Climate News

By Ferdinand Quinones

Articles on Climate Change

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Tesla's new Solar Roof is actually cheaper than a normal roof
inhabitat - by Amanda Froelich
Good news for those who have been eyeing Tesla’s new Solar Roof – the company just announced pricing for its photovoltaic tiles, and they come in at …
Kashmir: Melting glaciers threaten Ladakh's nature
AlJazeera - Karthikeyan Hemalatha
Rise in temperature melts Himalayan glaciers in Kashmir's Ladakh region, threatening the lives of thousands of people. Leh, Ladakh - Tsering Jorgay, a 40-year-old from the village of Kuri in Indian-administered
April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs
The Guardian - Michael Slezak
Latest monthly figures add to string of recent temperature records and all but assure 2016 will be hottest year on record Last month was the hottest April on record globally – and the seventh month in
Spring Has Sprung in the Arctic Ocean : Earth Matters : Blogs
nasa.gov
With springtime comes sunlight and warmth that advance the melting and breakup of Arctic sea ice. Varied patterns and textures appear across the …
Everglades under threat as Florida's mangroves face death by rising sea level
Guardian US - Oliver Milman in New York
The ‘river of grass’ wilderness and coastal communities are in peril, with the buffer coastal ecosystems on a ‘death march’ inland Florida’s mangroves have been forced into a hasty retreat by sea level
The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary.
The Washington Post - By Chris Mooney and
This story has been updated. More than a thousand low-lying tropical islands risk becoming “uninhabitable” by the middle of the century — or possibly sooner — because of rising sea levels, upending the
In 2017, the oceans were by far the hottest ever recorded
The Guardian - John Abraham
The second-hottest year recorded at Earth’s surface was the hottest in its oceans Among scientists who work on climate change, perhaps the most anticipated information each year is how much the Earth warmed.
2017 was the hottest year on record without El Niño boost
The Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editor
Data shows the year was also one of the hottest three ever recorded, with scientists warning that the ‘climate tide is rising fast’ 2017 was the hottest year since global records began that was not given
The three-degree world: cities that will be drowned by global warming
The Guardian - Josh Holder, Niko Kommenda and Jonathan Watts
The UN is warning that we are now on course for 3C of global warming. This will ultimately redraw the map of the world When UN climate negotiators meet for summit talks this month, there will be a new
Antarctica's ice-free areas to increase by up to a quarter by 2100, study says
The Guardian - Michael Slezak
If greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reduced, ice-free areas are expected to surge by as much as 17,000 square kilometres Climate change will cause ice-free areas on Antarctica to increase by up to a quarter
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More people heading to court to spur action on climate change, study finds
The Guardian - Oliver Milman in New York
• Study by UN and Columbia finds ‘proliferation’ of cases instigated by citizens • Lion’s share of court cases are in US but number also growing around the world Governments around the world are increasingly
World Bank: let climate-threatened Pacific islanders migrate to Australia or NZ
The Guardian - Ben Doherty and Eleanor Ainge Roy
World Bank argues structured migration program would prevent forced migration in future generations Australia and New Zealand should allow open migration for citizens of Pacific nations threatened by change,
Prolonged Drought Spurs Elephant Starvation
nasa.gov
Himalayas
circleofblue.org
Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied …
Water streaming across Antarctica surprises, worries scientists
cbsnews.com - By Shanika Gunaratna
/ CBS News In a unique study spanning the entire continent, scientists have found that water is gushing across Antarctica — more than they ever …
Weekly Warm-Up: Visualizing Climate Change
National Geographic
Classroom Ideas, Main, This Week in Geographic History Climate change is a difficult subject for adults as well as children to wrap their brains around. Of course, there are political, cultural, and even
New UN-backed report cites climate change among factors fuelling internal displacement
un.org
“Internal displacement is a reliable barometer of the scale of humanitarian needs around the globe and last year there were 27.8 million …
La Nina May Replace Fading El Nino by Summer Storm Season
Bloomberg - Brian K Sullivan
A La Nina, a weather pattern marked by a cooling of the Pacific Ocean’s surface, might begin as soon as summer in the Northern Hemisphere, …
Can Melbourne Lower Its Temperature by 7 Degrees?
CityLab - Neil McMahon
The Australian city is using trees and water to fight the urban heat island effect. MELBOURNE, Australia — This city’s strategy to save its urban landscape — and protect itself from the perils of climate
2014 Was the Warmest Year in the Modern Record
nasa.gov
Separate analyses by NASA and NOAA agree that the past year was hotter than any other since 1880. The ten warmest years in the instrumental record, …
Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes
ipsnews.net - Fabíola Ortiz
In this town in Peru’s highlands over 3,000 metres above sea level, in the mountains surrounding the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Quechua Indians …
China Climate Deal Includes Provision on Water-Energy Research
circleofblue.org - Brett Walton
A joint energy research program will be extended and expanded to include water. President Xi Jinping of China and U.S. President Barack Obama greet …
Almost 7,000 UK properties to be sacrificed to rising seas
The Guardian
Almost 7,000 homes and buildings will be sacrificed to the rising seas around England and Wales over the next century, according to an unpublished Environment Agency (EA) analysis seen by the Guardian.
What Is This “Atmospheric River” That Is Flooding California?
scientificamerican.com - Mark Fischetti
Editors' Note (2/22/17): The flooding across California, and the threat of breaches at the Oroville Dam and other reservoirs that have forced …
The charts that show we're living through Earth's warmest year on record
Mashable - Andrew Freedman
This year is almost certain to become the warmest year the planet has had since instrument records began, and very likely for at least 4,000 years before that. Even though November was tied with 2008 only
Geoengineering: Energy efficient method using salt water to cool planet identified
International Business Times (GB) - Jayalakshmi K
Rayleigh Jet technique could help offset the effects of carbon emissions A study into reversible geoengineering method to offset rising global …
Climate Finance Flowing, But for Many, the Well Remains Dry
ipsnews.net
Communities like this one in Grenada, which depend on the sea for their survival, stand to suffer the most with the loss of the fishing industry due …
California’s 'Hot Drought' Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years
Bloomberg - Tom Randall
Record rains fell in California this week. They’re not enough to change the course of what scientists are now calling the region’s worst drought in …