Tag: climate change
Tornadoes after Florence rip through central Virginia
Hurricane Florence and remnants thereof have left broad sections of the Carolinas and Virginia reeling in the aftermath.
Typhoon Mangkhut, Hurricane Florence are deadly
North Carolina and Hong Kong are in tatters in the wake of deadly storms: Florence in the US and Mangkhut in HK.
Climate change bad for environment & kids’ health
Kids are vulnerable to climate change due to environmental pollution (floods, droughts, & heatwaves trigger humanitarian disasters).
Pulitzer Center creates climate change lesson plans
Lesson plans at all levels, from the Pulitzer Center in partnership with The New York Times, help share info about climate change.
Much of the internet could soon be under water
The physical internet—cables, data centers, etc.—is threatened in coastal cities: climate change & rising sea levels could drown it.
NASA says 2017 was 2nd-hottest year on record
Earth's climate is changing, and temperatures, especially in the Arctic, are getting hotter—by about 1°C since the 1950s.
Weather alerts and school cancellations in US, Europe
Wintry weather, esp. extreme cold, has caused traffic accidents and resulted in school closures across the Northern Hemisphere.
Jet stream changes linked to more severe weather
The North American jet stream has undergone significant changes over the past 1,000 years, but most data only look at it from about 1979.
Feds: It’s clear humans cause climate change
The govt. released a blockbuster report that says, without question, human activity is responsible for most global warming.
Money in the bank but still broke in Puerto Rico
Cash is king, but in Puerto Rico, much of which is still without power, it has become the queen, jester, and pauper as well.