Clean Eating – Don’t let greenwashing fool you. “Look for these key certifications, labels and identifiers to make sure you’re choosing items that are truly green. Sustainable, environmentally-conscious products are easier to find than ever before. As shoppers demand greener alternatives and seek out brands that offer reusable, plant-based or simply eco-friendly options, increasingly more… Continue Reading
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Takoma Park Native Tree Selection Guide
Takoma Park Native Tree Selection Guide – Friends of Native Trees in Takoma – “This guide has been prepared by the Friends of Native Trees in Takoma, a group of Takoma Park residents who advocate planting native trees and plants to protect biodiversity in Takoma Park and the surrounding areas.We have two goals in writing this… Continue Reading
Increase in atmospheric methane set another record during 2021
NASA: “For the second year in a row, NOAA scientists observed a record annual increase in atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful, heat-trapping greenhouse gas that’s the second biggest contributor to human-caused global warming after carbon dioxide. NOAA’s preliminary analysis showed the annual increase in atmospheric methane during 2021 was 17 parts per billion (ppb), the… Continue Reading
Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time
The Guardian: “Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. The particles were found in almost all the samples analysed. The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning “there is an increasing concern regarding the hazards” to… Continue Reading
Climate Visuals
“Welcome to the new, expanded and improved Climate Visuals website and image library – a unique and trusted source of evidence and images for over 350 climate change and environmental groups, journalists, educators and businesses. Climate Visuals, a project of Climate Outreach, has generated significant impact in catalysing a new visual language for climate change.… Continue Reading
Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
4 April 2022 IPCC PRESS RELEASE – “The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030. In 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history, but the rate of growth has slowed. Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors,… Continue Reading
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data
“Over 6000 cities now monitor air quality – Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate… Continue Reading
The Science of Nuclear Weapons, Visualized
Visual Capitalist “an online publisher that creates data visualizations, has created an infographic depicting the scientific process of nuclear weapons. The infographic shows the process of nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and the height and radius of atomic and hydrogen bombs used in the past. One section of the infographic displays the scale of atomic bombs… Continue Reading
Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States
Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States – Science Advances • 1 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 13 • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm0320 “Post-wildfire extreme rainfall events can have destructive impacts in the western United States. Using two climate model large ensembles, we assess the future risk of extreme… Continue Reading
Dictionary.com’s latest update addresses social justice issues, accessibility tech, and the global climate crisis
Mashable: “Dictionary.com‘s latest batch of updates just dropped, and they cover a wide range of timely social and cultural topics, including accessibility, homelessness, and the global climate crisis. Announced on March 29, the website’s professionals (known as lexicographers) updated more than 2,400 entries, which include the 235 new entries, 72 new definitions in existing entries,… Continue Reading
The Razor’s Edge of A Warming World
“As we hurtle toward an ever-hotter future, GQ spotlights eight places whose very identities depend on a simple calculation: If we limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, these places could be saved. In a 2-degree scenario, they would be irredeemably lost…Julia Baum, a marine biologist at the University of Victoria, in British… Continue Reading
Global Electricity Review 2022
Ember’s third annual Global Electricity Review – “Wind and solar, the fastest growing sources of electricity, reach a record ten percent of global electricity in 2021; all clean power is now 38% of supply. But demand growth rebounded, leading to a record rise in coal power and emissions…” Continue Reading
