Knowledge Is Power1 day agoMinnesota to require 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040grist.org - Zoya TeirsteinDemocratic lawmakers in Minnesota passed an ambitious climate law late Thursday night requiring the state’s power utilities to use 100 percent clean …
Knowledge Is Power1 day agoMadagascar’s sacred trees face existential threats in a changing worldverified_publisherNational Geographic - Sarah GibbensPhotos reveal the beauty and threats facing the island country's famous landscapes. If you visit the southwest corner of Madagascar, you might find a tree so old its name is Grandmother. She has three stems, fused together, so that her trunk resembles a massive rounded pot rather than a solitary …
Knowledge Is Power2 days agoBiden’s recent climate decisions will close mines, protect salmon, and may permit drilling in Alaskaverified_publisherPopular Science - Laura BaisasMore land is being protected, but more fossil fuels could also be on the horizon. It’s been a busy few weeks for environmental policy from the Biden Administration. Protections for multiple ecosystems, like forests, bays, and watersheds, were put into motion in the past few weeks. However, it isn’t …
Knowledge Is Power1 day agoSouthern ocean warming caused by extreme marine heatwaves ‘off the scale’nzherald.co.nzThe level of warming being caused by extreme marine heatwaves in the ocean off the southern South Island is “literally off the scale”. MetService …
Knowledge Is Power2 days agoWhy is biodiversity so essential?verified_publisherWorld Economic Forum - Kori WilliamsBiodiversity loss and climate change are occurring at unprecedented rates, threatening humanity’s very survival. Nature is in crisis, but there is …
Knowledge Is Power2 days agoWater crises due to climate change: More severe than previously thoughtphys.org - Vienna University of TechnologyClimate change alters the global atmospheric circulation, which in turn alters precipitation and evaporation in large parts of the world and, in …
