Heat waves, droughts and floods are climate trends that will force California farmers to change some practices — including what they grow — to continue producing yields that historically have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Even with pledges to fight global warming, you’d better brace yourself for more extreme weather
Scientists have some sobering news about the future of our planet: Even if humans manage to meet the temperature target set forth in the Paris climate change agreement, record-breaking weather … Click to Continue »
Read More »Why our brains make it hard to grapple with global warming
Houston is barely beginning to dry out from Hurricane Harvey, and Florida faces a massive rebuilding effort after the Irma catastrophe. These two storms, among the most powerful in American … Click to Continue »
Read More »Scientists send a message to Trump: Global warming is real
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, Aug. 9: A draft federal report on climate change that went public Monday contains little in the way of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Global warming in the classroom
The following editorial appeared in The News-Sentinel on Thursday, June 22: There is a bubbling controversy about how to teach “manmade global warming” in the classroom. Is it a scientific … Click to Continue »
Read More »California set an ambitious goal for fighting global warming. Now comes the hard part
When Stanford University energy economist Danny Cullenward looks at California’s policies on climate change, he sees a potential time bomb. The state wants to slash greenhouse gas emissions so deeply … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump administration may ignore climate change, but warming world cannot
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, Jan. 19: Unsurprisingly, 2016 was the hottest year on record – the third straight year in which worldwide temperatures … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Rescue Mission has a new warming shelter, may be a permanent solution
The Merced County Rescue Mission has a new warming shelter that leaders hope will be a lasting solution to a yearly problem. The mission is teaming with DayOut Adult ADHC … Click to Continue »
Read More »Kerry tells climate conference that the US will fight global warming, with Trump or without
Secretary of State John F. Kerry took the stage at United Nations climate talks in Morocco on Wednesday, seeking to reassure nervous negotiators that a groundbreaking agreement to fight global … Click to Continue »
Read More »Americans still sharply split on global warming, poll finds
Americans remain deeply polarized on climate change, but broadly support increased reliance on solar and wind energy, a new poll has found. The partisan split extends “across a host of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Tough to keep the world from warming when carbon is this cheap
Carbon markets, the free-enterprise solution to saving the world from global warming, are now in danger themselves. … Click to Continue »
Read More »As shrubs expanded into a warming Arctic, moose followed
Shrubs expanding northward into a warming Arctic – and growing taller as they did – paved the way for moose to expand their range northward too. … Click to Continue »
Read More »In a striking declaration, 175 nations sign historic accord on global warming
NEW YORK – In a striking declaration that the world is finally ready to change its polluted ways, global leaders gathered at the United Nations headquarters here to sign the historic Paris climate accord, an agreement that is seen as the blueprint for rescuing the planet. … Click to Continue …
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