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Stable Antarctic Ice Is Suddenly Melting Fast – Sea levels worldwide will rise higher than anticipated, thanks to a new once-stable region of Antarctica that is suddenly melting, and at a fast rate. Analysis of satellite data shows that although the massive ice sheet on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula, made up of multiple glaciers, was […]
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California Drought Plagues Entire West Coast – With more than two-thirds of Washington state experiencing abnormal dry conditions and more than half of the state experiencing moderate drought, Governor Jay Inslee on Friday declared a statewide drought emergency. According to the Washington state department of agriculture, about $1.2bn of crops could be lost as a […]
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Watch Out, the Pollen Tsunami Is Here – A ferocious winter, delayed spring and even the beginnings of climate change have created what one expert calls a “pollen tsunami” that is slamming allergy sufferers in the Northeast. Oak and birch trees — the “big bad” pollen makers — are coming out at the same time […]
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Global Warming May Spread Lyme Disease – According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the United States has been on an upward trend. In 1995, there were 11,700 confirmed cases. In 2013, there were 27,203 confirmed cases, as well as another 9,104 […]
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Climate Change May Speed Asthma Spread – In recent decades, diagnoses of asthma have risen dramatically. Patients with asthma experience a swelling and narrowing of their airways and an increase in mucus, which makes breathing difficult and causes coughing, wheezing, and tightness or pain in the chest. Severe asthma can interfere with daily activities of […]
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Four in 10 Americans are breathing unhealthy air – How healthy is the air you breathe? If you live in the Fresno, Bakersfield or Visalia-Porterville-Hanford areas of California, then chances are it’s not very healthy. The American Lung Association released its annual State of the Air report Wednesday, revealing the US cities with the worst […]
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Climate Report Sets Deadline for Zero Carbon Emissions – If the timetable for exactly when countries need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions has always seemed a little vague to you, well, we just got a deadline: 2100. That’s according to a new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international […]
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