by Beth Holmes | Mar 6, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Columbia University experts are raising their voices about extreme weather, after a too-hot 2022 and wild disasters. According to Radley Horton, a research professor from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, human-induced climate change has raised...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 22, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards
Marine heat waves in the Mediterranean may have severe consequences on the inland sea, as fauna and flora alike struggle with high temperatures. From Spain to Turkey, the Mediterranean Sea has seen a series of exceptional temperatures this summer, with peaks raging...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
African cyclones are growing worse and wetter thanks to global warming, according to climate scientists. A team of 22 climate researchers from 8 countries collaborated on a study of cyclone seasons in Africa, comparing conditions today to pre-industrial weather...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 4, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
The Conger ice shelf has collapsed just before a record-setting Antarctic heat wave, concerning scientists about what is to come. East Antarctica saw record temperatures in mid-March. Concordia station, the French-Italian research facility on one of the summits of the...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The megadrought in the American West is the worst in at least 1200 years, according to a recent study by UCLA researchers, and human-led climate change is a key part of it. Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA, has been studying the history of soil hydration...
