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Climate Change: Is The UK Ready?
One of Britain’s most pressing challenges is to ensure its water supply and flood control infrastructure is not “pushed over the edge” by climate change.
Melting Ice Sheets: Why Coastal Communities Need to Prepare
Do you live on the coast? Leave a comment about what your community is doing — or should be doing — to prepare for sea level rise.
Researchers Show “Our Economy Isn’t Weatherproof”
That the weather has an impact on the U.S. economy might not come as a surprise. On hot days we splurge on an extra scoop of ice cream and use more energy to air-condition our homes.
A Forecaster for the Climate
The Obama administration’s budget proposal includes a provision to create the Climate Service once more, bringing the debate back to the forefront. What happens to the Climate Service is now in the hands of Congress.
“Dead Zones” in Pacific Ocean May Expand in Warming Climate
Although we may not see the expansion of dead zones in the immediate future, this is just one example of numerous ways climate change is affecting the Earth’s oceans.
Cities Lead Charge on Clean Energy
Cities are using clean energy technologies to attract new business, keep money in their local economy and reduce pollution.
Department of Defense Strategy to Reduce Fuel Use Will Also Lower Pollution
Can energy conservation and renewable energy sources help make American soldiers safer on the battlefield and improve our national security? Yes, says the U.S. Department of Defense in its first-ever “Operational Energy Strategy.”
Study Warns of “Permanent, Unprecedented Heat”
Extreme heat is a threat to human health, agriculture and infrastructure like roads and railways.
Let’s Talk About Reality: Al Gore’s Essay in Rolling Stone
Let’s start a movement. Share Al Gore’s essay, and when you do, use the hashtag #reality.
Thinning Snowpack in the West Tied to Climate Change
The snowpack in the mountains of the American West is experiencing a significant decline due to warming temperatures.
