Posted on 05 August 2011 by Sustainability Digest
There’s no doubt that Arctic sea ice is melting at record rates, with rising temperatures in the region outpacing the global average increase, but a new article in Science questions whether there will ever be a tipping point in Arctic ice melting….Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Posted on 04 August 2011 by Sustainability Digest
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Curious about how changing global temperatures will affect your area? The NRDC has released new maps that show how a shift in climate may impact health, from allergies to outbreaks of Dengue fever. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Posted on 21 July 2011 by Sustainability Digest
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With half of the United States under heat advisories, 22 people dead (and counting) from the extreme weather, the Horn of Africa experiencing the strongest drought in over half a century and famine conditions across parts of Somalia, how many more times can we comfortably repeat the mantra “though no single weather event can be linked directly to climate change, these sort of events are consistent with what climate models pr…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Posted on 02 May 2011 by Sustainability Digest
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In recent decades, birdwatchers in North Carolina have had to travel farther and farther north to catch a glimpse of their beloved wrens and waxwings, and scientists suggest that changes in the climate could be to blame for the birds’ relocation in the winter. According to researchers, many birds species that were once common in the region around Charlotte have moved northward as temperatures in the region continue to increase — on average, a whopping 116 miles away — but global warming may not be the only reason why…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 01 April 2011 by Sustainability Digest
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Two further examples of how climate change is already having very much measurable impact on the world around us: 1) Declining rain in tropical areas is causing birds to delay their departure to migrate northwards; 2) Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing plants to release significantly less water back into the atmosphere than they u…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Posted on 13 December 2010 by Sustainability Digest
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You may remember a few of the more unfortunate extreme weather events of 2010: There was the terrible heat wave that hit Russia, and lead to deaths by heat exhaustion in Moscow. Shortly after, there was tragic, unprecedented flooding in Pakistan. Those were but two weather-related events in what is apparently a record-breaking year for them. But don’t take your friendly neighborhood blogger’s word for it — and don’t trust those nefarious climate scientists, either. So, who should we turn to in order to verify such…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 20 November 2010 by Sustainability Digest
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Russia’s been having a record breaking autumn weather-wise, with temperatures in Altai, in southwestern Siberia, remaining as high as 41° Fahrenheit. And it looks like the balmy weather has attracted some new residents: on Tuesday, a flock of seven African pink pelicans landed in the village of Suslovo, reported Reuters. The birds, which had spend the summer in Kazakhstan, should have been flying south to winter in …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 25 October 2010 by Sustainability Digest
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In places throughout the Amazon, some stretches of the region’s most important rivers and tributaries have dried up almost entirely, reducing the normally flowing waterways to a vast plain of broken clay and mud. For some people who live and work in this part of the world, life has come to a screeching halt amid the worst drought in recent memory. It is estimated that more than …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Posted on 25 September 2010 by Sustainability Digest
Posted on 26 August 2010 by Sustainability Digest
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There’s little good news about the ocean these days, unfortunately. We’ve taken it past the point of any sort of speedy recovery, from rising shorelines to over-fished species, from plastic pollution to acidification. And for this last problem, it looks like dire consequences are inevitable within this century, according to new research from the University of Plymouth and the University of Santa Catarina, Braz…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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