"Climate 'Tipping Elements' Could Cost Trillions — Study"
"'Tipping elements' in the rapidly warming Arctic may add trillions of dollars to the long-term costs of climate change, a new study suggests."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/24/2019
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EPA Moves to ‘Close the Door’ on Asbestos. Groups Say Loopholes Remain
"The Trump administration on Wednesday issued a regulation it said would impose new restrictions on asbestos, a deadly substance once commonly found in insulation materials. The final Environmental Protection Agency rule goes somewhat further than the initial version the agency had proposed, but public health advocates said it still fell short of the protections needed."
Source: NY Times, 04/18/2019
"Want To Limit Global Warming? Electrify Everything, Finds Study"
"Researchers at the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) in Finland and Energy Watch Group (EWG) have completed a 4½ year study that examined how to meet the goals of the Paris climate accords without such measures as carbon capture and geoengineering. Their conclusion? Run everything on electricity and generate all of that electricity using renewables, primarily solar."
Source: CleanTechnica, 04/17/2019
The Great Barrier Reef Was Seen as ‘Too Big to Fail.’ Maybe It Isn’t.
"For millenniums, ecosystems have withstood fires, floods, heat waves, drought and even disease by adapting and rebuilding their biodiverse communitiesBut according to new research, there is a limit to what even the largest and most resilient places can stand, and climate change is testing that limit by repeatedly disturbing one of the earth’s most precious habitats: the Great Barrier Reef."
Source: NY Times, 04/04/2019
"Climate Change's Fingerprints Are On U.S. Midwest Floods: Scientists"
"Climate change played a hand in the deadly floods in the U.S. upper Midwest that have damaged crops and drowned livestock, scientists said on Thursday, while a Trump administration official said more homework was needed before making that link."
Source: Reuters, 03/22/2019
"‘Our Future Is What We Are Fighting For’"
"They've come of age in a warming world. Now, students in nearly 100 countries and dozens of U.S. states are skipping school to fight climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 03/14/2019
"Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life"
"When deadly heat waves hit on land, we hear about them. But the oceans can have heat waves, too. They are now happening far more frequently than they did last century and are harming marine life, according to a new study."
Source: NY Times, 03/05/2019
"A Growing Divide on Climate Science: Trump vs. the Rest of the World"
"New efforts by President Trump and his staff to question or undermine the established science of climate change have created a widening rift between the White House on one side, and scientific facts, government agencies, and some leading figures in the president’s own party on the other."
Source: NY Times, 02/28/2019
Evidence For Man-Made Global Warming Hits 'Gold Standard': Scientists
"Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of certainty, adding pressure for cuts in greenhouse gases to limit rising temperatures, scientists said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 02/27/2019
"Arctic: Soot On Snow Speeds Up Warming. Here's Where It Comes From"
"Human emissions of greenhouse gases are driving rapid warming all over the globe — particularly in the Arctic, where temperatures are rising at about twice the global rate. But there's another form of carbon in the atmosphere that may also be playing a role."
Source: ClimateWire, 02/18/2019
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