Hot Air News Roundup November 29, 2018
Something to keep in mind… We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form. ... You can imagine what the world would be like if sea level rises say, ten or twenty feet or even higher now which...
Hot Air News Roundup November 15, 2018
Something to keep in mind… For every square yard of forest, 27 square yards of leaves and needles blanket the crowns. … In addition, each summer, trees use up to 8,500 cubic yards of water per square mile, which they release into the air through transpiration. This...
Hot Air News Roundup November 8, 2018
Something to keep in mind… We are now in the midst of the 6th extinction, with a very rapid destruction of other species and of the kind of environment in which they can survive, like wilderness for example. ~ We are pushing to the edge of not only our own survival,...
Hot Air News Roundup November 1, 2018
Something to keep in mind… 50% of CO2 is removed in 30 years. The other 50% remains in the atmosphere for 200 years (30%) - to many thousand years (20%). President Trump and the legislators in Congress who are complicit in supporting his views through silence and...
Hot Air News Roundup October 24, 2018
Something to keep in mind… "If all of the ice on Greenland and Antarctica were to go, we are talking about 72, perhaps even 80 meters (262 ft) of global sea level rise." Paul Beckwith Melting glacier in China The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No....
Hot Air News Roundup October 18, 2018
Something to keep in mind… Climate Change is not an abstract concept – it is about people, water, food, energy, and infrastructure… This is dedicated to the people who suffered through Hurricane Michael… Hurricane Michael rapidly grew to a Category Four hurricane with...
Hot Air News Roundup October 11, 2018
Something to keep in mind… The world’s population is on track to hit 8 billion in 2023, and almost 10 billion by 2050. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report The 2018 special IPCC report came out Monday of this week. It warns that we have only 12...
Hot Air News Roundup September 20, 2018
Something to keep in mind... carbon emissions are caused by an economic system built on resource extraction and consumption. HOT AIR NEWS ROUNDUP General Climate Change News 100 Dead in Nigeria Following Severe Flooding EcoWatch September 19, 2018 Nigeria declared a...
Insect Die-off Due to Climate Change
This is a ‘long read’ and interesting if you like bugs. Buried deep in the article are some gems about Climate Change… ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off The Guardian December 14, 2017 Everywhere, invertebrates are threatened by climate...
Wildlife and the Environment
Climate Change: Wildlife & the Environment 'A single piece of plastic' can kill sea turtles, says study BBC September 13, 2018 Researchers found there was a one in five chance of death for a turtle who consumed just one item - rising to 50% for 14 pieces. The team...