Image of the Day: Here Comes the Sun…and Energy
The Gujarat Solar Park takes up 3,000 acres of desert in India, which makes it the largest solar farm in the world. The solar park will hopefully push India in the right direction and wean it from its coal reliance, which accounts for 55 percent of the country’s energy. Gujarat also has budgeted $400 million to develop renewable energy with plans t… Read More
Why Groundwater is Another Sea Level Rise Concern
Since the 1960s, sea level has risen by about 0.38 feet, at a rate of about .008 feet per year, at Bridgeport, CT, about 20 miles southwest of New Haven. Because the land in this area is slowly sinking at the same time the sea is rising, the amount of local sea level rise is expected to be greater here than in some other parts of the country.… Read More
Image of the Day: Koalas Listed as Threatened Species
According to The Guardian, koala populations were hunted to near extinction for their fur in parts of Australia. But another problem is the koalas limited supply of eucalyptus, which gets cleared for urban development and the remaining eucalyptus’ nutritional value has be tainted by increased CO2 in the atmosphere, which led the IUCN to list the ko… Read More
Video: Extreme Weather and Rapid Arctic Warming
Over at the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, Pete Sinclair — known for his "climate denial crock of the week" video series — posted a video exploring this study and other recent evidence regarding the causes of extreme weather and climate events. It's worth watching, and features interviews with Dr. Francis, Jeff Masters of Weather Under… Read More
Image of the Day: Indonesian Oil Palm Plantations
In some recent years, Indonesia has ranked third after the U.S. and China as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, largely because the country has been draining and burning its peatlands to make way for large-scale palm oil plantations. … Read More
Image of the Day: Mexico Passes Climate Change Law
As Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano is spewing ash and greenhouse gases into the air, the legislature passed a law that will reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent below usual levels by 2020, and 50 percent below 2000 levels by 2050, according to Nature. … Read More
Image of the Day: Hydropower Critics Say Damn the Dam
And while supporters say hydropower is the country’s best clean-energy option, the reservoirs have high CO2 and methane emissions. Methane emissions have a warming effect that is 25 times stronger than CO2. The survival of the Amazon rainforest is threatened by deforestation and climate change, which could kill trees and then created feedback loops… Read More
42 Years Later, Do We Suffer Green Fatigue on Earth Day?
I don’t remember all that much about the very first Earth Day, which happened 42 years ago, on April 22, 1970. I was a junior in high school at the time, and my youthful outrage, such as it was, was focused more on ending the Vietnam War than on saving the environment. Just 10 days later, Richard Nixon would push the Vietnam protests over the top … Read More
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