Republished From munchies.vice.com By DAISY MEAGER Half the fun of an al fresco lunch is the challenge of steadying a slice of quiche, three sausage rolls, and a squashed crisp sandwich on a precariously balanced plastic plate, all while inexpertly stabbing at a rogue cherry tomato with a...
Republished From The Guardian By Oliver Milman A coalition of 25 prominent members of US national security community warn that higher temperatures and rising seas will inundate bases and fuel conflict The Pentagon ordered its officials in January to start incorporateing climate change into every major consideration, from...
Republished From The NY Times By HIROKO TABUCHI and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Some companies, including Exxon Mobil, say the economics of climate change are too hard to predict for them to give investors hard numbers about the business impact of global warming. Federal regulators may disagree and are considering requiring...
Republished From Fortune By Katie Fehrenbacher It’s a quiet turning point against the backdrop of U.S. politics. Earth has seemingly passed a worrisome threshold for the changing climate this week, according to scientists. The last week in September is often the time of the year when the planet’s carbon emissions are...
Republished From NPR By Lulu Garcia-Navarro Coffee lovers, alert! A new report says that the world's coffee supply may be in danger owing to climate change. In the world's biggest coffee-producing nation, Brazil, the effects of warming temperatures are already being felt in some communities. You can see the...
Republished From NYTimes.com By The Editorial Board Los Angeles has suffered the worst ozone pollution of any American city for three years running. Coastal areas of the city could be swallowed by the Pacific by the end of the century as a warming climate causes sea levels to rise....
Republished From Treehugger.com By Melissa Breyer A new study says that since 1984, heightened temperatures and aridity have caused fires to spread across twice as much area as they would have otherwise. Growing up in the foothills of Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Mountains, fires were just part of...
Republished From Popularmechanics.com By Avery Thompson Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have discovered a chemical reaction to turn CO2 into ethanol, potentially creating a new technology to help avert climate change. Their findings were published in the journal ChemistrySelect. The researchers were attempting to...
Republished from theguardian.com By Stephanie Kirschgaessner Global wine production has fallen by 5% because of “climatic events” causing steep drops in production in most of the southern hemisphere, particularly Chile and Argentina. While the amount of wine produced this year should meet estimated consumer demand, the figures from...
Republished from thewashingtonpost.com By Jason Samenow Global warming could be making winters in eastern North America even longer, according to a new study. The study finds that, because of sea ice loss in the Arctic, the polar vortex is shifting and temperatures are turning colder during March. The polar vortex...