Global warming is a huge problem; however, we can make it much worse if we keep burning fossil carbon and killing ecosystems. The hopeful bit is that: Coal is dead. The US energy information administration confirms coal production is declining across the country. Greenpeace reports that globally “coal is in terminal decline.” Solar and battery […]
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Hope Versus Climate Change
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, health and wellness, Science
Also tagged batteries, climate change, coal, electric cars, fossil fuels, solar
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Oceans Rising at Fastest Rate
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences states that oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the last 3,000 years. “We can say with 95 percent probability that the 20th-century rise was faster than any of the previous 27 centuries,” said Bob Kopp, a climate scientist […]
Nestle and the California Drought
by Daniel Brouse There is a lot of misleading information trending in social-media about Nestle and the California drought. The facts of the matter are: Most of the water in California is used for agriculture. Nearly 50 billion cubic metres (13 trillion gallons) of water is used in California each year. Nestle bottled water plants […]
Posted in Education, Environment, Global Warming
Also tagged California, desalination plants, drought, extreme weather events, marine impact, Nestle, salt water intrusion
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Collapse Of West Antarctica
The collapse of the ice sheet in West Antarctica have raised concern about the rising sea level. “This is really happening,” Thomas P. Wagner, who runs NASA’s programs on polar ice, said. “There’s nothing to stop it now. But you are still limited by the physics of how fast the ice can flow.” “Today we […]
Posted in Global Warming, International, Science
Also tagged climate change, collapse, global warming, human induced climate change, ice sheet, ocean temperatures, retreat, warming, West Antarctica
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Realities of Climate Change
UNITED STATES — Sea level rise is accelerating. The number of large wildfires is growing. Dangerous heat waves are becoming more common. Extreme storm events are increasing in many areas. More severe droughts are occurring in others. These are just some of the consequences of global warming, which are already having significant and harmful effects […]
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Also tagged climate change, extreme weather events, global warming, ice melting, rainfall, wildfires
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