An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Intercept: The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, casting the stakes of the still-undecided presidential election in planetary terms. With the completion of the formal withdrawal process, which Trump began in June 2017, the U.S. became the only country in the world not to participate in the global effort…
Tag: Wildfires
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years
The last time CO2 concentrations reached today’s level was 3 million years ago, during the Pliocene Epoch. Hear from geoscientists who see evolving conditions in the Arctic as an indicator of how climate change could transform the planet. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/arctic-warmest-3-million-years…
Explosive growth of Colorado wildfire seen from space
The spread of the fire was visible from space. Source: https://www.livescience.com/colorado-wildfires-from-space.html
Severe burn damage from California wildfires seen from space
New satellite imagery of California reveals not just the extent of its wildfire damage, but the depth of the loss. Source: https://www.livescience.com/california-wildfire-damage-2020.html
Favorite photos of 2020’s Harvest Moon
Every year at this time, people in the Northern Hemisphere witness the legendary Harvest Moon. Bookmark this post. This is where we’ll be posting new Harvest Moon photos from the EarthSky community. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/photos-2020-harvest-moon-earthsky-community…
Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change
Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead. Source: https://www.livescience.com/zombie-storms-climate-change.html
Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial.
America is now under siege by climate change in ways that scientists have warned about for years. But there is a second part to their admonition: Decades of growing crisis are already locked into the global ecosystem and cannot be reversed. From a report: This means the kinds of cascading disasters occurring today — drought in the West fueling historic wildfires…
Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image
An epic series of satellite images shows smokes from the California wildfires clashing with hurricanes in the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast. Source: https://www.livescience.com/smoke-meets-hurricanes-nasa-image.html
Northern Hemisphere just had its hottest summer on record
Not only was August 2020 the 2nd-warmest August on record, but the Northern Hemisphere had its warmest summer on record, and the globe as a whole had its 3rd-hottest 3-month season. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/northern-hemisphere-2020-hottest-summer-on-record…
What’s in wildfire smoke and why it’s so bad for your lungs
The health impact of wildfire exposure depends in part on the fire itself and how much smoke a person breathes in, how often and for how long. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/what-is-in-wildfire-smoke…