EartherEarth Science Excessive Heat and Rainfall Combos Will Be Practically Everywhere If Emissions Keep Rising, Study Says The heat dries up the land, making it unable to absorb water if heavy rainfall follows the extreme heat. By Angely Mercado Published September 15, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather See the Aftermath of Severe Flooding in New England This Week Heavy rain slammed Massachusetts and Rhode Island this week, and more stormy weather may be headed for New England this weekend. By Angely Mercado Published September 14, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy California Officials Approve Sweeping Emissions Disclosure for Big Businesses The ruling is the first of its kind and mandates that businesses disclose direct and indirect sources of pollution. By Angely Mercado Published September 14, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Hurricane Lee Is Moving Up to New England and Coastal Canada The storm has maximum sustained winds of more than 100 miles per hour and could bring flash flooding to the Northeast. By Angely Mercado Published September 13, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Apple’s New CO2 Neutral Products Are Cool, But Don’t Let Them Distract You From the Big Picture Creating new products is only part of a large company’s environmental impact. By Angely Mercado Published September 13, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Heat Pumps Really Bring the Heat During Those Cold Dark Winter Months, Study Says Researchers from Oxford University found that heat pumps are more than twice as effective when heating homes compared to fossil fuel systems. By Angely Mercado Published September 12, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherConservation Microsoft Is Using a Hell of a Lot of Water to Flood the World With AI An environmental report revealed that the company’s water consumption increased by over a billion gallons from 2021 to 2022. By Angely Mercado Published September 11, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Burning Man’s Climate Reckoning Has Begun Protesters highlighted the festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard. Zoya Teirstein, Grist Published September 10, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Satellite Photos Reveal Extent of Floods at This Year’s Burning Man The equivalent of several months of rain fell over the area, and the water pooled into the playa where the event takes place every year. By Angely Mercado Published September 8, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Temperature-Related Deaths in the US Could Jump Fivefold by 2100, Study Finds The authors estimate that about 200,000 temperature-related deaths could happen in the U.S. every year under an extreme but possible climate scenario. By Ed Cara Published September 8, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Hurricane Lee Intensifies Into a Category 5 Storm, Unclear If It Will Make Landfall in the US The storm has grown quickly and the most immediate concern is dangerous rip currents around the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. By Angely Mercado Published September 8, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Biden Administration Cancels Remaining Fossil Fuel Leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge Opponents say that this will hurt jobs in the region, while advocates want a full ban on oil and gas projects in the Arctic. By Angely Mercado Published September 7, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherConservation Scientists Want to Treat Coral Like Walt Disney’s Head in Futurama Scientists recently had a breakthrough in freezing and reviving fragments of adult coral, it could mean better conservation efforts in the future. By Angely Mercado Published September 7, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change This Has Officially Been the Hottest Summer Ever Recorded July was the hottest month, August came in at a close second. By Angely Mercado Published September 6, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice More Than 60 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Hit With RICO Charges in Georgia The environmental and law enforcement protestors were accused of racketeering. By Angely Mercado Published September 5, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Burning Man’s Fyre Fest Moment Is Coming to a Close Attendees were trapped in the mud, it took hours to leave the area, and one eventgoer tragically died. By Angely Mercado Published September 5, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage Paper Cups Are Bad for the Environment Too, Study Finds New research found that the eco-friendly "alternative" to plastic cups has adverse health effects on larvae. By Angely Mercado Published September 5, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherNatural Disasters Hurricane Idalia Could Be the Most Expensive Climate Disaster of 2023 The storm made landfall earlier this week as a strong category 3 and left a path of destruction in its wake. By Angely Mercado Published September 1, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather See How Hurricane Idalia Pummeled the Florida Coast and Beyond The storm destroyed homes, flooded streets, and even dropped a tree on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' house in Tallahassee. By Angely Mercado Published August 31, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage Microplastics Can Travel Into the Brain and Cause Behavioral Changes, Study Finds Mice were exposed to microplastics in their drinking water, and those with higher exposures behaved erratically. By Angely Mercado Published August 31, 2023 | Comments (0)
