After the Storms, a Different Opinion On Climate Change
Extreme weather may lead people to think more seriously about climate change, according to new research, published in Psychological Science.
Surveying Ice and Fire: The First Map of All of Iceland’s Glaciers and Subglacier Volcanic Calderas Released
For the first time, all of Iceland’s glaciers are shown on a single map. Iceland has about 300 glaciers throughout the country, and altogether, 269 glaciers, outlet glaciers and internal ice caps are named. The glaciers that lack names are small and largely newly revealed, exposed by melting of snow pack due to warmer summer temperatures.
Walrus Forced To Alaskan Shores In Droves As Arctic Sea Ice Dwindles
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to protect hundreds of walrus that have gathered on Alaska’s northwest coast.
Coastal Communities Stand on Local Climate Action, Virginia
Like so many cities along the Atlantic coast, Virginia Beach is at the frontlines of climate change, experiencing impacts like sea-level rise and recurrent coastal flooding.
Climate Science: Rising tide
Researchers struggle to project how fast, how high and how far the oceans will rise.
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To Sixth-Lowest Extent On Record
Sea ice cover in the Arctic has shrunk to one of its smallest extents on record, bringing the days of an entirely ice-free Arctic during the summer a step closer.
The Coastal Consciousness of John Gillis
Climate change is real and serious, but was not last fall’s “natural disaster,” like Katrina and like all the rest to come, as much about human failures, in infrastructure, planning, and our proclivity for building homes on shifting sandbars, as it was natural catastrophe? Those questions aren’t new.
Federal Court Upholds California’s First-in-the-US Mandate Requiring Cleaner-Burning Fuels
A panel of federal judges on Wednesday upheld California’s first-in-the-U.S. mandate requiring fuels producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Trinidad Cracks Down on Destructive Shrimp Trawling
As far back as 1996, the U.S.-based World Resources Institute was warning that shrimp trawling was comparable to dynamite fishing in terms of sustainability.