by Beth Holmes | Jul 22, 2023 | Climate Change, Uncategorized
Ocean temperatures are rising in Florida, threatening coral, contributing to humidity, and keeping the air from cooling at night. According to the World Meteorological Organization, almost every day last week unofficially broke records for high temperatures. Japan...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 10, 2023 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Uncategorized
A highly radioactive spill near the Columbia River in Hanford in eastern Washington is worse than was previously described. Hanford Site, or the Hanford Nuclear Reservation or Site W, is a nuclear production complex. It was part of the Manhattan Project, and produced...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 1, 2023 | Climate Change, Uncategorized
A heat wave and the power cuts it is causing are overwhelming northern India’s hospitals with heat-related illnesses and deaths. In northern India this week, the average high temperature has been over 110F, with some days getting as high as 113F. Normally the...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 29, 2023 | Environmental hazards, Uncategorized
The Yellowstone River has been contaminated by a train derailment, triggering water conservation warnings downstream. On Saturday, a bridge over the Yellowstone River collapsed under a train carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur. Witnesses could see yellow fluid,...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 19, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Dead fish washed up on Texas beaches in the tens of thousands over the weekend, creating a biohazard zone of rotting carcasses for over forty miles. The phenomenon is known as a “fish kill,” and they’re becoming more common as sea conditions alter with climate...
