BP and Shell planning for catastrophic 5°C global warming despite … – The Independent
The Independent BP and Shell planning for catastrophic 5°C global warming despite …The IndependentOil giants Shell and BP are planning for global temperatures to rise as much as 5°C by the middle of the century. The level is more than double the upper limit …Why our brains make it hard to grapple with global warminggulfnews.comDon’t let…
Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming – Science Daily
Science Daily Tropical forest reserves slow down global warmingScience DailyAn audit of the role protected areas of tropical forest play in preventing global warming shows they are preventing the release of three times as much carbon into the atmosphere as the UK emits each year. Protected areas account for 20 per cent of the …
Climate Change Is Making Bamboo-Eating Lemurs Go Hungry – Scientific American
Scientific American Climate Change Is Making Bamboo-Eating Lemurs Go HungryScientific AmericanEven though it is already the most endangered primate in the world, the greater bamboo lemur just can’t catch a break. Climate change is starving out this Madagascar native, a study published Thursday reports in Current Biology. These critically …Climate change may slowly starve bamboo…
How artificial islands could help us adapt to climate change – BBC News
BBC News How artificial islands could help us adapt to climate changeBBC NewsFrom Florida to Wales, climate change is ebbing away available land in coastal communities the world over. Sea levels are going up and the amount of usable land is slipping away. These effects are already being felt and the process is seemingly …
Havana’s Malecon threatened by climate change, neglect – Fox News
Fox News Havana’s Malecon threatened by climate change, neglectFox NewsWhile hundreds of historic and cultural landmarks around Latin America are threatened by climate change, neglect has left the Malecon in worse shape than most. A January report by the Havana Historian’s Office found that 52 of the 72 buildings along … and more »
Saildrones: The ocean drones trawling for climate change data – Oct … – CNNMoney
CNNMoney Saildrones: The ocean drones trawling for climate change data – Oct …CNNMoneyA fleet of unmanned boats is traveling from the Arctic to the equator, gathering vital data on climate change. and more »
Environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals – Phys.Org
Environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animalsPhys.OrgThe theory is based on two assumptions: firstly, that in its movement a foraging animal has to continuously exert a force to overcome the drag or friction from the environment, and secondly, that in response to clues or signals received from the …
Environment becomes casualty of new government – Cayman News Service
Cayman News Service Environment becomes casualty of new governmentCayman News Service(CNS): If there was any doubt, given the premier’s comments since the election, that the new administration plans to roll back the historic environmental protections put in place by the former minister for the environment, Alden McLaughlin made it …
Week 40: Why Scott Pruitt Death Threats Are Bad for the Environment – Natural Resources Defense Council
Natural Resources Defense Council Week 40: Why Scott Pruitt Death Threats Are Bad for the EnvironmentNatural Resources Defense CouncilHe’s a puppet for the country’s biggest polluters, and he’s trying to disassemble our environmental protections brick by brick. But if you’re calling in death threats against Pruitt, please stop. It’s wrong to threaten to kill anyone…
‘It’s a warzone’ NC prison employee says of work environment – WBTV
WBTV ‘It’s a warzone’ NC prison employee says of work environmentWBTVNorth Carolina corrections employees who work at prisons across the state are speaking out about the dangerous working environment inside the state’s prisons in the wake of a deadly prison fire and attempted escape that left two corrections officers dead.