climate

Hurricane Helene Death Toll Tops 200

Hurricane Helene Death Toll Tops 200

On Thursday, the death toll from Hurricane Helene rose to at least 200, according to authorities, the Associated Press reported. Helicopters searched for survivors above washed-out bridges, while rescuers hiked through the wilderness. After pummeling Florida’s Gulf Coast, the powerful Category 4 storm dumped over 40 trillion gallons of rainfall — enough to fill up […]

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    Inside the Weird Little World of Microclimates

    Inside the Weird Little World of Microclimates

    By Mark Mancini If weather is your mood, climate is your personality. That’s an analogy some scientists use to help explain the difference between two words people often get mixed up. In other words, weather exists in the short term. It’s the state of the atmosphere in a specific area during a limited period (think […]

    Bankrupt Fracking Companies Are Harming the Climate and Taxpayers

    Bankrupt Fracking Companies Are Harming the Climate and Taxpayers

    Fracking companies are going bankrupt at a rapid pace, often with taxpayer-funded bonuses for executives, leaving harm for communities, taxpayers, and workers, the New York Time reports. Nearly 250 U.S. oil and gas companies are expected to file for bankruptcy by the end of next year — more than went under in the last five […]

    Trump Administration Gives Big Relief to Airline Industry

    Trump Administration Gives Big Relief to Airline Industry

    The Trump administration on Tuesday reached a deal with major airlines to give $25 billion in relief to help the crippled industry. Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines and Southwest Airlines say the funding will help keep hundreds of thousands of employees […]

    Climate Change, Inspired By Banksy

    Climate Change, Inspired By Banksy

    Banksy, who infamously shredded his “Girl With Balloon” painting at an auction on Friday, has inspired people to whip up their own versions of the artwork. The images are centered around a timely and poignant theme: climate change. https://twitter.com/BridgeMuir/statuses/1049532444238475264 caption=”” photo_credit=”” On Sunday, the United Nations’ scientific panel issued a dire report that the world […]

    5 Ways to Make Your Garden Regenerative

    5 Ways to Make Your Garden Regenerative

    Planting a garden has the power to change the world. Regenerative gardens can help reverse global warming by restoring soil health. We’re bringing victory gardens back. This time, it’s for the climate. Our friends Ron Finley and Rosario Dawson explain how you can make your home garden regenerative in this new video premiere from Kiss […]

    Why It’s Time We March for the Ocean

    Why It’s Time We March for the Ocean

    By Sylvia Earle & David Helvarg We’ve recently seen the remarkable capacity of youth to mobilize and to inspire us with a message of change in their march against gun violence. Theirs is also a generation equipped with technologies not just to connect to each other but to better understand our blue planet in ways […]

    Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Days From Breaking Off

    Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Days From Breaking Off

    By Andy Rowell Any day now we will truly witness climate change in action. Within days at worst, maybe weeks at best, scientists predict that a huge section of the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica will break off into the ocean, in what is called a major “calving” event. The size of the U.S. […]

    Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination: High Stakes for the Planet

    Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination: High Stakes for the Planet

    The U.S. Senate is beginning the confirmation process today to consider Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch, nominated by President Trump on Jan. 31, is now a jurist on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Senators will be making their opening statements, with Republicans expected to say that he […]