by Admin | Nov 27, 2017 | Climate Change, Information
New research from the University of Leeds has shown that among the many dangers of climate change is one unexpected one: an increase in volcanic eruptions. That is, an increase in volcanic eruptions in Iceland and places like it, where glaciers play a key role in...
by Admin | Nov 22, 2017 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Twenty-five years ago a group of 1,700 independent scientists, most of them Nobel laureates, joined the Union of Concerned Scientists in issuing a manifesto called the “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity.” It was pretty much as dire as it sounds. Gathering together...
by Admin | Nov 15, 2017 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Information
In 2014, a landslide in Oso, Washington, sent 270 million cubic feet of mud through a neighborhood, killing 43 people and destroying 49 homes. The slide covered a 1-square-mile area, and it is the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. An engineering report found that...
by Admin | Nov 1, 2017 | Climate Change
It’s no surprise that after President Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement, that states and cities stepped up to the plate and said, “Climate change is real, and no amount of fake news can stop it.” A number of mayors and governors across the political spectrum...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | Climate Change
Everyone is talking about how climate change is influencing weather patterns in the Atlantic, where several intense hurricanes have wreaked havoc in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. But what about drylands? Does climate change affect them,...
by Admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Climate Change, Resources
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, a lot of attention has been given to extreme rainfall and weather events as signs that climate change is real. But what many people haven’t been paying attention to are the changes in non-extreme precipitation...
