by faster | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: OPB DATE: July 12, 2021 SNIP: The calls flooded into Blue Mountain Wildlife first thing in the morning Monday, June 28 — dozens of baby hawks, desperate to escape the blast of early summer heat, bailed from their nests and plummeted to the ground. Calls poured...
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 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...
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 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...