Skeptical Science
This week, several shared articles did quite well on our Facebook page: At a glance - How reliable are climate models?, Call for help: Update or create translations for updated rebuttals!, Meteorologists face unprecedented harassment from conspiracy theorists, and, Antarctic Sea Ice Is at Record...
Washington Post - Climate and Environment
Jay Famiglietti moved to Arizona this year after a career using satellites to study how the worst drought in a millennium was sapping groundwater beneath the American West. He has documented that the decline of groundwater in California’s Central Valley accelerated dramatically in recent years,...
Huffington Post
Officials Reveal Suspected Cause Of Death For 2 Whales Floating Off New York Coast
Two humpback whales that were seen floating dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey earlier this week had evidence of experiencing blunt force trauma, officials said. One was a 47-foot male floating off eastern Long Island, and the other was a 28-foot female in Raritan Bay between New...
While they are being promoted around the world as a crucial weapon in reducing carbon emissions, solar panels only have a lifespan of up to 25 years. Experts say billions of panels will eventually all need to be disposed of and replaced. "The world has installed more than one terawatt of solar...
Guardian - Energy
Pollution from gas flaring – the burning of natural gas associated with oil extraction – is also a major concern in the oil-rich but extremely dry south Western oil companies are exacerbating water shortages and causing pollution in Iraq as they race to profit from rising oil prices after...
AUSTIN - The fresh, doughy aroma around the conical fermentation tanks at Austin Beerworks is a sign that trillions of yeast cells are turning the sugary, hoppy liquid inside into beer. But there’s another byproduct: carbon dioxide. Fermentation releases CO2 as the yeast breaks down sugar to...
Climate Crocks
I, for one, welcome our new flesh eating overlords. Meanwhile, Florida’s Guv more concerned about the “woke mind virus”. The great thing about the “woke mind virus” is that it’s a completely meaningless phrase that sounds scary to the right people but means absolutely nothing....
Children wade through floating garbage to reach their house as king tides inundate Funafuti Atoll, on 19 February 2004, home to nearly half of Tuvalu's entire population of 11,500. An effective treaty must reduce plastic production and prioritize protecting biodiversity, safeguarding the...
To engineers and disaster experts who have analyzed the data and helped communities recover from the damage, there was nothing surprising about the storm that made landfall near Fort Myers Beach on Sept. 22. What alarms them is that they know how to mitigate property damage with resilient...
PHYS.ORG - Earth
The subsidence is set to exacerbate the impact of sea level rise caused by warming temperatures and the melting of the world's ice caps. The organization Sea Level Rise.org says water levels around New York are nine inches higher than they were in 1950. The city's government predicts that...
The Weekend Wonk: Former NRC Commissioner – Can Nuclear Solve Climate Change?
There are challenges. Presentation by former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory Jaczko, PhD, from June 2, 2023. The former heads of nuclear power regulation in the U.S., Germany, and France, along with the former secretary to the UK’s government radiation protection committee,...
In humans, microscopic bits of plastic have been detected in blood, breast milk and placentas. Green groups participating in the talks as observers had mixed rections. Eirik Lindebjerg, global plastics policy manager for WWF, hailed what he called "tangible progress." Beyond recycling "A large...
Canada's Climate Villains: the Largest Barrier to Climate Action - Below 2C
“It’s no accident that in Canada, climate policy after climate policy gets weakened, delayed or killed. It’s because of the actions of a small number of people who are putting their profits ahead of Canadians and the rest of the planet,” says Julia Levin, associate director of national climate...
Biden Administration Bans New Oil Drilling Near 'Irreplaceable' Tribal Cultural Site In New Mexico
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday ordered a 20-year ban on new drilling and mining around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, a high-desert landscape rich in Indigenous cultural sites. The action applies to all federally managed lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National...
From mining to cattle ranching and soya farming, some of the world’s largest companies exploit the region, though many also claim to be giving something back CEO: Eduardo BartolomeoMain business: Mining – iron, copper, nickel. Also manganese and goldOwnership: ShareholdersHQ: Rio de Janeiro,...
Analysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatly A handful of global giants dominate the industrialisation of the Amazon rainforest, extracting tens of billions of dollars of raw materials every...
“We’re steadily marching toward an uninsurable future.” In a report published in April, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara admonished the industry to better account for far-reaching risks like those wrought by climate change. “The insurance sector no longer has the luxury of thinking...
A report found building an offshore wind farm off Guernsey could lower bills At a glance A Norwegian energy company "exploring the possibility" of an offshore wind farm off Guernsey says it would need at least 100 wind turbines to make it affordable. Halfdan Brustad, vice-president for UK...
British energy developers to be told: speed up projects or leave queue for grid
Move expected to help reduce waits of up to 15 years to connect solar power installations Britain’s electricity system operator is to tell energy developers to get on with their projects or get out of the queue for a grid connection as it struggles to manage the growing backlog of delayed green...
Wildfire smoke is hitting the East Coast. How bad is it for your health?
Dark plumes of smoke from wildfires scorching Nova Scotia are drifting down the northeast corridor, leaving behind a pungent aroma and prompting health authorities to issue air-quality warnings as far east as New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania and parts of Massachusetts. The resulting hazy skies...