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

Dramatic Mangrove die off in northern Australia (Aerial footage)

Close to 10,000 hectares of mangroves have died across a stretch of coastline reaching from Queensland to the Northern Territory.

Climate change 25 yrs ago explained by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl

Back in 1991 Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl published a nonfiction book about global warming, the environment and the solutions – Our Angry Earth. […]

By |2016-07-30T00:22:55+02:00July 30, 2016|Categories: Extreme Weather, Impacts|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

The Climate Spiral: Carbon budget, CO2 and Temperature since 1850

07/27/2016 - Global-mean temperatures are breaking one record after the other since instrumental observations began. Driven by burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, carbon dioxide concentrations have also soared to unprecedented levels. In fact, today's CO2 concentrations are higher than they have ever been over the last 800 thousand years. [...]

By |2016-07-28T12:27:59+02:00July 28, 2016|Categories: Climate Change|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Jerry Brown urges bold climate action @Democratic National Convention 2016

JULY 27, 2016 | CLIP OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DAY 3 | Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA) spoke about combating global climate change. […]

Tim Kaine: The solution to climate change is american innovation

Watch Senator Tim Kaine speak on the solution to climate change, a speech he gave on March 10 2014 on the senate floor. […]

Ella Lagé: What One Person Can Do About Climate Change

Ella Lagé on “What One Person Can Do About Climate Change” at TEDxHamburg (http://www.tedxhamburg.de) […]

By |2016-07-23T16:39:51+02:00July 23, 2016|Categories: Climate Change, Solutions, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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