Kelp rafts seen pathways for non-native worms, snails Staff Report Parts of Antarctica could soon face an invasion by exotic species floating southward on kelp rafts, Australian researchers found i…
Source: Warming oceans to aid spread of invasive species in Antarctica | Summit County Citizens Voice
New organization to push for more aggresive steps to curb greenhouse gases Staff Report Nine Colorado cities and counties are forming a new group that aims to push the state to take more aggressive…
Source: Colorado cities, counties to lobby state on climate change | Summit County Citizens Voice
Heat waves will be more intense and happen more often in Africa, home to some of the most vulnerable populations on the planet.
Source: Africa’s Most Vulnerable Face an Even Hotter Future | Climate Central
What climate deniers call “Free Speech”, the rest of us call lying. Desmogblog: Anna Kalinsky, the granddaughter of former Exxon climate scientist James Black, has berated the company f…
Source: #ExxonKnew – and Chose to Lie | Climate Denial Crock of the Week
GR: We need Clinton to follow Sanders’ stance on fracking.
Signs of oil and gas development are visible in eastern on a landscape level from 35,000 feet in the air. @bberwyn photo.
Broad coalition of conservation groups oppose measure that could speed approval of natural gas export terminals
Staff Report
Pro-fossil fuel legislators in Congress hope they can help their campaign donors by putting the cart before the fracking horse. An amended version of the Senate’s Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 (S. 2012) includes provisions that would speed up the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of liquefied natural gas export terminals.
According to critics of the measure, that artificially increases the demand for U.S. natural gas and hits communities with additional health and climate risks. More than 370 organizations are urging the Senate to reject provisions in the bill that would encourage oil and gas fracking.
The groups delivered a letter to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…
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GR: Readers should think about what this means: “408 Parts per million CO2. 490 parts per million CO2e. This is the amount of heat-trapping CO2 and total CO2 equivalent for all heat-trapping gasses now in the Earth’s atmosphere. Two measures representing numerous grave potential consequences.
We’re Locking in 120-190 Feet of Sea Level Rise Long Term
Looking at the first number — 408 parts per million CO2 — we find that the last time global levels of this potent heat-trapping gas were so high was during the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum of 15-17 million years ago. During this time, the Greenland Ice Sheet did not exist. East Antarctic glacial ice was similarly scarce. And the towering glaciers of West Antarctica were greatly reduced. Overall, global sea levels were 120 to 190 feet higher than they are today. Meanwhile, atmospheric temperatures were between 3 and 5 degrees Celsius hotter than those experienced during the late 19th Century.”
A new scientific study has found that the Totten Glacier is fundamentally unstable and could significantly contribute to a possible multi-meter sea level rise this Century under mid-range and worst case warming scenarios.
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408 Parts per million CO2. 490 parts per million CO2e. This is the amount of heat-trapping CO2 and total CO2 equivalent for all heat-trapping gasses now in the Earth’s atmosphere. Two measures representing numerous grave potential consequences.
We’re Locking in 120-190 Feet of Sea Level Rise Long Term
Looking at the first number — 408 parts per million CO2 — we find that the last time global levels of this potent heat-trapping gas were so high was during the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum of 15-17 million years ago. During this time, the Greenland Ice Sheet did not exist. East Antarctic glacial ice was similarly scarce. And the towering glaciers of West Antarctica were greatly reduced…
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Scientists have found that tar sands are one of North America’s largest sources of organic aerosols, which affect climate and health.
Source: New Tar Sands Impact on Climate, Air Quality Found | Climate Central
Newly disclosed emails show Clinton State Department officials working alongside fossil fuel companies aggressively pushed for fracking even in countries where local objections were growing.
Source: Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal
Perhaps vengeance is ours after all.
It’s not just that we’re seeing record global heat. It’s that 2016’s jump in global temperatures may be the biggest single-year spike ever recorded. It’s that the world may never again see annual temperatures below 1 C above preindustrial averages. And it’s that this high level of heat, and a related spiking of atmospheric greenhouse gasses due to fossil fuel emissions, is now enough to begin inflicting serious harm upon both the natural world and human civilization.
Seven Straight Months of Record Heat
Last month was the hottest April in the global climate record. Not only was it the hottest such month ever recorded — it smashed the previous record by the largest margin ever recorded. And this April has now become the seventh month in a row in an unbroken chain of record global heat.
(When graphed, this is what the hottest April on record looks like when…
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