FOREST LOSS AND LAND DEGRADATI...

Sep 26, 2015 by

FOREST LOSS AND LAND DEGRADATION FUEL CLIMATE CRISIS

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network     Agriculture and land use changes, such as in Indonesia, represent the...

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ECUADOR’S PLANTS HEAD UP...

Sep 22, 2015 by

ECUADOR’S PLANTS HEAD UPHILL TO ESCAPE WARMTH

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Endemic to Ecuador, nototriche plants are now growing at an...

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CLIMATE EXPERT JAMES HANSEN: &...

Sep 20, 2015 by

CLIMATE EXPERT JAMES HANSEN: “WE’VE GOT AN EMERGENCY”

[Translate]   By Anne Meador and John Zangas, DC Media Group | Report Dr. James Hansen, a grandparent himself, was the keynote...

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GLOBAL WARMING COULD LEAD TO W...

Sep 16, 2015 by

GLOBAL WARMING COULD LEAD TO WORLDWIDE WARS

[Translate]   MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH Will global warming lead to worldwide resource wars? (Photo: Environmental...

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RECEDING SNOWPACK HIGHLIGHTS I...

Sep 16, 2015 by

RECEDING SNOWPACK HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF CALIFORNIA DROUGHT

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A sparse covering of snow on the Sierra Nevada in...

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SOUTHERN OCEAN STARTS TO SOAK ...

Sep 15, 2015 by

SOUTHERN OCEAN STARTS TO SOAK UP CARBON AGAIN

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A research vessel plows through the waves of the Southern...

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EFFICIENCY DRIVE CAN CUT A QUA...

Sep 12, 2015 by

EFFICIENCY DRIVE CAN CUT A QUARTER OFF ENERGY DEMAND

[Translate] TRUTHDIG Climate News Network     Switching from open fires to modern cooking stoves in India would vastly increase...

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THE GREAT ARCTIC THAW COULD UN...

Sep 12, 2015 by

THE GREAT ARCTIC THAW COULD UNLEASH GIANT VIRUSES

[Translate] Scientists have found pathogens in permafrost that remain infectious after 30,000 years. (Photo: Reuters Staff/Reuters)...

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EL NINO – WHAT IT WILL B...

Sep 11, 2015 by

EL NINO – WHAT IT WILL BRING THIS YEAR AND HOW IT COULD CHANGE WITH GLOBAL WARMING

[Translate]   By Catherine Gautier, The Conversation | News Analysis A storm over Santa Monica Bay, July 5, 2013. (Photo: Mathias...

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CLEAN ENERGY PLANS MAY INCREAS...

Sep 10, 2015 by

CLEAN ENERGY PLANS MAY INCREASE TOXINS IN PLANKTON

[Translate]   By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Harnessing the power of Muskrat Falls to produce...

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THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALL...

Sep 10, 2015 by

THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALLY GOT SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING THEMSELVES FROM THEMSELVES

[Translate] By Jonathan Chait  NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Sunniest Climate-Change Story You’ve Ever Read This is the year humans finally...

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WORLD MUST AVERT DEVASTATING F...

Sep 9, 2015 by

WORLD MUST AVERT DEVASTATING FLOOD OF CLIMATE REFUGEES

[Translate]   By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network     An aerial view of Bangladesh shows the impact of flooding on arable land....

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WORRIED ABOUT REFUGEES? JUST W...

Sep 9, 2015 by

WORRIED ABOUT REFUGEES? JUST WAIT UNTIL WE DUST-BOWLIFY MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Petr David Josek, AP Refugees wait in Budapest   “The Syria conflict has triggered...

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BI-POLAR DISORDER: OBAMA’...

Sep 5, 2015 by

BI-POLAR DISORDER: OBAMA’S BAIT-AND-SWITCH ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

[Translate]   by Paul Street  COUNTERPUNCH   We live in strange Orwellian, Islamophobic, and eco-cidal times. A comrade from the...

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FIELD NOTES TO LIFE DURING THE...

