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How will sea level rise increase high tide flooding? Feds warn water levels are 'nearing the brim.'

How will sea level rise increase high tide flooding? Feds warn water levels are 'nearing the brim.'

Higher high tides bubbling up from storm drains and spilling into streets require improved flood defenses against rising sea levels, federal officials warned Tuesday. “Water...

‘We want plastic to become taboo’: the rise in reusable water bottles

‘We want plastic to become taboo’: the rise in reusable water bottles

With unprecedented hot weather and the potential for widespread drought bringing the climate crisis into sharp focus, this summer has also been marked by an attendant interest...

Floods, storms and heatwaves are a direct product of the climate crisis – that’s a fact, so where is the action? | John Vidal

Floods, storms and heatwaves are a direct product of the climate crisis – that’s a fact, so where is the action? | John Vidal

In November 2015, prolonged and heavy rainfall dumped 341mm (13.4 in) of rain in Honister, Cumbria, within 24 hours. Just as in 2009 and again in 2013, when massive rainstorms...

Rooftop Gardens

Rooftop Gardens

Rooftop Gardens http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_rooftop/cub_rooftop_lesson01_activity1.xml Teach Engineering, Teach...

This heatwave is a reminder that grass lawns are terrible for the environment | Akin Olla

This heatwave is a reminder that grass lawns are terrible for the environment | Akin Olla

As a heatwave drags across the United States, local and state governments are scrambling to find solutions to the threats brought by record high temperatures. Washington DC and...

Ethylene Oxide Risk from Commercial Sterilizers | US EPA

Ethylene Oxide Risk from Commercial Sterilizers | US EPA

Ethylene Oxide Risk from Commercial Sterilizers Tiếng Việt Sign up to Learn More Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is a colorless and flammable gas. It is typically odorless at levels found...

How Darkness Can Illuminate the Insect Apocalypse

How Darkness Can Illuminate the Insect Apocalypse

Insects may have been evolving to avoid light. So maybe we need to look harder for them. It was much too warm for a Massachusetts mid-October evening, and the bugs were there...

The people making a difference: the former teacher saving the trees – and bats – threatened by HS2

The people making a difference: the former teacher saving the trees – and bats – threatened by HS2

Carol-Anne O’Callaghan is speaking to me from her campervan. “I call it my mobile office,” she says. “It’s great. I have wifi and a desk. I even have a loo!” It is covered in...

Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life

Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life

For decades, coho salmon returning from the Pacific Ocean to the creeks and streams of Puget Sound in Washington state to spawn were dying in large numbers. No one knew why....

Climate activism is good for health - David Suzuki Foundation

Climate activism is good for health - David Suzuki Foundation

But it’s not just pollution putting health and lives at risk; climate disruption from burning fossil fuels is also wreaking havoc on human health. A recent review of “more than...

RSPB warns of nature disaster as Tory leadership rhetoric targets laws that protect wildlife

RSPB warns of nature disaster as Tory leadership rhetoric targets laws that protect wildlife

The RSPB has today weighed in to the Tory leadership contest saying that the anti-regulation rhetoric that has characterised the debates is nonsense when it comes to protecting...

Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee

Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee

England’s rivers will continue to deteriorate unless the Environment Agency stops “shutting down” the public’s calls about pollution, according to an ex-employee who worked at...