BUMMER – Page 20 – Our Fragile Earth

MISSING MITIGATION

Photo: Teflon frying pan Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the most TIGAIOCO2 on a pound-for-pound basis), remained elevated in East[…]

A federal judge in Anchorage ruled last Thursday that ConocoPhillips’ $8 billion oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope (the[…]

Greenland’s ice melting into the ocean is one of the biggest contributors to global sea level rise. Its mountain glaciers[…]

Over the past few decades, algae have been slowly edging corals out of their native reefs worldwide by blocking sunlight,[…]

Secrecy and lax oversight mean illegal loggers and miners in the Amazon are parking from millions to billions in real[…]

Texas has continued to issue thousands of flaring permits. Although State regulators have raised doubts about flaring permits, they’re rarely[…]

OCEAN NOISE AMPLIFICATION Shipping traffic in some parts of the ocean could be five times louder by the end of[…]

Civil unrest caused by extreme weather (including storm surges, flooding, snow, and drought) is forecast in the UK due to[…]

If global temperatures increase by 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) over current levels, each year billions of people will[…]

Rock weathering can act as a carbon sink removing CO2 from the atmosphere, but it can also act as a[…]