Tag: climate change

10 Energy Saving Tips for Energy Awareness Month

8/10/2019 - By Linda Poppenheimer. This October, fulfill the promise you made to yourself earlier in the year to get serious about saving energy and reducing your carbon footprint. October is an ideal time to address your energy use for a number of reasons. First, you still have plenty of time to… SEE MORE

The warming world is disrupting aquatic life and ocean patterns, with dire global consequences.

The World’s Oceans Are in Danger, Major Climate Change Report Warns

Nature

25/9/2019 - By Brad Plumer. WASHINGTON — Earth’s oceans are under severe strain from climate change, a major new United Nations report warns, threatening everything from the ability to harvest seafood to the well-being of hundreds of millions of people living along the coasts. Rising temperatures are contributing to a drop in fish… SEE MORE

Extreme Temperatures and ‘Polar Coaster’ Anticipated this Winter

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28/8/2019 - By Kendall Trammell. Freezing. Frigid. Frosty. That's what you can expect this winter if you're in the United States, according to the Farmers' Almanac. "This winter will be filled with so many ups and downs on the thermometer, it may remind you of a 'Polar Coaster,'" its website says. The… SEE MORE

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The Climate-Friendly Vegetable You Ought to Eat

Food

3/5/2019 - By Melissa Clark - PORTLAND, ME. It was a sharp, windy March day, but the gray water of Casco Bay glimmered green in the sun. On his lobster boat, the Pull N’ Pray, Justin Papkee scanned the surface of the ocean, searching for his buoys. But he wasn’t looking for lobster… SEE MORE

A small airborne campaign has been monitoring glacial changes since 2009

A Decade of Exploring Alaska’s Mountain Glaciers

Nature

1/4/2019 - By Maria Jose Vinas ALASKA - In Alaska, 5 percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are losing a lot of ice and contributing to sea level rise. To monitor these changes, a small team of NASA-funded researchers has been flying scientific instruments on a bright red, single-engine… SEE MORE

Ocean oxygen levels are depleting at an alarming rate

The Ocean Is Running Out of Breath, Scientists Warn

Nature

20/3/2019 - By Laura Poppick Escaping predators, digestion and other animal activities—including those of humans—require oxygen. But that essential ingredient is no longer so easy for marine life to obtain, several new studies reveal. In the past decade ocean oxygen levels have taken a dive—an alarming trend that is linked to climate… SEE MORE