Image of the Day: Greening Roofs With White Paint
The grassroots organization White Roof Project paints an urban roof white. The organization is trying to motivate people all over the country to adopt a building and paint its roof white. Most urban rooftops in the U.S. are black and this causes the buildings to take in exceptional amounts of heat, making cooling them very energy intensive … Read More
Arctic Off-shore Oil Exploration Could Be Imminent
According to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, off-shore oil exploration in Alaska could be imminent. According to the New York Times, Salazar indicated that Shell would most likely get to start off-shore exploration near Alaska’s North Slope this summer, once they jump a few more hurdles. “If Shell meets our standards and passes our inspections … Read More
Heat Wave Bakes the West and High Plains, Moves East
During the June 18 to 24 period, 731 daily high temperature records and 798 daily warm low temperature records were set or tied in the U.S., compared to 154 record cold daily high temperatures and 131 record cold daily low temperature records, according to the National Climatic Data Center.… Read More
Image of the Day: Room with a View on the Maldives
This is the plan for a new floating hotel in the Maldives, from the Netherlands based company Waterstudio.NL, which works to find architectural solutions to the growing problems of climate change and urbanization. The Maldives is the lowest country on the planet with its highest points a mere five feet above sea level. National Geographic called it… Read More
Image of the Day: Four Degrees of Preparation
That’s 4 degrees Celsius, which is a 7.2 degree Fahrenheit temperature increase to us on the other side of the pond. Greater Manchester, in the U.K., is on the forefront of developing a blueprint for EcoCities in light of manmade climate change, which could mean hotter and drier summers and colder and wetter winters.… Read More
Tree-Hugging, Organic-Buying Spoof Hits Sunny Spot
We're suckers for humor. And Heaven knows, there's very little about climate change that is funny. But if you're trying to make a case for people to take advantage of solar power, a little humor might just go a long way. That's what a company called SunRun is hoping for in unveiling a hilarious new ad campaign. The message behind it is that solar … Read More
Image of the Day: ‘Come See Glaciers Before They Melt’
Greenland has been taking center stage in the talks about climate change, with its ice caps and glaciers melting at a rapid pace. And while the conversation is troubling, the attention has proved to be a good thing for Greenland as its tourism is booming… Read More
Image of the Day: England Drought Sparks Warning
. "A longer term drought, lasting until Christmas and perhaps beyond, now looks more likely, and we are working with businesses, farmers and water companies to plan ahead to meet the challenges of a continued drought," said Trevor Bishop, head of water resources at the Environment Agency. The drought is so extensive that other parts of England coul… Read More
