The lack of human activity during lockdown caused human-linked vibrations in the Earth to drop by an average of 50% between March and May 2020. This quiet period, likely caused by the total global effect of social distancing measures, closure of services and industry, and drops in tourism and travel, is the longest and most […]
Stewing in our own Slime
Great Lakes Are Record Warm Right Now. Here’s Why That Matters. By Tom Niziol July 15 2020 01:30 PM EDT weather.com Hundreds of Toxic Superfund Sites at Risk of Flooding, Study Finds A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns that hundreds of toxic Superfund sites could flood in the next two decades and […]
CLIMATE IN CRISIS Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered species Around the world, government resources diverted to pandemic efforts have opened opportunities for illegal land clearing and poaching. A golden bamboo lemur in Madagascar.Noel Rowe / Centre ValBio via AP file June 8, 2020, 8:15 AM EDT By Associated Press Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent […]
Polar Opposites?
Extreme warming of the South Pole: Siberian Heat Wave Date: June 30, 2020 Source: Ohio University Summary: The South Pole has been warming at more than three times the global average over the past 30 years, according to recent research. Share: FULL STORY Illustration of Earth centered on Antarctica (stock image). Credit: © conceptcafe / […]
Meltdown
On a Melting Planet, More Precisely Tracking the Decline of Ice New laser measurements can help pinpoint how and when the world’s vast stores of ice will vanish. BY BOB BERWYN, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS APR 30, 2020 A new study helps show from where the water rising sea levels is coming, and exactly which processes are […]