FEMA AND FLOOD RISK
Recent Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps don’t capture the degree of risk. There’s actually high probability of flood damage[…]
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Category: BUMMER
STUNG BY A STING JET
Photo: Eunice The UK’s recent storm Eunice had record gusts of up to 122 miles an hour even without a[…]
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DEADLY AND DIRE DROUGHT
Map: Potential for drought by the end of this century The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that[…]
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REDUCING GARBAGE GENERATION
Global garbage generation could nearly double between 2015 and 2050. It accounts for 8% of human-caused methane emissions. Only about[…]
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MANAGING DISCARDED MASKS
It’s estimated that 1.56 million facemasks entered the oceans in 2020. Around 75% of the ones used during the Pandemic[…]
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FLOUNDERING FISH
By 2080 around 70% of the world’s oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen, potentially impacting marine ecosystems[…]
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MORE PROBLEMATIC THAWING PERMAFROST
With rising temperatures, thawing Arctic permafrost could be emitting greenhouse gases from previously unaccounted-for carbon stocks. Particularly affected is so-called[…]
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REPREHENSIBLE RESOURCE
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s “Natural gas and the environment” page, “Natural gas is a relatively clean burning[…]
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CURRENT BOMB CYCLONE
Photo taken from my balcony shows the lake in front of me this morning during a whiteout. The snow is[…]
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EXTINCTION REBELLION ACTION
Last November, in a landslide referendum, Bostonians vehemently cast (non-binding) votes against placing Eversource’s substation in East Boston neighborhoods. They[…]
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