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The pioneers who built Seattle polluted and plumbed the lower Duwamish River for a century, straightening its wild curves and saturating its sediment with toxic chemicals from an asphalt plant, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Reef rescuers race to keep pace with climate change
Ten years ago, when scientists in South Florida began a massive rescue effort to rebuild the nation’s only inshore reef, replanting nursery-grown staghorn coral with a gardening technique perfected in … Click to Continue »
Read More »What counting Florida butterflies can tell the world about climate change
Every year when summer temperatures sizzle and the rest of South Florida heads inside, a dedicated crew of citizen scientists ventures into the buggy heat to do an increasingly difficult … Click to Continue »
Read More »Big investors hold sway over corporate decision-making on climate change
The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday, June 8: Corporate shareholders are using their voting power to influence greater transparency by companies about the financial consequences … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump is wrong on climate change
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Saturday, June 3: President Donald Trump believes that withdrawing from the Paris climate change deal will mean great things for the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Nikki Haley says President Trump believes in climate change caused by pollution
When President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, he never said whether he believed in the science of global warming or if he … Click to Continue »
Read More »A dangerous climate change
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, June 2: Withdrawing from the Paris accord may be clearest sign that he is making the U.S. a force … Click to Continue »
Read More »Analysis: On climate change, Trump sticks with his most loyal voters and defies others
In deciding to pull out of the global climate change accord, President Donald Trump seems to be calculating that he can win the White House the same way twice. His … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump says US will quit Paris climate change accord
The U.S. will pull out of the Paris accord on global warming, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, relinquishing the country’s leadership role in the international fight against climate change. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »As cicadas emerge four years early, scientists wonder if climate change is providing a nudge
Cicadas overwhelm tree branches across the mid-Atlantic once every 17 years, like clockwork. But something – some suspect climate change – could be sounding their alarm clocks four years early. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Report: California fish face extinction on increased level unless trends change
Nearly half of California’s diverse types of native salmon, steelhead and trout are headed toward extinction in 50 years unless environmental trends are reversed, a team of scientists warn in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate change science notches a win
The following editorial appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Sunday, May 14: While much of official Washington was in an uproar Wednesday over the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s unexpected … Click to Continue »
Read More »Tillerson, at Arctic meeting, signs document affirming need for action on climate change
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed his name Thursday to a document that affirms the need for international action against climate change, adding further uncertainty to the direction of … Click to Continue »
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