"The Greenland Connection"
The Greenland ice sheet is so massive that it makes the Earth wobble. Its melting, and the result may be flooding in South Carolina.
Source: Charleston Post and Courier, 10/06/2021
Water & Oceans
"Mapping California’s Oil Spill: Aging Pipes Line the Coast"
"Ever since a pipeline failure caused at least 126,000 gallons of oil to spill into the Pacific Ocean, threatening a fragile coastal ecosystem and forcing some of Southern California’s most popular beaches to close, officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been scrutinizing satellite imagery to track the oil’s spread."
Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2021
Month After Ida's Landfall, Louisianians Decry 'Third World' Conditions
"Reuters traveled the bayous of hard-hit Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes in recent days, speaking with more than 40 residents. All said they felt abandoned by state and federal officials. A few said they had not received any type of support from any level of government."
Source: Reuters, 10/05/2021
"Oil Spills Plague Venezuelan Coast, But Cleanup Efforts Are Lacking"
"There have been 53 oil spills in Venezuela this year through September, most of them concentrated on the Caribbean coast where massive government oil refineries operate with little environmental oversight."
Source: Mongabay, 10/05/2021
"Did Ship’s Anchor Cause California Oil Spill? Maybe"
"Officials investigating one of California’s largest recent oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck an oil pipeline on the ocean floor, causing heavy crude to leak into coastal waters and foul beaches, authorities said Monday."
Source: AP, 10/05/2021
"14% Of World’s Coral Lost In Less Than A Decade, Study Shows"
"In the largest analysis of coral reef health ever undertaken, scientists found that between 2009 and 2018 the world lost about 11,700 sq km of coral – the equivalent of more than all the living coral in Australia."
Source: Guardian, 10/05/2021
New Landsat 9 Offers Variety of Resource Stories
The launch of NASA’s new Landsat Earth-observing satellite is a reminder to reporters that millions of images from over five decades can help unearth many environmental trends, whether deforestation, coastal erosion, suburban sprawl or wildfire impacts. The new Reporter’s Toolbox explains how the service works and how to access the resource, along with examples of prize-winning stories.
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Climate Resiliency — When a Disaster Becomes a Cascade
It sometimes feels like journalists lurch from one catastrophe (or hurricane, flood, wildfire, heat wave) to the next. But that can mean missing the bigger story: Disasters, increasingly linked to climate extremes, are often interlocking events, in which one system failure causes the next and the next. The latest Backgrounder explores three case studies, and how news media can focus attention on steps toward resilience.
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How Climate Attribution Science Went Mainstream, and What It Means
A growing body of research shows the links between global warming and extreme weather. And that knowledge can help communities prepare, and assign responsibility for damages. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn lays out the science of climate attribution — for heat waves, flooding, wildfires and, ironically, crop-killing freezes — and discusses its implications for future climate change policy.
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For Bangladesh Climate Migrants, Pandemic Job Cuts Fuel 'Multiple Crises'
"Bangladesh is one of the world's largest exporters of labour, but thousands have been left without work as the pandemic slows economies around the world".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/04/2021
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