The ‘Blob,’ a massive marine heat wave, led to an unprecedented seabird die-off
Common murres are arguably the most successful seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere. The penguinlike seafarers…
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NASA’s new video is grim
By Mark Kaufman2020-01-15 21:07:39 UTC NASA has some unsettling news. In 140 years of modern record-keeping, 2019 was the second hottest year on record, which means that 19 of the last 20 years are now the warmest in recorded history. In a video just over one-minute long, NASA gives a succinct rundown of climate trends…
CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report
It’s official. NASA and NOAA report today that 2019 was Earth’s hottest year in recorded history. Excerpt from the joint January 15, 2020 announcement:According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. Globally, 2019…
The US saw 14 billion-dollar disasters in 2019 — the world’s second-hottest year ever
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Wednesday that 2019 was the world’s second-hottest year on record.The US saw 14 “billion-dollar disasters” last year, causing a total of $45 billion in direct losses.Most of that damage came from heavy rainfall tied to warming.Alaska saw its hottest year on record, with extreme drought…
Irrigation keeps things cool in extreme heat
Expanding irrigation has dampened anthropogenic warming during hot days, with particularly strong effects over South Asia, researchers report. Large-scale irrigation is one of the land management practices with the largest effect on climate conditions—and especially hot extremes—in various places around the world. Yet how the climatic effects of irrigation compare to those of global warming…
It’s Official: The Last Decade Was Record Hot
Last year was the world’s second-warmest year, capping off the hottest decade on record, according to experts at NOAA and NASA.And here’s another record to add to the pile: The past five years were collectively the warmest since record-keeping began about 140 years ago. 2019’s temperatures were second only to 2016, coming in around 1.7…
2019 was second-hottest year ever, more extreme weather coming: World Meteorological Organization
GENEVA (Reuters) – Last year was the second-hottest year since records began, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, adding that heat was likely to lead to more extreme weather events like the Australian bushfires in 2020 and beyond. FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are pictured before a news…
2019 ended Earth’s warmest decade since record-keeping began, scientists say
Grace Hauck and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Published 12:38 p.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020 | Updated 2:14 p.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020CLOSEThe last decade was the warmest on record, federal climate scientists announced Wednesday, with 2019 becoming the second-warmest year on record.Global temperature records began more than 140 years ago in 1880. The warmest year recorded was…
Global warming to increase violent crime in the United States
Credit: CC0 Public Domain People in the United States could see tens of thousands of extra violent crimes every year—because of climate change alone. “Depending on how quickly temperatures rise, we could see two to three million more violent crimes between now and the end of the century than there would be in a non-warming…
Living ‘concrete’ made from bacteria used to create replicating bricks
By Donna Lu It’s alive!College of Engineering and Applied Science at Colorado University Boulder A…
Wallace & Gromit’s creators make new animation to try to save the seas
Olivia Colman and Helen Mirren have teamed up with the creators of Wallace & Gromit…
What’s the carbon footprint of your closet? This handy tool will tell you
These days, it feels like the climate apocalypse is not a distant reality, but something playing out before us in real time, with fires raging in Australia and oceans warming at rates equivalent to five atomic bombs dropping every second. We need major policy changes. In the meantime, what’s the average person supposed to do?Many…
