Apple’s “Don’t mess with Mother (Nature)” video—produced by the Camp4 Collective to promote the iPhone XS—included footage of a man-made avalanche. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9xyz/is-it-good-or-bad-to-trigger-an-avalanche-with-dynamite-for-an-apple-ad-we-asked-scientists…
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Report: Herman Cain says he doesn’t plan to withdraw from consideration for the Federal Reserve
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/10/18302032/herman-cain-trump-federal-reserve-senate-republicans…
A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill
The bill contains groundbreaking changes to the way the state’s utilities do business. The trend of states targeting 100 percent clean electricity has gone viral. Last month, New Mexico targeted 100 percent clean by 2045. The Maryland legislature recently passed a bill targeting 50 percent renewable by 2030 and looking into the viability of 100… Continue reading A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill
Billie Ellish, the neo-goth, chart-topping 17-year-old pop star, explained
Source: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/4/18/18412282/who-is-billie-eilish-explained-coachella-2019…
Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice
An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5wx5x/melting-glaciers-could-unleash-nuclear-fallout-trapped-within-the-ice…
Duluth, Minn.: The ‘Most Climate-Proof City’ in America?
If extreme weather made your city unlivable, where would you move? Consider Duluth, Minn., a Harvard University climate adaptation expert says. He thinks the city’s cold temperatures, abundance of fresh water and industrial infrastructure make it an ideal climate refuge. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/video/climate/100000006428078/duluth-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Annual Competition to Guess When Alaskan River Will Thaw Ends on Earliest Date Since 1917
The Nenana Ice Classic, a betting match on when ice on Alaska’s Tanana River breaks up enough to tip a tripod linked to a clock, set a record this weekend by ending nearly a week earlier than ever recorded, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.Read more… Source: https://earther.gizmodo.com/annual-competition-to-guess-when-alaskan-river-will-tha-1834035701…
Drug-resistant “superbugs” are spreading — but your hospital doesn’t have to tell you
The Candida auris outbreak is a reminder that patients have no way of telling whether their hospital has infections. Humanity may finally be reckoning with the truly catastrophic threat of climate change. But there’s something else threatening human existence that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: superbugs. As doctors and farmers have indiscriminately doled out antimicrobial… Continue reading Drug-resistant “superbugs” are spreading — but your hospital doesn’t have to tell you
It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.
Pollen allergy seasons continue to get longer and more intense as temperatures rise. The weather is warming. The flowers are blooming. Noses are running. Eyes are watering. It’s allergy season yet again, and it’s already severe in states like Georgia and Tennessee. It’s shaping up to be brutal in cities like Chicago, where the frigid… Continue reading It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.
Trump Defunded a Climate Advisory Group, So It Went Independent
More than ten million people were placed under flood warnings in recent weeks due to the catastrophic flooding of the Missouri and Mississippi river basins. Now, communities are facing crop failure and even threats of radioactive waste. Disastrous events like these are made more likely by climate change, and the federal government is supposed to… Continue reading Trump Defunded a Climate Advisory Group, So It Went Independent