by faster | Jul 6, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: ABC (Australia) DATE: July 6, 2019 SNIP: Rare Australian sandalwood trees that are more than 200 years old are dying in South Australia’s outback. Ecologist John Read spotted the dying trees on his property at Secret Rocks, between Whyalla and Kimba, on...
by faster | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 12, 2019 SNIP: Hundreds of Indian villages have been evacuated as a historic drought forces families to abandon their homes in search of water. The country has seen extremely high temperatures in recent weeks. On Monday the capital,...
by faster | May 26, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Anchorage Daily News DATE: May 26, 2019 SNIP: Alaska’s wettest region is experiencing an extreme drought for the first time in recorded history, climate scientists say. The southernmost portion of Southeast Alaska, including Ketchikan, Prince of Wales Island,...
by faster | Mar 26, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Duke University DATE: March 26, 2019 SNIP: Older power plants with once-through cooling systems generate about a third of all U.S. electricity, but their future generating capacity will be undercut by droughts and rising water temperatures linked to climate...
by faster | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: December 21, 2018 SNIP: During the darkest days of the drought that has gripped the western U.S. since the early 2000s, fires raged and crops withered. Dust storms rolled across plains and valleys. And rivers shriveled from north to...
