Climate in Crisis Climate change models predicted ocean currents would speed up — but not this soon Ocean currents are the undersea conveyor belts that help regulate Earth’s climate and influence weather systems around the world. Children jump in the waves on the beach in Long Branch, New Jersey, on Sept. 17, 2019.Johannes Eisele / […]
Environmental Migration
Opinion Environmental Migration a Global Challenge By Dina Ionesco Reprint | | Print | Send by email Dina Ionesco is the head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has been at the forefront of efforts to study the links between […]
World Energy Consumption and Production
World Energy Consumption and Production Tables (2018) The source listed below has the most recent information on total energy use by country, trends and consumption and production data maps for Crude Oil, Oil Products, Natural Gas, Coal, Electricity and renewables. Below are some selected maps and data. For the entire source see the website […]
Ecocide Crime Against Humanity
Ecocide Should Be Recognized as a Crime Against Humanity, but We Can’t Wait for The Hague to Judge by Natasha _Lennard , the Intercept September 2019, The image of Darren Woods, CEO of Exxon Mobil, loomed over the climate strike in New York last Friday afternoon. Rendered in cardboard, 15 feet tall and clutching a […]
Up and Over: Plant Migrants
Science & Environment Plant life ‘expanding over the Himalayas’ By Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service 10 January 2020 Climate change Image copyrightKAREN ANDERSONImage captionShrubs and grasses in the Khumbu valley Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region, new research has shown. The researchers found plant life […]