Climate change

This is just a glimpse of Trump's deeds in his first 100 days. The EPA has seen the most dramatic shift in a short period of time, but his directives have already put pressure on the State Department, Interior, Energy, and even the Pentagon to ignore the risks of climate change, even though his cabinet isn't in lockstep on the issue. On the world stage, Trump is ensuring confusion and chaos for the recent Paris climate change agreement, even if he caves on his promise to officially pull the U.S. out, a decision that keeps getting punted past Trump's promised deadline on the campaign trail. … [Read more...] about Trump Delivers 100 Days of Climate Change Denial

Sources claim Jones' departure has been in the pipeline at Nine - who owns 2GB - for several months following a massive fallout from advertisers and public backlash over his controversial comments about Ms Ardern … [Read more...] about Alan Jones is ordered to apologise on-air after breaching decency rules over ‘inaccurate’ comments on climate change and Jacinda Ardern

Past studies have theorized that the process works, but until now, no one has attempted to actually do it on beaches. “About 30 years of scientific research has gone into this, including a lot of theoretical work, a lot of lab experiments,” Green says. “Where we came along was to say, why is this stuck in the lab? We need real-life beach experiments to prove that this actually works in the wild . . . We exist to cross that chasm between the world of academia, which was doing a lot of theoretical experiments, and ultimately, the government and privately funded rollout.” … [Read more...] about Ever been to a green sand beach? The newest geohack to fight climate change

In addition to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the report suggests that governments, particularly in these areas, need to fold in climate migration as part of their development planning, and to study the phenomenon to better understand it. … [Read more...] about Climate change could create 143 million migrants, World Bank says

Rain totaled 30 to 40 inches near the coast, with more than 100 inches on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Much of the Central Valley was transformed into a vast inland sea over 250 miles long, and according to Swain, areas now home to millions of people in the Sacramento Valley, the coastal Bay Area and Los Angeles/Orange counties were submerged. … [Read more...] about Climate change could leave Californians with ‘weather whiplash’