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Global Pollution Observatory: Wired

Zak Jason July 8, 2019
Diseases caused by pollution kill more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Known pollutants reduce individual intelligence and contribute to $5 trillion annually in productivity losses and healthcare, explains Zak Jason for Wired. Few choose or want to live near sources of pollution that foul air, waterways and land for homes and food, but avoiding toxins can be difficult because more...

Trees and Climate Change: New York Times

Moises Velasquez-Manoff April 25, 2019
Trees, by absorbing carbon and providing shade, help protect the environment from climate change. Flooding, droughts, extreme temperatures, disease and insects are taking their tolls on trees that can live a century or more as climate changes more rapidly than trees can adjust. “Most trees can migrate only as fast as their seeds disperse – and if current warming trends hold, the climate this...

Scientists Support Climate Strike: Helsinki Times

Aleksi Teivainen March 13, 2019
More than 1,200 Finnish scientists and hundreds of British researchers have released statements in support of a series of global school strikes by children calling attention to the threat of climate change. The next strike is set for March 15. The researchers point out that the evidence about a warming climate, caused by people’s reliance on fossil fuels, is undeniable, and immediate action is...

Sierra: Global Warming Will Be Catastrophic

Jonathan Hahn December 3, 2018
Only foolish or superstitious societies ignore clear evidence of danger and take chances. The science on climate change and a warming world is overwhelming, yet a small, vocal minority insists that there is no need for humans to take precautions by reducing reliance on fossil fuels. US government scientists released the fourth National Climate Assessment, as required by Congress. “The report is...

New York Times: “Like a Terror Movie”

John Schwartz November 20, 2018
Societies delayed reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and must now prepare to handle multiple disasters related to climate change – hurricanes, wildfires, flooding that kill and destroy property. A paper for Nature Climate Change projects future trends. “In a scientific world marked by specialization and siloed research, this multidisciplinary effort by 23 authors reviewed more than 3,000 papers...

South Asia Journal: India-China Water Sharing Data

Chandan Kumar Duarah September 29, 2018
Dams, volatile weather patterns, pollution complicate the water supply from cross-border rivers, increase environmental hazards and even brings ruin to some communities in China and India. The two countries have shared hydrological data since 2006 with some disruptions, such as damaged equipment due to flooding. But improved technologies, including satellite imagery, and increased cooperation...

ScienceAlert: Why the Earth Wobbles

Mike McRae September 25, 2018
About 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water and the planet also has a molten core melted core, so the planet wobbles as it spins. The wobbling increased over the 20th century and changed direction with the start of the 21st century, and NASA researchers suggest that melting sea ice is a contributing factor. “NASA piled up a century's worth of data on planetary rotation, sea level...