Global Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Climate Adaptation

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 03:20:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Following are statements by Commissioners and the Managing Partners: High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: “Today, climate crisis affects countless lives and the enjoyment of a range of human rights. Ultimately, it threatens human survival.

Global Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Climate Adaptation

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:13:00 +0200wri (en)

Following are statements by Commissioners and the Managing Partners: High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: “Today, climate crisis affects countless lives and the enjoyment of a range of human rights. Ultimately, it threatens human survival.

How Texas Prairies Could Help Combat Climate Change

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:46:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

The Amazon rainforest has been burning particularly intensely this year—so much so that the smoke from the fires obscures the last hours of daylight in São Paulo. While forest fires aren’t unusual in this heavily wooded region of Brazil, many of the fires this time were started intentionally, to clear the land for agricultural pastures.

Irregular Sonoran monsoon highlights danger of always blaming climate change

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:47:00 +0200earth (en)

The Sonoran Desert in the United States is home to the large cities of Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. On June 26, 1990, Phoenix had its hottest day on record , a sweltering 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Although California’s Death Valley has reached hotter temperatures, Phoenix is consistently one of the....

Weatherwatch: how flood water can be captured to help ride out storms

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:44:00 +0200guardian (en)

Residents wade through flood water from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas in 2017. Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters. O ne minute we’re suffering from a summer drought; the next minute an intense storm rolls in and a month’s worth of rain falls in a day.

Weatherwatch / Weatherwatch: how flood water can be captured to help ride out storms

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:33:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Residents wade through flood water from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas in 2017. Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters. O ne minute we’re suffering from a summer drought; the next minute an intense storm rolls in and a month’s worth of rain falls in a day.

AMERICAN WARMING: The Fastest-Warming Cities and States in the U.S.

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:25:00 +0200climatecentral (en)

Research brief by Climate Central. In April 1970, Americans celebrated the first Earth Day, an event meant to heighten public awareness of of environmental protection. Since then, humanity has dumped an enormous amount of heat-trapping gas into the atmosphere.

Here are 20 places where weather is getting worse because of climate change

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:16:00 +0200azcentral (en)

2. Arctic Ocean: Alaska. In 2016, the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska experienced its most intense marine heat wave – defined as at least five-day periods in which sea surface temperatures are extremely high for the region – since at least 1982, when satellite temperature records began.