Global Temperatures To Reach New Records In Next 5 Years

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 01:52:19 +0000

Geneva, 17 May 2023 (WMO) — Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fueled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a 66% likelihood that the annual average near-surface global […]

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Florida And The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt’s Unprecedented Bloom

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:30:05 +0000

Native Floridians have struggled adapting to life as the timeless quality and charm of old Florida are being lost as a result of overdevelopment. That same overdevelopment contributes to the factors that support red tide’s continual growth. Many of us suffer from climate change grief — in particular, the loss of something in nature in […]

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Record Heat Stresses N. Hemisphere Grids

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 12:11:10 +0000

THIS IS NOT A NATURAL CYCLE – “Spain recorded its hottest ever temperature for April on Thursday, hitting 38.7C according to the country’s meteorological service. The record figure was reached in Cordoba airport in southern Spain just after 17:00 local time (16:00 BST)”

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Can We Game Our Way Out Of The Climate Crisis?

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 04:20:29 +0000

Climate-themed board games are growing in popularity. Their designers hope they can spark action. Europe is planting trees to offset its emissions but is swiftly hit with massive wildfires. The United States is investing in mining operations abroad to wean off its dependence on fossil fuels but harbors concerns about trading with an abusive government. […]

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Renewable Power’s Growth Is Being Accelerated As Countries Seek To Strengthen Energy Security

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 17:05:44 +0000

CleanTechnica-Solar-Panel-Farm-1-scaled watermarkThe global energy crisis has given renewable energy a historic boost, with the world on track to add as much renewable energy in the next five years as it did in the previous twenty. According to a new report from the IEA, the global energy crisis is causing a sharp acceleration in the installation of […]

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Adapting to Climate Change by Washing the Driveway

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:31:50 +0000

Climate change is about extremes and adapting to those extremes. Brisbane experienced a 10-year drought from 2001 to 2011. During that time, washing your car was illegal and hosing down the driveway was punishable by social death. Neighbors dobbed in neighbors as our lawns turned brown and our flower gardens died. We were adapting to […]

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