WATER WARS
Photo: the Nile River The UN predicts that by 2030 almost half (47%) of the world’s population will suffer from[…]
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Category: BUMMER
A PERSONAL PLEA
Check the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. In fact we’re probably in more trouble than indicated because what[…]
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FOLLOW THE FIRES
Photo: NASA map showing fires from 7/19 to 8/17/2021 It’s mostly rising temperatures thawing out frozen Arctic ground but increasing[…]
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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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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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