by faster | Jul 11, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times DATE: July 11, 2021 SNIP: Lake Mead, a lifeline for 25 million people and millions of acres of farmland in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico, made history when it was engineered 85 years ago, capturing trillions of gallons of river water...
by faster | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: CNN DATE: July 9, 2021 SNIP: In 2009, the European Union (EU) pledged to curb greenhouse gas emissions, urging its member states to shift from fossil fuels to renewables. In its Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU classified biomass as a renewable energy...
by faster | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 8, 2021 SNIP: More than 1 billion marine animals along Canada’s Pacific coast are likely to have died from last week’s record heatwave, experts warn, highlighting the vulnerability of ecosystems unaccustomed to extreme temperatures. The...
by faster | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: MongaBay DATE: June 23, 2021 SNIP: When the first tile in a line of dominoes tips forward, it affects everything in front of it. One after another, lined-up dominoes knock into each other and topple. This is essentially what could happen to ice sheets, ocean...
by faster | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Agence-France Presse and Phys.org DATE: June 22, 2021 SNIP: Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN’s...
by faster | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 17, 2021 SNIP: The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an “unprecedented” increase amid the climate crisis. Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the National...
