philip D. Murphy announced on Monday. […]
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Assessing Climate Risk
The LA Times reports,”The municipal bond market looks to satellites to help assess climate risk” The $3.8-trillion municipal-bond market has found a new tool in its effort to understand the effects of climate change: satellites orbiting Earth. Assessing climate risks is a particularly vexing problem given that U.S. state and local governments tend to give […]
Air Pollution And Asthma
Air Quality News reports, “Air pollution responsible for half of childhood asthma cases in Barcelona” Air pollution is responsible for nearly half of all childhood asthma cases in Barcelona, according to research published by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal). Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease, and although it is known to […]