Climate Change
Big kahuna of climate indicators: This January was the third warmest on record globally
The disappearance of Arctic sea ice is one indicator of how climate change is altering natural systems<p>While a powerful El Niño has faded, the globe’s heat continues to be an enduring phenomenon due largely to carbon pollution. This January was the third-warmest January on record, according to data …
Global WarmingA man with a nasty habit of suing the EPA now leads it, because why not?
Congrats, America: We now have a Senate-confirmed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) again.<p>Oh, except that administrator is Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general who sued the EPA multiple times over what he sees as its overly aggressive environmental …
EnvironmentOceans Are Losing Oxygen. Here’s Why That’s a Big Problem
Oceans across the globe are slowly losing oxygen, which poses a major problem for every living marine animal and underscores the serious consequences …
EnvironmentWhen Their Food Ran Out, These Reindeer Kept Digging
Polar bears aren't the only beloved Arctic animal threatened by climate change. Scientists believe reindeer are at risk as a warming world makes their main winter food source disappear.<p>But reindeer on one Alaskan island are surprising researchers.<p>And that surprise doesn't just come from the fact …
NatureThis Battery Runs on Nothing but Dissolved CO2 and Air
Power from pollution.<p>In our rapidly warming world, finding a cheap way to pull greenhouse gases from the atmosphere while satisfying our energy needs …
BatteriesEveryone In Trump's Cabinet Is Failing Americans
As President Donald Trump’s Cabinet confirmation hearings continue, it’s shocking to see how far the President has deviated from Republican …
EnvironmentThree Ways New EPA Head Scott Pruitt Will Dismantle Environmental Protection
Despite extraordinary backlash, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has just been named to head the Environmental Protection Agency for the …
Sea LevelHere's What We Learned From Friday's #DayofFacts
Libraries and museums reminded the world of the better alternative to "alternative."<p>Museums and libraries are typically nonpartisan institutions, but even they can’t stay quiet in this political climate and amid the “fake news” buzz. On Friday, they took to Twitter to stand up for something that’s …
LibrariesWe need to rethink how it is that we define citizenship, and here's why | Opinion
<i>This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.</i><p>The hottest year on record was 2016. It was also the year …
EnvironmentIf Cell Service Goes Down in a Disaster, This App Will Keep You Connected - Motherboard
Climate change will irrevocably continue to hit environments and populations in developing countries the hardest for the foreseeable future, but these locations are often the ones least well equipped to deal with its effects.<p>In Bangladesh, a country very vulnerable to climate change, cellular …
EnvironmentHow the US Is Actually a Bigger Climate Change Offender Than China
China is often cast as the villain of climate change — pumping out more carbon emissions than any other country and refusing to yield to outside …
EnvironmentThese are all the posts Paul Nuttall doesn't want you to see on his website
• <b>Paul Nuttall takes his website offline after admitting claim about losing friends at Hillsborough was false.</b>• <b><br>UKIP leader has previously deleted posts on his blog about NHS privatisation.</b>• <b><br>Site falsely claims he was a professional footballer.</b>• <b><br>Personal blog reveals his views on abortion and climate</b> …
Paul NuttallTwelve Years Ago, the Kyoto Protocol Set the Stage for Global Climate Change Policy
It's been 12 years since the Kyoto Protocol—the first international effort to cut back greenhouse gas emissions and slow the pace of human-induced …
EnvironmentThe Great Backyard Bird Count is losing feathers due to climate change.
The National Audubon Society’s annual count, which runs Feb. 17–20 this year, encourages people to identify and report the birds they see in their …
EnvironmentMeteorologists Are Backing Up Our Climate Data To Defeat Trump
Back in December, before all references to climate change had been stripped from the White House website and before government agencies were banned …
EnvironmentCan curbing gentrification help stop climate change?
As Ben Carson moves toward his confirmation hearings for secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the question remains how …
HousingJohn Cornyn is no climate denier, but with votes like his, does that even matter? | Commentary
Back in 2014 when I was still fairly new to Washington as The News' business correspondent, I took part in a call between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas …
EnvironmentMelting glaciers around Mount Everest may be forming killer lakes
Of the roughly 198,000 glaciers on the planet, more than a quarter are found in the Himalayas. But even this frigid expanse of ice and snow—home to …
EnvironmentNew supercomputer aids climate research in top coal state
<b>By Mead Gruver,</b> <i>The Associated Press</i><p>CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A new supercomputer in the top coal-mining state has begun critical climate-change research with …
EnvironmentThese 4 Koch-Funded Congressmen Are Behind the Bill to Abolish the EPA
By Alex KotchFlorida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz turned heads when he introduced a bill on Feb. 3 to "completely abolish" the U.S. Environmental …
Corporate SustainabilityHow climate change's effect on agriculture can lead to war
On February 12, the temperature in Magnum, Oklahoma, reached 100 degrees. It was a state record for the month of February, besting a mark that was …
EnvironmentBuddhist “Rolling Retreat” Planned for April Climate March
New York City-based Buddhist organizations are planning a “rolling retreat” down to Washington, D.C. on April 29, with three teachers across …
BuddhismClimate change sceptic to head up US Environmental Protection Agency
Scott Pruitt has been confirmed at the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – a body he sued more than a dozen times during his tenure as Oklahoma attorney general.<p>Pruitt is a fierce critic of the agency he’ll now run. While he told senators at his confirmation hearing he disagreed …
EnvironmentCultural Cognition Is Why People Don't Trust The Scientific Consensus
From evolution to climate change, there are plenty of scientific topics that have the public embroiled in controversy—even though almost all of the …
PsychologyFossil Fuel Companies Are Hiding the Risks of Climate Change
<b>By Paul Griffin and Amy Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis</b><p>Prior to President Donald Trump taking office, there was a push to require oil …
EnvironmentActivists Race to Archive Climate Data to Protect It From the Trump Administration
More than 100 archivists, environmentalists and data nerds will gather this weekend at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., to hold a digital …
EnvironmentArctic and Antarctic sea ice at record low
The extent of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic last month was the lowest on record for January, the UN World Meteorological Organization says, …
Global WarmingObama’s top science adviser’s guide for navigating the Trump era
BOSTON — If there’s a subtext to this year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest gathering of scientists of the year, it’s anxiety for the future.<p>John Holdren, the top science advisor to President Barack Obama who spoke Friday at the conference, summed it …
ScienceFastest computer in the Rockies tapped for range of projects
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new supercomputer at a federally funded research center in Wyoming will do important work for a wide range of Earth science research. Among upcoming projects:<p>— Researchers at the University of Wyoming are simulating air currents around the spinning blades of wind turbines, …
Renewable EnergyRenewables Accounted for 90% of Europe's New Power Last Year
Nine out of Ten<p>Climate change is real — temperatures are rising, weather is getting more erratic, and glaciers continue to melt. According to …
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