Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people, devastated a great American city and caused more than a hundred billion dollars of damage. An enormous natural disaster was amplified by governmental incompetence and indifference into a human tragedy that shocked the world. Today, a full decade later, aftershocks of Katrina are still being felt, particularly in […]
While the drought in California grabs headlines across the country, other places around the U.S. and the world are experiencing brutal droughts. It’s well known that much of the Western U.S. is in some level of a drought—parts of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana are all experiencing severe to exceptional drought. But little attention has […]
When they say a picture is worth a thousand words, writers rebel (or they write 1,500 words). I mean, pictures are great, but they can’t get across complicated concepts. Except when they can. Which would be the summer of 2015, on two separate occasions. Early in the summer, on the West Coast of the U.S., […]
Vast stretches of California’s Central Valley are sinking faster than in the past as the state continues to pump out massive amounts of groundwater during its epic drought, NASA said in a report released Wednesday. The Golden State has been forced to rely more and more on groundwater as it grapples with a four-year drought, record low snowpack and reservoirs that […]
July was a scorcher, globally speaking. Last month was the warmest on record worldwide with many countries and the world’s oceans experiencing intense heat waves, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today in a report. Yikes! Early data from @NASA show that last month was Earth’s hottest on record http://t.co/9PhoHFBTjv via @mashable pic.twitter.com/GD7TVmG7gf — […]
With the world’s glaciers melting at record rates, the Jakobshavn—Greenland‘s fastest-moving glacier and one of the fastest melting in the world—may have lost its largest chunk of ice in recorded history. Massive calving event on Greenland’s fastest melting #glacier http://t.co/aRvxQcDOvf Images: http://t.co/fmoHfapp4o pic.twitter.com/VC4arPdVw0 — The Ice Age (@Jamie_Woodward_) August 20, 2015 The Washington Post reported […]
[Take the Chloe & Theo: #LessIsMore Climate Pledge by clicking here.] Have you ever wanted to meet someone that changes the way you look at the world? Now is your chance. “Chloe & Theo” featuring “50 Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson, Mira Sorvino and Theo Ikummaq hits select theaters Sept. 4 and will be available on video […]
Nearly 100 wildfires continue to burn across the drought-stricken West, destroying scores of structures and sparking evacuations of thousands of people. Nearly 30,000 firefighters—the biggest number mobilized in 15 years—are battling the flames and yet it’s still not enough. With wildfires running rampany in the west, the US army is stepping in. http://t.co/7jVc5j4hHR pic.twitter.com/r0UeflaFjo — Greenpeace […]
Water is one of the most important natural resources on our planet and it is necessary for the survival of all life. Even more precious is water clean enough to drink, to cook with and to bathe. Why then, in a state prone to severe droughts, would we use half of our drinking water outdoors? […]
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