Climate & Energy

July 30, 2019

California wildfires largely result from climate change

Researchers from the Earth Institute at Columbia University have concluded that many California wildfires are a result of a warming climate.
July 25, 2019

Climate change makes New Orleans vulnerable to flooding from tropical storms

New Orleans is exceptionally prone to flooding, partly as a result of climate change.
July 25, 2019

Rising sea levels threatening historic US sites

As climate change causes rising sea levels, preservation experts are faced with new challenges for saving historic buildings and other sites.
July 23, 2019

Online video streaming produces 300 million tons of CO2 per year

Scientists say the growth of online streaming will ultimately be unsustainable.
July 23, 2019

Elephant extinction could decrease carbon-absorbing trees, accelerating climate change

Elephant extinction could allow 7% more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
July 23, 2019

China’s greenhouse gas emissions up 50% since 2005

China’s environment ministry said its emissions reached 12.3 billion tons in 2014, up 53.5% since 2005.
July 19, 2019

Community groups appeal against coal plant permit

July 18, 2019

Deforestation in the Congo Basin releasing carbon held for thousands of years

Carbon escaping from deforested sites is about 1,500 years old.
July 18, 2019

Alaskan heatwave brought record high temperatures

This 4th of July, Alaskans experienced record high temperatures, with Anchorage reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time in the city’s history.
July 11, 2019

Unusual summer hail storm covers Guadalajara, Mexico, in ice

Guadalajara residents woke up at the end of June to more than 3 feet of ice after a hailstorm broke the stretch of hot summer days.
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