Tag: climate change
It’s Official: NASA Says 2015 Was The Hottest Year In Last...
When a record is broken, it’s often viewed as a positive accomplishment. In the realm of global temperatures, however, records keep being broken, and...
Earth Has Just Experienced The Warmest February On Record
If you felt like this past February was unusually warm, you're absolutely right. It was, in fact, the warmest February ever recorded on Earth.The...
Iceberg Grounds In Antarctica — 150,000 Penguins Die
The effects of shifting weather patterns around the globe are far-reaching. Many aspects of our planet have been affected, and Earth's inhabitants are suffering...
Must Coal Die? What Presidential Candidates Have To Say
Coal mining dates back thousands of years, and coal continues to be utilized for power generation. More recently, numerous environmental groups have raised concerns...
Want to Make a Difference? Start Saving Those Plastic Bottles!
The trend of drinking bottled water over tap water has led to billions of plastic bottles cluttering up US landfills. The ever-increasing piles of...
When It Rains, It Floods in California… But It’s Not Helping...
Recent damage from the El Niño weather phenomenon made headlines in California and indeed across the country. Heavy rainfall brought the normally empty concrete...
Climate Change Identified as Top Global Economic Risk Factor
Since the World Economic Forum began publishing its Global Risks Report in 2006, environmental risk has not ranked highly. However, the Global Risks Report...
Woman Cycles Pacific Islands Gathering 1,001 Climate Change Stories
Devi Lockwood, 23, a Boston woman and graduate of Harvard, has been cycling for more than a year in the name of climate change....
Endangered Orca Whales Give Birth to 7th Calf of 2015
Exciting news for whale lovers: A set of orca whale parents have given birth to a baby calf. Orca whales are the most endangered...
Toxic Algae Destroying Sea Lion Population
Climate change is making it harder for some animal species to survive. This year, record numbers of starving sea lions were sighted on the...
