Switzerland loses 10% of glacier volume in just two years
“Glaciers are the ambassadors of climate change. They make it very clear what is happening out there because they respond in a very sensitive way to warming temperatures.”
Mother Earth vs. capitalism, private property & rapture fundamentalists
The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.
Who’s Driving Climate Denial? Big Companies and Conservative Media
Companies which signed the environmental pact and then gave political donations to climate deniers are PepsiCo, Dupont, Mondelez, Google, AT&T, Verizon and GE.
Study finds staggering economic benefit from protecting wetlands
For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane.
Ocean plastic could triple by 2040, report finds
"If we're going to significantly reduce ocean plastic pollution, we need an innovative and rigorous approach to ensure that the strategies we design are set up to delivering results."
Cargo vessels are killing more whales — and a new effort aims to save...
Collisions between whales and ships have increased, but an effort to hear, see and predict whale behavior could help reduce fatalities.
Indigenous communities on the frontline as two climate change-fueled hurricanes slam Central America
“It’s caused a lot of damages to the most vulnerable peoples, which tends to be Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and Black communities all across Central America.”
How Australia’s ‘fever swamp’ of climate science denial is pushing a non-scandal about temperatures
Australia’s network of climate science deniers continue to grasp at straws.
Climate emissions from Gulf Coast’s new petrochemical, oil and gas projects same as 29...
And construction appears to be speeding up, with over 40 percent of those projects permitted between 2016 and mid-2018.
3 things you can do to help avoid climate disaster
Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.