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Climate Scientist: I Got Out of LA 2 Years Ago
Climate Scientist: I Got
Out of LA 2 Years Ago
OPINION
Jan 10, 2025 2:35 PM CST

Climate Scientist: I Got Out of LA 2 Years Ago

Peter Kalmus writes that he feared a disaster like the one now unfolding

(Newser) - As a climate scientist, Peter Kalmus is monitoring the wildfire catastrophe in the Los Angeles area with concern. But in a New York Times essay, Kalmus explains that his concern has a personal twist: He uprooted his family from Altadena two years ago because the warning signs kept stacking up,...

Earth Records Two Unwanted Milestones

2024 was the hottest ever, and we surpassed the 1.5C threshold, according to multiple estimates

(Newser) - Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year, according...

Biden Makes 'Epic' 11th-Hour Move on Offshore Drilling

President bans it across major swath of US, in mandate that Trump will have a tough time undoing

(Newser) - With just two weeks before he hands the keys to the White House to Donald Trump, President Biden is taking some last-minute steps to push back on climate change, including a new ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters, reports the BBC . The move made under...

Wildfire Nearing, Woman Crams 20 Joeys in Her Living Room

Aussie wildlife rescuer Pam Turner herded the baby roos into her home as a huge blaze neared

(Newser) - A blaze out of Australia's Grampians National Park continues to rage, sending animals scattering—and in one case, straight into Pam Turner's living room. Turner, who runs the Wildwood Wildlife Shelter in Victoria, ended up hosting 20 baby kangaroos, or joeys, in her home on the day after...

Buying the Ski Resort Closest to LA Is a Gamble

It could be a cash cow, if Mother Nature plays along

(Newser) - Climate change has thrown a wrench in the operations of many a ski resort, Southern California's Mount Waterman among them. The New York Times reports the modest ski hill managed to open for just a few dozen days during the droughts that hit the state from 2011 to 2017;...

7 Wins for the Planet in 2024
7 Wins for the
Planet in 2024
Dec 22, 2024 5:00 PM CST

7 Wins for the Planet in 2024

There was some good news, tree-huggers

(Newser) - Well, planet Earth in 2024 saw heat waves, wildfires, sea rise, massive hurricanes, newly endangered species, and recently its most massive glacier set sail for deadlier warmer waters . But the BBC takes a look at some of the wins for the third rock from the sun. A look at the...

He Awaits Societal Collapse. Just Don't Call Him a Doomer
'The Collapse of Society
Is ... Imminent'
longform
Dec 21, 2024 11:30 AM CST

'The Collapse of Society Is ... Imminent'

Hazlitt magazine visits Ben Green at his unusual retreat in Germany

(Newser) - At the start of dinner with his guests, Ben Green offers this pick-me-up of a toast: "We're here because it's already too late," he tells them. "The collapse of society is inevitable, and it's imminent. There's absolutely nothing we can do about it....

Biden Makes Final Move in 'Boldest Climate Agenda' for US

President ups pledge to slash carbon emissions, vowing to cut them by more than 60% by 2035

(Newser) - President Biden is pledging to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Trump vows to undo much of Biden's climate work when he takes office next month. Biden said the new...

Montana Supreme Court Upholds Climate Activists' Win

Young plaintiffs argued the state violated their right to a clean environment

(Newser) - Montana's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas, and coal projects without consideration of global warming. The 6-1 ruling in the case brought by young activists rejected the state's...

Bird Deaths Caused by 'Blob' Were 'Way Worse' Than Thought

Alaska seabird die-off was 'largest documented wildlife mortality event in the modern era'

(Newser) - After a marine heatwave called "the Blob" killed off large numbers of a seabird called the common murre along the West Coast between 2014 and 2016, scientists estimated that up to 1 million birds had died . But it was "way worse than we thought," US Fish and...

A Flip in the Arctic Tundra: It's Now a Carbon Dioxide Source

Finding comes in NOAA's annual Arctic Report Card

(Newser) - Forget what you learned in grade school science class: The Arctic tundra is no longer the carbon sink it once was. "The tundra, which is experiencing warming and increased wildfire, is now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate change impacts," NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad...

They Might Become Canada's First Climate Refugees

Residents of Tuktoyaktuk in the Arctic are watching their land disappear

(Newser) - To say the tiny Canadian community of the Tuktoyaktuk in the Western Arctic is worried about climate change is a little abstract. To say they're worried about their small cemetery makes it painfully real for the hamlet's 1,000 Inuvialuit residents. A New York Times Magazine story notes...

NC Town Sues Energy Giant, Alleges Decades of Deception

Town of Carrboro accuses Duke Energy of covering up climate change in the name of profits

(Newser) - A small North Carolina town about 40 minutes outside of Raleigh is taking on a utility giant. On Wednesday, the town of Carrboro filed its 70-page complaint against Duke Energy in Orange County Superior Court, alleging the utility "actively participated in a far-reaching, decades-long campaign to deceive the public...

Spanish Workers Now Get Paid Climate Leave

Allowing them not to travel during climate emergencies

(Newser) - Workers in Spain now have access to "paid climate leave." The new measure, put in a place a month after deadly floods ravaged the Valencia region , allows workers to take up to four days of paid time off during weather emergencies rather than have to commute. The measure...

Delaware River's 'Salt Line' Is Migrating, Thanks to Drought
East Coast Has a
New Drought Worry
Nov 27, 2024 7:49 AM CST

East Coast Has a New Drought Worry

Delaware River's 'salt front' has moved north, possibly putting drinking water at risk in the future

(Newser) - Salty ocean water is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphians and millions of others, brought on by drought conditions and sea level rise, and prompting officials to tap reservoirs to push the unpotable tide back downstream. Officials say drinking water isn'...

Climate Change Boosted Storm Gusts 18mph Over Past 6 Years
Climate Change
Has Given
Hurricanes
Extra Oomph
NEW STUDY
Nov 20, 2024 8:35 AM CST

Climate Change Has Given Hurricanes Extra Oomph

It's made wind speed for Atlantic storms about 18mph stronger since 2019

(Newser) - Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18mph stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday. For most of the storms—40 of them—the extra oomph from warmer oceans made the storms jump an entire hurricane category, according to the study published in the journal...

Host President at Climate Talks: Welcome, Hypocrites

Azerbaijan president lectures attendees on the benefits of gas and oil

(Newser) - The president of the nation where nations have gathered to talk about reducing fossil fuels used his opening speech to make a case for fossil fuels. Oil and gas are "a gift of God," said Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, reports the BBC . "Countries should not be blamed...

Study Estimates Global Cost of a Decade's Extreme Weather

With price tag put at $2T, report urges wealthier nations to aid poorer ones

(Newser) - A new analysis of 4,000 climate-related extreme weather events has put the worldwide cost over the past decade at $2 trillion. The US sustained the largest economic loss, according to the report commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce , at $935 billion. China was second at $268 billion in...

Earth on Track to Miss 1.5C Target for First Time

European climate agency says this year is certain to be the hottest ever

(Newser) - For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it's ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year will reach more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming compared to the preindustrial average, the European climate agency...

This Is the Latest in the Year Mount Fuji Has Been Snowless
Snow Finally Seen
on Mount Fuji
UPDATED
Nov 6, 2024 12:00 AM CST

Snow Finally Seen on Mount Fuji

'Sweltering' summer tied record for Japan's hottest ever recorded

(Newser) - Early Wednesday, snow was finally spotted on Mount Fuji—by far the latest in the year Japan's iconic peak has seen its first snow in the 130 years since records have been kept, the New York Times reports. "This is the first time we haven't seen snow...

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