by Beth Holmes | Jan 16, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
NOAA counted 18 distinct climate extremes in the United States in 2022, costing Americans over $165 billion and killing at least 474 people. 2022 wasn’t the hottest year on record (that was 2020), or the wettest (2018), but it was among the wildest. Eighteen...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Kenyan herders are digging for groundwater as an extended drought means dry riverbeds and dying cattle. The shallow rivers in much of Eastern Africa are drying up. In Samburu County, a region of Kenya, there is no surface water to be found anywhere these days. “We had...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Tower Rock in the Mississippi River is accessible by foot now as water levels reach severe lows. Tower Rock is a large, imposing island in the Mississippi River, a ways south of St. Louis. The tall dome of stone is usually a short boat ride from shore, but with the...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Sriracha hot sauce will be thin on the shelves, as chili pepper crops fail in unseasonable conditions. Back in April, Huy Fong Foods, the company that makes the wildly popular sriracha sauce, sent out a letter announcing that they were struggling to get chili peppers...
by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Lake Mead is reaching record lows as Las Vegas and the western U.S. suffer under massive drought. The last time Lake Mead, the massive reservoir behind the Hoover Dam which provides water to 25 million people in three states and Mexico was considered full was 2000....
