by faster | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Independent DATE: January 18, 20201 SNIP: A “human fingerprint” covers the global temperature rise seen from before the industrial era to today, new research has found. From pre-industrial times to near present day, worldwide temperatures increased by...
by faster | Jan 14, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 14, 2021 SNIP: [I]n 2015, the Estonian government allowed what is known as clear-cutting in some parts of the Haanja nature reserve. The practice involves stripping entire areas of mature forest and removing whole tree trunks. This...
by faster | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: January 13, 2021 SNIP: The Trump administration on Wednesday removed more than 3 million acres of Pacific Northwest land from the protected habitat of the northern spotted owl, 15 times the amount it had previously proposed opening to the...
by faster | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 13, 2021 SNIP: The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of...
by faster | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: WUSF Public Media DATE: January 13, 2021 SNIP: The neurotoxin aldicarb is banned in about 100 countries, and is only one of 36 pesticides that the World Health Organization has called “extremely hazardous.” It’s now allowed to be used on Florida...
by faster | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 13, 2021 SNIP: The world’s oceans reached their hottest level in recorded history in 2020, supercharging the extreme weather impacts of the climate emergency, scientists have reported. More than 90% of the heat trapped by carbon...
