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San Andreas 2: Will Dwayne The Rock Johnson discover climate earthquakes?
There are many reasons to base the story this time on scientific findings, on climate change and tectonic activity.
Louisiana’s 2016 billion-dollar flood disaster
The flood has been called the worst US natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the "no-name storm" dumped three times as much rain on Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina.
The Top 10 Devastating Effects of Climate Change
10 Extreme weather Record heat, record drought, record floods, and stormy weather will become more common. The results are broad, affecting food production, the heart of our society, literally all ecosystems, and work or living conditions. 9 Wildfire Are fires affected by climate change? The answer is simple, yes. Of course. A warming climate affects fire. Warming temperatures dry out land, making it all more flammable. The number of large forest fires in the western United States has increased over [...]
Ocean Warming Is ‘Greatest Hidden Challenge of Our Generation’
A new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report, Explaining ocean warming: causes, scale, effects and consequences, sets out the most recent and comprehensive review to date on this topic and shows a complex story of change in the ocean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDxSgItCUGk At the World Conservation Congress in September 2016, Marine Vice-Chair of the IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas Prof. Dan Laffoley speaks of the recent Ocean Warming report being published on the importance and urgency of tackling climate [...]
Nigel Roulet: Greenhouse gases and Carbon sinks explained
We have the knowledge and hopefully the awareness to develop innovative strategies and safeguards to sustain land carbon storage. […]
Climate Change, Arctic Security and Methane Risks
Over the past year, the climate risks of methane (CH4) released from natural sources have attracted increasing media attention in scientific and media forums as “the Arctic climate threat that nobody’s even talking about yet.”
Dan Lunt: Past, Future and Fantasy Climate Change
To curiosity-driven scientist Dan Lunt, understanding the past climate of our Earth (from the scorching greenhouse of the mid-Cretaceous, to the frozen wastes of the last ice age) is of fundamental interest. […]
5.6 Oklahoma earthquake and flooding in the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qye8FtG5ST4 The magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Pawnee, OK, on Sept. 3, 2016 will continue to produce aftershocks. Residents in that area can expect to continue feeling earthquakes and there is the possibility of additional earthquakes capable of doing damage. USGS: M5.6 - 15km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006jxs#executive Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html