OpinionWant to measure climate change? Head to your backyard. Tove Danovich is a writer in Portland, Ore., and the author of “Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them.” Yan Wu is a Post Opinion graphics reporter. This spring, half the country will be able to consider growing…
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Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline
The Paris Climate Accords in 2015 set an ambitious (and necessary) goal of keeping global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temps. But a new study says we might’ve blown past that threshold several years ago. A new study from University Western Australia Oceans Institute studied long-lived Caribbean sclerosponges and created an ocean temperature…
Marine mammals in U.S. waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, study finds | PBS NewsHour
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind assessment. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration examined more than 100 stocks of American marine mammal species and…
FEMA announces $3 billion for building climate change resilience: ‘Key pillar of Bidenomics’
The Biden administration recently announced nearly $3 billion for communities nationwide to “build resilience to climate change and extreme weather events,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported. A Monday press release from FEMA revealed that the funding will come from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress last year. The agency noted that…
