The world that we live in is being stripped of its treasured components day by day. It faces multiple issues that lead to environmental problems which cause long-term destruction. The lifestyle of man plays a significant role in how the …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Climate Change
Question: Approximately how many years intervened between these photographs of the Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The melting of the ice caps …
Here’s What’s Happening In Your World…When It’s 4°C Hotter
I thought I’d publish this map of the world, created by the Metropolitan Art Museum, enabling you to get a glimpse of life on Earth if the planet warms 4°C, an extremely likely scenario. As we’ve often said, there will be …
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From Guest Blogger Kelly Shepherd: Leaving the Paris Agreement–Changing American Views Toward Climate Change
In May 2017, President Trump made an announcement that he would be withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, an agreement created by the United Nations that deals with climate change. The agreement aims to decrease greenhouse gas emissions …
National Geographic on the Melting of the Arctic Icecap
It’s hard to think of a more enviable career than photographer for the 130-year-old National Geographic, published continuously since its first issue in 1888, consisting largely of articles about science, geography, history, and world culture. Imagine being paid to have experiences …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Climate Change and Mosquitos
Question: According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) what percent of the contiguous United States has become, due to climate change, suitable breeding habitat for mosquitoes that are capable of transmitting the Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses?
From Guest Blogger Devin Morrissey: Facing the Realities of Rising Air Pollution
It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking about environmental concerns in abstract terms.
Trump’s Position on Climate Change
We’ve all seen Donald Trump’s tweets that use the snap of cold weather in the Eastern U.S. to ridicule the idea of global warming, and we’ve seen how this is immediately attacked as “ignorant.”
The Birth of a Trillion-Ton Iceberg Isn’t Celebrated
In most cases in our human experiences, births are regarded as blessed events, as a bouncing baby boy or girl is brought into the world.
From Guest Blogger Eileen O’Shanassay: How Climate Change Has Affected Flooding in the US
Climate change is impacting the rate of storms, flooding, and other natural disasters in the United States and many other areas of the world. There has been an increase in extreme weather events over the last fifty years and scientists …
