The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires » Yale Climate Connections

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires

by Dana Nuccitelli



Years of record-setting California wildfires are consistent with mounting evidence of climate change as a principal factor.

Now designated as California’s deadliest fire, the still-raging Camp Fire by November 13 had led to 42 deaths, with many residents still unaccounted for and more than 7,000 structures destroyed. (Image credit: NASA)

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires » Yale Climate Connections

Common plastics emit global warming pollution » Yale Climate Connections

All is connected...

Sarah-Jeanne Royer shows plastics from the ocean at Kamilo Point, Hawaii. (Photo credit: Olivier Poirion)

Common plastics emit global warming pollution » Yale Climate Connections

Efforts to Fight Climate Change Had a Tough Election Day | The New Yorker

Several Democrats who campaigned on climate change flipped their congressional districts, but five of seven climate-related ballot measures across the country did not go in the planet’s favor.

Photograph by Jose Carlos Fajardo / Digital First Media / Getty

Efforts to Fight Climate Change Had a Tough Election Day | The New Yorker

Keystone Pipeline XL blocked by federal judge in major blow to Trump administration - The Washington Post

At least another temporary halt...







Keystone Pipeline XL blocked by federal judge in major blow to Trump administration - The Washington Post

Opinion | We Have to Save the Planet. So I’m Donating $1 Billion. - The New York Times

If more billionaires are following we might have a chance?

Tourists in Argentina viewed the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park in March.CreditCreditWalter Diaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Opinion | We Have to Save the Planet. So I’m Donating $1 Billion. - The New York Times

Mapped: nitrogen dioxide pollution around the world - Unearthed

In the last few years, governments and corporations around the world have come under increasing pressure to act on a global air pollution crisis.

In Europe, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been at the centre of the debate, following the dieselgate scandal and numerous legal battles faced by governments that have been shown to be in breach of legal limits.

As the World Health Organisation hosts its first global air pollution conference, new satellite data reveals the scale and spread of global NO2 on an unprecedented scale, from lignite power plants in Europe to wildfires in Africa.

Mapped against known pollution sources, it shows that NO2 pollution doesn’t come from diesel pollution alone; it is also emitted by coal, oil, gas and biomass plants as well as forest fires and crop burning.

Mapped: nitrogen dioxide pollution around the world - Unearthed

This Electric Airplane Could Revolutionize How We Fly

The airplane industry generates about 12% of all transportation-related carbon emissions in the US according to the EPA. In fact, the single best way to reduce your personal carbon footprint is to fly less often and outset your flights. One round-trip flight from New York to California generates 20% of the greenhouse gases that a car produces in over a year.



This Electric Airplane Could Revolutionize How We Fly