The New York Times [unpaywalled] America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago. Visualization details How the United States made electricity from 2001 to 2023 – Percentage of power produced from each energy source. Fossil fuels still generate the majority of America’s electricity, but the shift from coal to natural gas and… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Climate Change
All-night streetlights make leaves inedible to insects
Frontiers.org – Threatening the food chain: “In many cities, the streetlights run all night — but what does this mean for the plants and animals that live there? Scientists tested Japanese pagoda trees and green ash trees in Beijing to see what effect round-the-clock light has on them. They found that the leaves were tougher… Continue Reading
Climate Deniers of the 118th Congress
“The Center for American Progress has periodically analyzed statements by sitting members of Congress to determine whether they deny the existence of human-caused climate change. This analysis of the 118th U.S. Congress found that 123 elected officials are climate deniers—23 percent of 535 total members. These 100 representatives and 23 senators wield significant influence on… Continue Reading
Climate and health data website launched
“A new website of data resources, tools, and training materials that can aid researchers in studying the consequences of climate change on the health of communities nationwide is now available. At the end of July, NIEHS launched the Climate and Health Outcomes Research Data Systems (CHORDS) website, which includes a catalog of environmental and health… Continue Reading
Snow Belt to Sun Belt Migration: End of an Era?
Leduc, Sylvain, and Daniel J. Wilson. 2024. “Snow Belt to Sun Belt Migration: End of an Era?” Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper July 18, 2024-21. https://doi.org/10.24148/wp2024-21 -“Internal migration has been cited as a key channel by which societies will adapt to climate change. We show in this paper that this process has… Continue Reading
The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods
Bloomberg: Restricting or banning vehicles in congested city centers pays off with cleaner air and safer streets. “We need to talk more about the other big benefit — less noise. Although still rare in North America, car-free and car-light neighborhoods have grown common in Europe, established in cities like Paris, Brussels and Pontevedra, Spain. Boosters… Continue Reading
Country Overshoot Days 2024
Country Overshoot Day Calendar & Calculations – “A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country. Country overshoot days are published on January 1st of each year, using the latest year of the most recent National Footprint and Biocapacity… Continue Reading
Climate change indicators
Climate Change Indicators: Zachary Labe – “I’m a Climate Scientist (Atmospheric) at NOAA GFDL | PhD | trying to visualize the signal from a lot of noise. Broadly, I am interested in a signal-to-noise problem. The signal is climate change. The noise is weather. My research intends to disentangle the two components to improve our… Continue Reading
Nimbo – Air Quality Data
Nimbo: A project automated with KIUU to raise awareness of air quality. For each major city in Europe there is a visual representation and Air pollution (CAQI – UE) rating data [from very low to very high, on a daily basis.] Users may easily explore past dates as well as choose among the cites, and… Continue Reading
You put stuff out for recycling. What happens next might surprise you.
Christian Science Monitor: “Recycling is one of the most recognized forms of environmental conservation in the United States. But differing standards for curbside recycling programs across the country and changes in the recycling industry can confuse consumers: What really happens after they toss items into a blue or green bin? Before and during World War… Continue Reading
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems – “Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on. Thanks to the work of thousands of researchers around the… Continue Reading
UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat
“The UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat brings together the diverse expertise and perspectives of ten specialized UN entities (FAO, ILO, OCHA, UNDRR, UNEP, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, WHO, WMO) in a first-of-its-kind joint product, underscoring the multi-sectoral impacts of extreme heat. Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere. Billions of… Continue Reading
