Image of the Day: A Frog Marriage or a Plea for Rain?
Farmers in Nagpur, India stage a marriage between two frogs. The traditional marriage is meant to satisfy the rain gods. The region of India where Nagpur is located is currently experiencing some drought conditions due to the lack of monsoon rains that typically quench the region during this time of year. Reservoirs in the region are only 13 … Read More
Image of the Day: Rains in Assam of Elephant Proportions
Flooding in the Indian state of Assam covered nine-tenths of the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary with water. The wildlife residents were mostly able to escape to higher ground within the sanctuary but this elephant is being guided out of the flooded area. Assam is not a stranger to Monsoon floods. The Brahmaputra River and its branches overflow from … Read More
Trillions at Stake in Sea Level Rise for 20 Global Port Cities
It’s easy enough to appreciate that sea level rise brought on by climate change poses a hazard to people and property. It’s not so easy, however, to predict exactly how many people are likely to be affected, and how much damage the rising seas are likely to do. Climate Central spent many months doing its own analysis for the U.S, for example, and … Read More
Media Heats Up with Coverage of Extreme Weather
CBS News and the Associated Press reported on the mass power outages that occurred across the mid-Atlantic region because of the severe thunderstorm event, known as a “derecho, that occurred on June 29. The lack of power, and consequently the lack of air conditioning, added to the public health risks from the late June and early July heat wave … Read More
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
Image of the Day: Rowing Not So Gently Down the Stream
A fisherman on the water near Chaohu Lake in China is pictured here. Since mid-June, blue-green algae have become a problem on the lake because of rising temperature and a lack of rain and wind. Since large amounts of blue-green algae has the potential to be toxic to humans and animals if ingested in large quantities, the local water department has… Read More
Dirty Soil and Diabetes: Anniston’s Toxic Legacy
The Rev. Thomas Long doesn't have neighbors on Montrose Avenue anymore. Everyone is gone. Widespread chemical contamination from a Monsanto plant was discovered in this quiet city in the Appalachian foothills back in the 1990s. In West Anniston, behind Long’s home, a church was fenced off, and men in "moon suits" cleaned the site for weeks. Nearby… Read More
