Tag: climate change
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Water for people or nature is a false choice.
The Nile and the Sinai Peninsula photographed from space — looking at the world’s water problems from a higher perspective. Image: REUTERS/CSA/Col. Chris Hadfield We need to think bigger to protect the world’s water When the first photo of Earth was taken from Apollo 17 in 1972, few could understand the cultural impact it would…
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Study: most-accurate climate change models predict most-alarming outcomes
In this April 3, 2014 file photo giant machines dig for brown coal at the open-cast mining Garzweiler in front of a power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) The climate change simulations that best capture current planetary conditions are also the ones that predict the most dire…
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Fast and Getting Faster: The Verdict on Sea Level Rise from the Latest National Climate Assessment
Vol. 1 of the 4th National Climate Assessment (NCA) captures the state of human-caused sea level rise and its implications for the coasts of our country.
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Danger zone: Indiana produces 6th most toxic chemicals in USA
Photo: Indiana residents care more about the environment than you might think, a new poll suggests. Top among their concerns are improving air quality, cleaning up polluted waterways, protecting wildlife and reversing climate change. Dwight Adams/IndyStar (Photo: Priceonomics / Ode to Clean) Indiana released a chemical soup of toxins into the environment last year —…
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Rising temperatures sucking water out of the Colorado River
Photo: The All American Canal, which carries Colorado River into the Imperial Valley in Southern California. California uses more Colorado River water than any other state. BRENT STIRTON/GETTY IMAGES Rising temperatures are undermining the source of one third of Southern California’s drinking water: the Colorado River. A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey finds…