Emissions from new diesel cars are still far higher than official limit

New diesel cars are still emitting many times the official limit for polluting nitrogen oxides when driven on the road, almost a year after the Volkswagen emissions scandal broke.

Watch Bubbling Alaska Lakes Catch on Fire

In the Arctic, a frozen layer of soil – permafrost – trapped dead plants and animals for thousands of years. As the climate warms, that soil is beginning to thaw, releasing carbon dioxide and methane.

Merchants Of Doubt (2014)

Merchants of Doubt is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and inspired by the 2010 book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway.

Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts claims that there is a pause in global warming

The Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts recently claimed on a ABC television show to the audience that there is a pause in global warming, and added that NASA manipulates their data.

The spread of viruses like Zika and climate change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShLuQXJYdw Climate change is expected to alter the geographic and seasonal distributions of existing vectors and vector-borne diseases [Likely, High Confidence]. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and a higher frequency of some extreme weather events associated with climate change will influence the distribution, abundance, and prevalence of infection in the [...]

By |2016-08-01T23:50:42+02:00August 1, 2016|Categories: Biosphere, Climate Change, Health, Impacts, United States, World News|Tags: , |0 Comments
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