Sep 5, 2015 by

FIELD NOTES TO LIFE DURING THE APOCALYPSE

[Translate]   by Arun Gupta  COUNTERPUNCH Shell’s Arctic drilling rig. Photo: Greenpeace. When the apocalypse arrived no one knew it...

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HOW HOT IS IT GOING TO GET?

Aug 30, 2015 by

HOW HOT IS IT GOING TO GET?

[Translate] by Allen Insight  DAILY KOS attribution: None Specified If we don’t begin phasing out fossil fuels this decade,...

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TOO WARM, TOO FEW FISH: HEALTH...

Aug 27, 2015 by

TOO WARM, TOO FEW FISH: HEALTH WARNING FOR WORLD’S OCEANS

[Translate]   By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Overfishing compounds ocean damage from climate change....

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WHILE YOU WERE ON VACATION, A ...

Aug 26, 2015 by

WHILE YOU WERE ON VACATION, A CHUNK OF ICE THE SIZE OF AN ASTEROID FELL INTO THE OCEAN

[Translate] With Arctic temperatures rising rapidly thanks to climate change, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting and raising sea...

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10 YEARS AFTER KATRINA, WILL S...

Aug 24, 2015 by

10 YEARS AFTER KATRINA, WILL SACRAMENTO BE THE NEXT NEW ORLEANS?

[Translate] by Josh Israel CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock/Dylan Petrohilos   A 2011 New York Times Magazine story sounded the...

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HOW THE EPA AND NEW YORK TIMES...

Aug 22, 2015 by

HOW THE EPA AND NEW YORK TIMES ARE GETTING METHANE ALL WRONG

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Pretty much every recent news article you’ve read about the global...

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HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA’S...

Aug 20, 2015 by

HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA’S DROUGHT WAS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE? SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE THE ANSWER

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File In this May 18, 2015, file photo, irrigation...

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National Geographic Map Shows ...

Aug 11, 2015 by

[Translate] So said President Obama after the debut of his most aggressive climate action policy to date. The rapid and intense...

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11 THINGS YOU’LL HEAR IN...

Aug 8, 2015 by

11 THINGS YOU’LL HEAR IN THE GOP DEBATES THAT ARE PROBABLY FALSE

[Translate] Election by Kira LernerCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Republican presidential candidates are seen...

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THE WETTEST RAINFOREST IN THE ...

Aug 1, 2015 by

THE WETTEST RAINFOREST IN THE U.S. HAS GONE UP IN FLAMES

[Translate] When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn. By Subhankar...

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WE MIGHT AVERT CLIMATE CATASTR...

Jul 27, 2015 by

WE MIGHT AVERT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE WITH THIS ONE RADICAL CHOICE

[Translate]   Leaving most of the world’s remaining fossil fuels in the ground could prevent worst-case warming, study says....

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DAHR JAMAIL: MOURNING THE CHAN...

Jul 25, 2015 by

DAHR JAMAIL: MOURNING THE CHANGES THAT SURROUND US: READERS SPEAK OUT ON CLIMATE

[Translate] In early July, I asked Truthout readers to share the weather anomalies they are witnessing on their home turf. Large...

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U.S. SCIENTISTS: NO WAY TO STO...

Jul 19, 2015 by

U.S. SCIENTISTS: NO WAY TO STOP WARMING OF OCEANS

[Translate]   Flickr /CC BY-SA 2.0 On Thursday, a group of climate scientists working for the U.S. government gave notice that...

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PEOPLE AND PLANET BENEFIT FROM...

Jul 19, 2015 by

PEOPLE AND PLANET BENEFIT FROM ‘GREEN’ BUILDINGS

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network     The headquarters of the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, D.C....

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ARCTIC NATIONS TO BAR FISHING ...

Jul 16, 2015 by

ARCTIC NATIONS TO BAR FISHING FLEETS FROM FAST-THAWING SEAS AROUND NORTH POLE

[Translate] The Guardian Eight member states including US, Russia, Canada, Norway and Denmark sign accord to protect central Arctic...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Jul 14, 2015 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (JULY 1 – 15)

[Translate] THE DIRT  by J.R. Taylor Lafayette Landscaping Inspired by Natives – The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/2/15 “The drought has...

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