Extreme Weather and Pollution

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A global overview of extreme weather and severe pollution issues on Earth....

Billions in U.S. solar projects shelved after Trump panel tariff
Reuters - by Nichola Groom
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5 billion in large installation projects, along
Hawaii Kilauea Volcano: 17th Fissure Is Dangerously Close to Geothermal Plant
Inverse - By Oscar Gonzalez
Scientists aren't sure when it will stop. Since the Kilauea volcano erupted on May 3, fissures began appearing near the volcano emitting steam and …
Why This Giant Crack Opened Up In Kenya
National Geographic
The region has yielded a trove of archaeological finds in the past and may border a new continent 50 million years in the future. 2 Minute Read Mai Mahiu-Narok road, in a region just west of Nairobi, used
This is what lava damage from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano looks like
globalnews.ca - By Maham Abedi
A volcano in Hawaii, threatening to blow its top, has been sputtering lava for a week, and it’s left some devastating results. The Kilauea volcano has …
Justin Trudeau
GOLDSTEIN: Scheer’s carbon fantasies as bad as Trudeau’s
torontosun.com - Lorrie GoldsteinMore from Lorrie Goldstein
It’s bad enough when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau misleads Canadians by claiming we can reach our international commitments to reduce industrial …
‘Dead Zone’ Larger Than Scotland Discovered By Underwater Robots In The Gulf Of Oman
The Inquisitr - Alexandra Lozovschi
For the first time in almost half a century, researchers have been able to confirm the great extent of the environmental disaster happening in the …
At 42 degrees, city records hottest day of the season
thehindu.com - Staff Reporter
Several parts of Telangana, including Hyderabad, recorded the highest maximum temperature for the year on Sunday. In the city, weathermen recorded a …
New research from South Africa links a mass extinction event with water scarcity
Quartz - By Kevin Rey
Around 260 million years, the earth was dominated by mammal-like reptiles called therapsids. The largest of these therapsids were the dinocephalians, a genus composed of several herbivorous and carnivorous
One of the most worrisome predictions about climate change may be coming true
The Washington Post - By Chris Mooney
Two years ago, former NASA climate scientist James Hansen and a number of colleagues laid out a dire scenario in which gigantic pulses of fresh water from melting glaciers could upend the circulation the
What happened to winter? Vanishing ice convulses Alaskans' way of life
Guardian US - Oliver Milman in Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Arctic Dispatches, part 1: The past winter was the warmest on record in the Arctic, putting a lifestyle that has endured for millennia at risk: ‘The magnitude of change is utterly unprecedented’ A few
The Revolutionary Giant Ocean Cleanup Machine Is About To Set Sail
Fast Company - By Adele Peters
Boyan Slat dropped out of school to work on his design for a device that could collect the trillions of pieces of plastic floating in the ocean. After years of work, it’s ready to take its first voyage.
New Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction
NPR - Christopher Joyce
Over the past 125,000 years, the average size of mammals on the Earth has shrunk. And humans are to blame. That's the conclusion of a new study of the fossil record by paleo-biologist Felisa Smith of University
Oil & Gas Industry
LNG not shipping’s green panacea, as IEA warns of ‘huge disruption’ over looming 2020 sulphur cap
splash247.com - Andre Wheeler
A report out this week suggests LNG is not the panacea for shipping’s fuel concerns now that member states of the IMO have voted in favour of cutting …
Science
Swarms Of Tiny Sea Creatures Are Powerful Enough To Mix Oceans, Study Finds
NPR - Rebecca Hersher
Credit: Isabel Houghton and J.R. Strickler Each night, all over the ocean, swarms of animals wriggle and kick their way from deep below the waves to feed at the surface. Each creature is tiny — less than
NASA
What's Really Warming the World? Climate deniers blame natural factors; NASA data proves otherwise
Bloomberg
Methodology NASA's Model Researchers who study the Earth's climate create models to test their assumptions about the causes and trajectory of global …
World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
oup.com - William J. Ripple
Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1700 independent scientists, including the majority of living Nobel laureates …
Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists
The Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
Carbon-free fusion power could be ‘on the grid in 15 years’ The dream of nuclear fusion is on the brink of being realised, according to a major new US initiative that says it will put fusion power on grid
Look, no lithium! First rechargeable proton battery created
The Guardian - Amy McNeilage
Researchers say it’s a crucial step towards cheaper and more environmentally-friendly energy storage Scientists have created the world’s first rechargeable proton battery, a crucial step towards cheaper
Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire
WIRED - Matt Simon
If you move to the San Francisco Bay Area, prepare to pay some of the most exorbitant home prices on the planet. Also, prepare for the fact that …
Tiger vs bear: Ferocious fight caught on camera at national park in India
globalnews.ca - By Staff
A violent fight between a male tiger and a female sloth bear at Tadoba National Park in Western Maharashtra state in India was captured on camera on …
Here’s what happened the last time the living things in our oceans and lakes died
Quartz - By Eelco Rohling
On January 5, 2018, a paper published in the journal Science delivered a sobering message: The oxygenation of open oceans and coastal seas has been steadily declining during the past half century. The
‘Inevitable’ 9.0 earthquake, tsunami will hit Canada’s West Coast: expert
globalnews.ca - By Katie Dangerfield
The threat of the “big one” hitting Western Canada has been looming for years. Experts say a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake could rip through the …
Polar Bears
This Starving Polar Bear Broke a Photographer’s Heart
petapixel.com - Michael Zhang
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen was visiting the Baffin Islands in Canada this summer when he came across a heartbreaking sight: a …
Science
Stunning Aerosol Visualization Accidentally Captures the Ferocity of This Year’s Hurricane Season
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
A new simulation produced by NASA’s Data Visualization Studio packs four months of swirling atmospheric activity into a two minute clip that reminds …
Meteorologist warns collapse of two Antarctic glaciers could flood every coastal city on Earth
inhabitat - by Lacy Cooke
Two of Antarctica’s glaciers are holding our civilization hostage, meteorologist Eric Holthaus wrote in a piece for Grist. Pine Island and Thwaites …
Oceans May Host Next Wave Of Renewable Energy
NPR - Jeff Brady
Think "renewable energy" and the wind and sun come to mind, but someday it may be possible to add ocean energy to that list. The fledgling wave energy industry is getting a boost from the federal government.
The Keystone pipeline just spilled another 210,000 gallons of oil
Popular Science - By Mary Beth Griggs
Here's what you need to know about the situation in South Dakota. Sometime before 6 a.m. local time, operators noticed that pressure had dropped in a pipeline capable of pumping 590,000 barrels of crude
Whatever your weather’s been like this week, you can probably expect the opposite for the rest of winter
Popular Science - By Stan Horaczek
It’s definitely looking like a La Niña year. If you live in the eastern U.S. and love having those four distinct seasons, you’re probably hoping this past week was a harbinger of a truly wintery winter,
Washington University
Crank the AC, cut in-car pollution
wustl.edu - Aug 10, 2017• by Erika Ebsworth-Goold
Engineers show how to best reduce pollution exposure during commutes For many, the commute to and from work is a lengthy, stressful process. According …