Tag: glacier
High levels of mercury found in Greenland’s glaciers
Scientists analyzed samples from meltwater rivers and fjords and found concentrations of dissolved mercury among the highest ever recorded.
Antarctic ice melt has tripled in five years
"A three-fold increase now puts Antarctica in the frame as one of the largest contributors to sea-level rise."
150,000 Penguins Die After Huge Iceberg Blocks Route to Sea
The giant iceberg, the size of Rome, had apparently been floating close to the coast for 20 years before crashing into a glacier and becoming stuck.
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How workers in the South are defying history
The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.
Among the GOP’s debt ceiling hostages? Social Security payments for oldest Americans
"The choice facing the executive branch is clear: Act or default; act or increase the suffering of millions; act or go into economic tailspin."
Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile
With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.
The surprising pervasiveness of American arrogance
We Americans are all beneficiaries of exceptionalism, even those of us who decry its corrosive impact.
‘Clean energy is moving fast’: Investments in renewables will overtake fossil fuels for the...
The global energy crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the growing affordability of renewables, has given rise to more sustainable alternatives.