Wednesday, March 27, 2019

NASA Sea Level Change Portal

NASA keeps track of sea level change and its causes from space. Find out more about how NASA satellite observations help our understanding of this complex topic.



NASA Sea Level Change Portal

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

TONIGHT: Dirt Rich - The Movie

http://sustainability.sienaheights.edu/environmental-documentaries.html

Today, 20-Mar, showing Dirt Rich, 88 minutes

Topics: Food, Climate Change, Solutions

Dirt Rich shifts focus from greenhouse gas emissions to carbon draw down which is the only viable solution for reversing the effects of runaway global warming in a timely manner. Through exploration of geo-therapy strategies, Dirt Rich shines light on their value and beauty which undeniably are our last hope for protecting life as we know it on this challenged planet. Through regenerative agricultural practices, reforestation of abandoned land, protection/restoration of carbon rich wetlands and keystone species, Dirt Rich illustrates how implementing these strategies will return our atmosphere to safe levels of carbon while growing soil, our most precious resource.

Dirt Rich - The Movie

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Game Changer Fund – CNCA

Cities have limited access to early-stage risk capital for implementing some of the riskier strategies for decarbonizing key systems at a scale considered “transformational.” In response, the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance (CNCA) created a new “Game Changer Fund” in 2018 to foster even greater capacity within CNCA and other cities to implement critical, groundbreaking work that advances the global field of deep urban decarbonization. The Game Changers Report, released below, highlights seven transformations occurring across our CNCA cities.

Game Changer Fund – CNCA

UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless

Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says.

Climate change, a global major extinction of animals and plants, a human population soaring toward 10 billion, degraded land, polluted air, and plastics, pesticides and hormone-changing chemicals in the water are making the planet an increasing unhealthy place for people, says the scientific report issued once every few years.



UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopeless

Dynamic flood modeling essential to assess the coastal impacts of climate change | Scientific Reports

Coastal inundation due to sea level rise (SLR) is projected to displace hundreds of millions of people worldwide over the next century, creating significant economic, humanitarian, and national-security challenges.

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Dynamic flood modeling essential to assess the coastal impacts of climate change | Scientific Reports

Resource extraction responsible for half world’s carbon emissions | Environment | The Guardian

Extractive industries are responsible for half of the world’s carbon emissions and more than 80% of biodiversity loss, according to the most comprehensive environmental tally undertaken of mining and farming.

 MaMassive dump trucks by the Syncrude upgrader plant, Canada. The tar sands are the largest industrial project on the planet, and the world’s most environmentally destructive. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock
Resource extraction responsible for half world’s carbon emissions | Environment | The Guardian

Friday, March 15, 2019

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

This is just the beginning and it will increase and last for at least 100 years if we do not turn the wheels NOW...

A valuable map developed by Carbon Brief detailing extreme weather events around the world and to what extent it can be attributed to climate change.



Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world