Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
Study Says Climate Change Will Shrink Habitats
The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world. The scientists from Britain, Australia and Colombia said plants, amphibians and reptiles were most vulnerable as. . .
California Drilling Auctions Postponed
Federal land managers have postponed all oil and gas lease auctions in California until October, citing budget problems and low staffing as well as the toll of environmental litigation. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently announced it would put off an auction planned for later this month for leases. . .
Ocean Temps Highest In 150 Years
The warmest year on record for the continental U.S. also brought the warmest recorded sea surface temperatures in 150 years for the East Coast between Cape Hatteras, N.C. and the Gulf of Maine. Using satellite and ship-board measurements, NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) reported thataverage surface temperatures reached 57.2 F (14 C) in. . .
EPA Revises Fracking Impact
The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change? Oil. . .
Top Ten U.S. Cities With Worst Air Pollution
Air quality continues to improve across the United States, but over 40 percent of Americans live in counties with unhealthy levels of particle or ozone pollution. The American Lung Association released their annual State of the Air report Wednesday, and cities across California are at the top of the list for. . .
Ancient Tree Clones To Fight Global Warming
A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world’s biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change. Now comes the most. . .
Sandy Rattled Earthquake Sensors In Seattle
Superstorm Sandy didn’t just rattle the East Coast, it also jiggled the ground across the country ever so slightly, scientists reported Thursday. Earthquake sensors located as far away as the Pacific Northwest detected the storm’s energy as it surged toward the New York metropolitan region last year. The network typically. . .
Earth Day 2013
This year’s Earth Day has a more somber connotation to it. The bombing in Boston has focused the country’s attention to the horrors of that act, along with the moment-to-moment coverage of tracking down the two perpetuators. Just like the infamous highway chase coverage of OJ Simpson fleeing, the nation. . .
Opportunity To Stall Climate Change Slipping Away
The development of low-carbon energy is progressing too slowly to limit global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. With power generation still dominated by coal and governments failing to increase investment in clean energy, top climate scientists have said that the target of keeping the global temperature. . .
Antartica Ice Melt Hits Highest Point in 1,000 Years
The summer ice melt in parts of Antarctica is at its highest level in 1,000 years, Australian and British researchers reported on Monday, adding new evidence of the impact of global warming on sensitive Antarctic glaciers and ice shelves. Researchers from the Australian National University and the British Antarctic Survey. . .
New LED Light To Replace Office Fluorescents
If you’ve worked in an office, you’re probably familiar with the soft glow of fluorescent tubes drifting from the ceiling. If Europe’s Philips brand is right, those lamps could soon be history. Royal Philips NV, the Dutch consumer appliances giant, said Thursday that it has developed an LED light that. . .
Republican Acknowledgment Of Climate Change Growing
Gallup on Tuesday released a new poll showing that Republicans are beginning to change their outlook on global warming. In the poll, 40 percent of Republicans said they worry a great deal or fair amount about global warming, up from 32 percent in 2012. Seventy-five percent of Democrats gave similar. . .
EPA Unveils New Tailpipe Regulations
The Obama administration unveiled a proposal last Friday to clean up gasoline and automobile emissions, a step that officials say will result in cleaner air across the U.S. and slightly higher prices at the pump. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the rule to reduce sulfur in gasoline and tighten. . .
NW Governors Want Feds To Reconsider Coal Exports
The governors of Washington and Oregon are urging the White House to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gasses that would be emitted elsewhere if the nation’s coal is exported. In a joint letter sent Monday to the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. John. . .
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