This research is critical. Too little attention is being paid to the impending reduction of life in the oceans due to heat and acidification, lack of pollination of food crops due to heat and other climactic changes, reduction of arable land due to drought, and more. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/05/world-food-prize-2022-winner-cynthia-rosenzweig-nasa Nasa climate research scientist awarded World Food prize … Continue reading NASA researcher wins World Food prize for modeling climate crisis effects on food production
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Water level on Lake Mead has dropped below intake valves that carry its water to customers
https://apple.news/AGo66eocxTteURy3bOwPrAQ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/01/water-issues-worsen-lake-mead/9585175002/ 'Problems everywhere': Water so low in massive reservoir that an intake valve is now exposed Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11:07am, May 1, 2022 The emergence of an intake valve on Lake Mead this week drew attention to falling water levels there.But water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell have been falling amid drought … Continue reading Water level on Lake Mead has dropped below intake valves that carry its water to customers
You don’t have to stop eating ALL meat — just eat less for the planet
https://apple.news/AYIBsGIooTrOabzzopT1GxA MATT REYNOLDS SCIENCE MAY 4, 2022 1:37 PM You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet—Just Eat Less If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad. IN APRIL, THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dropped a gargantuan report examining how humans might mitigate the worst impacts … Continue reading You don’t have to stop eating ALL meat — just eat less for the planet
Virtually all of western United States in severe drought
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-climate-change-water/?ftag%3DCNM-00-10aag7e New government maps show nearly all of the West is in drought and it's not even summer yet: "This is unprecedented" APRIL 29, 2022 / 12:28 PM / CBS NEWS In an unprecedented move, Southern California officials declared a water shortage emergency and asked roughly 6 million residents to limit all outdoor watering to just once a … Continue reading Virtually all of western United States in severe drought
Ocean warming and acidification could kill marine life on scale last seen 250 million years ago
/insideclimatenews.org/news/28042022/ocean-extinction-climate-change/ The Current Rate of Ocean Warming Could Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sealife in 250 Million Years A new study suggests that warming, oxygen-starved seas could lead marine species to vanish at a rate matching the planet’s biggest extinction event on record. By Bob Berwyn April 28, 2022 If greenhouse gas pollution remains unchecked, global … Continue reading Ocean warming and acidification could kill marine life on scale last seen 250 million years ago
Drought forces water use limits in CA
People forget that large portions of this area have always been dry, relying on massive transportation of water from other areas to produce its green. As all of southern California has tried to cope with the overlay of drought, these limits are only the first of what could be substantial limits on water use. https://apple.news/AsikNJU9gQJS26_z4evD6Dw … Continue reading Drought forces water use limits in CA
Twitter finally bans ads denying the climate crisis
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/23/twitter-bans-ads-deny-climate-crisis? Twitter uses Earth Day to announce ban on climate denialism ads The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘shouldn’t be monetized’ Twitter announced it would bad advertisements that deny climate crisis data. Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters Maya Yang, Sat 23 Apr 2022 16.55 EDT Twitter chose Earth … Continue reading Twitter finally bans ads denying the climate crisis
Net-zero carbon emissions law in Ireland will force reductions in livestock herds – a warning for U.S.
Northern Ireland faces loss of 1 million sheep and cattle to meet climate targets Northern Ireland Assembly’s first climate act will require the farming sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 According to the analysis, about 700,000 sheep would need to be lost in order for Northern Ireland to meet its new climate targets. Photograph: … Continue reading Net-zero carbon emissions law in Ireland will force reductions in livestock herds – a warning for U.S.
COVID justification for one-use items is gone — time to reuse and recycle items again
I'm in the camp of environmentalists. What this article ignores that many of the items being consumed are made with fossil fuels or plastics made from fossil fuels. This isn't an issue of simply using less "stuff" -- it's a matter of attacking our climate crisis. https://apple.news/Aou1QzHTZSw-sXaehiWQ4Jg Happy Earth Day From Your Co-Worker Who Is … Continue reading COVID justification for one-use items is gone — time to reuse and recycle items again
How climate change has affected Greenlanders and their language
https://apple.news/A7HLsZV_8TMiigLLa5er1lQ WATER WHAT LIES BENEATH Greenland has a rich vocabulary for ice and snow. But what happens to language when those natural phenomena start to disappear? IT WAS MYsecondday in Ilulissat, Greenland’s third-largest town, and after exploring the modest center, I soon found myself on the outskirts, walking beside a broad meadow carpeted in sled … Continue reading How climate change has affected Greenlanders and their language
Comprehensive about how our food system will suffer as climate changes
This article is full of charts and graphics that do not copy well. Suggest you simply click thru. https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2022/apr/14/climate-crisis-food-systems-not-ready-biodiversity Our food systemisn't ready for theclimate crisis The world's farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods – leaving them more vulnerable to the climate breakdown by Nina Lakhani, Alvin Chang, Rita Liu, … Continue reading Comprehensive about how our food system will suffer as climate changes
Bad hurricane season predicted — prepare now
Experts urge everyone to prepare for hurricane season, no matter where you live BY JOHN ELLIOTT APRIL 13, 2022 / 7:07 PM / CBS NEW YORK NEW YORK - The upcoming hurricane season this year could rival that of 2021, which ushered in a record-breaking 21 named tropical storms. Federal officials warn it's never too early to … Continue reading Bad hurricane season predicted — prepare now
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