by Admin | Dec 19, 2016 | Climate Change
The retreat of glaciers around the world has long been heralded as a definitive symbol of the effects of human activity on the global climate. However, due to a great deal of variability between glaciers, it’s been hard to actually pin that retreat on global climate...
by Admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Thanks to global climate change, we’re likely to see a huge increase in the number and intensity of extreme rainfall events by the middle of the 21st century. Extreme rainfall events cause flash floods and other problems for local infrastructure, and can be quite...
by Admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Climate Change
The melting of Arctic ice has many effects on the planet, once of which has been less cloud cover in the Arctic. This creates a vicious cycle, because less cloud cover means that more sunlight gets through to the ice, which makes the ice melt faster. In order for...
by Admin | Dec 7, 2016 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
California now has 102 million dead trees, a number that increased 62 million just in 2016 alone, according to the U.S. Forest Service. This is because the state has been in a severe drought for the last five years, with some parts of California not having seen rain...
by Admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Climate Change
Global carbon emissions didn’t grow in 2015, and only rose slightly in 2016. The projected rise for 2016 is only 0.2 percent, which a huge improvement over the 2.3 percent seen each year of the decade up to 2013. In 2014, it was only 0.7 percent. This analysis was...
by Admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Climate Change
One constant of climate change forecasts is that natural disasters will occur with more frequency and severity. Nowhere is this easier to study, and perhaps more pressing, than in Australia, a continent known for its extreme environment. A recent study, the...
