‘Huge Climate Victory’ as Judge Blocks Biden’s Oil Lease Sale in Gulf of Mexico
“The Biden administration must end new leasing and phase out existing drilling,” said one advocate. “Anything less would be a gross failure of climate leadership.” By Jake Johnson | – A federal judge...
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If We heat the World 1.5°C (2.7° F.), Essential Coral Reefs are all but Doomed
By Adele Dixon, Maria Beger, Peter Kalmus, and Scott F. Heron | – Coral reefs have long been regarded as one of the earliest and most significant ecological casualties of global warming. In new...
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How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat
By Gabriel Filippelli | – People fishing along the banks of the White River as it winds through Indianapolis sometimes pass by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch. One of the risks...
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“Niagara Falls becoming Horizontal:” NOAA warns of nearly 1 foot Sea Level...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The sea level along the US coastline in the lower 48 will rise as much in just the next 30 years as it had the century before our own moment (1920-2020), which is to say,...
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IPCC report: Half the world is facing water scarcity, floods and dirty water...
By Balsher Singh Sidhu, University of British Columbia | – More than half the world’s population faces water scarcity for at least one month every year. Meanwhile, some people have to deal with too...
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Arctic hits 50° F above normal, as Scientists predict it will soon have more...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While it made headlines because it is freakish, that parts of Antarctica are 70 degrees F. warmer than usual may just be a fluke. Climate is a trend line you can see over...
View ArticleIndustrialized Nations must stop Producing Fossil Fuels by 2034 to keep...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scientists Dan Calverley and Kevin Anderson at Manchester University have brought out a new report looking hard at what would have to be done for us to have a 50/50...
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Human-Driven Climate Crisis: East Antarctica Ice Shelf collapses for First...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Associated Press reports that the Conger/Glenzer ice shelf in East Antarctica has collapsed. The event was caught on satellite video, and it is the first such...
View ArticleStanford U. Electricity now 100% Green, with Savings of $ .5 Billion; Why...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chelci Adami of the Stanford Report writes that Stanford University has transitioned to 100% renewable electricity. The Stanford Solar Generating Station #2 went online...
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Will the Climate Crisis Cause the Next Great Global Conflict?
Oslo (Special to Informed Comment) – In November 1970 the Great Bhola Cyclone smashed into the southern coast of what is now Bangladesh, killing 500,000 people. It wasn’t just the deadliest storm in...
View ArticleFossil-Fuel Burning Humans are as Catastrophic for Sea Life as the Chicxulub...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Justin L. Penn and Curtis Deutsch shows that over the next 200 years, humanity could kill off half of all marine life by by pumping billions of tons of...
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Busan, S. Korea, constructing Solar-Powered Artificial Biorock Island to...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UN Habitat, the municipality of Busan in South Korea, and the company OCEANIX are responding to the challenge of sea-level rise by building an artificial floating city...
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Will Japan be the Godzilla of Deep Sea Current Energy?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If you were going to try to generate electricity from a deep water ocean current, you’d like it to be flowing in one direction and to be fast and steady. Most deep sea...
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Electricity from the cold Ocean Depths could One day Power Island States
By Rosalind Archer, Griffith University | – In the tropics, the deep sea is cold and the sea surface is very warm. That temperature difference can be harnessed and turned into electricity. If we can...
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The last Time our Atmosphere had 421 ppm of Carbon Dioxide, Florida was under...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Friday that in May, carbon dioxide peaked at 421 parts per million, a level not seen since the...
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Ice world: Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is under assault from below and...
By Ted Scambos, University of Colorado Boulder | – Flying over Antarctica, it’s hard to see what all the fuss is about. Like a gigantic wedding cake, the frosting of snow on top of the world’s largest...
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Now the Climate Emergency is changing Ocean Waves, Menacing Coasts with Rapid...
By Thomas Mortlock, Macquarie University; Adrean Webb, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Itxaso Odériz, Universidad de Cantabria; Nobuhito Mori, Kyoto University; Rodolfo Silva, Universidad Nacional...
View ArticleClimate: Scientists Stunned to Find Atlantic Plankton 90% Gone; Marine Life,...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mark Howarth, writing in the stalwart weekly from Dundee, Scotland, The Sunday Post, has a blockbuster scoop. The Global Oceanic Environmental Survey, led by Edinburgh...
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Greenland loses 6 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Days, harbinger of...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN and The Independent reported this week on a massive ice melt in Greenland, with on the order of 6 billion tons of ice lost in three days. The melting was because of a...
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Arctic is warming nearly four Times faster than the rest of the World – New...
By Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol | – The Earth is approximately 1.1℃ warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not been uniform, with some regions warming...
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