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NASA: Climate Change Effects
NASA: Climate Change Effects
NASA highlights temperature rise, change in precipitation patterns, droughts, storm intensity, and sea-level rise as the primary ways climate change will impact our planet.
https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
UCS explains that climate change will create sea level rise and a change in precipitation which will lead to an increase in flooding at major metropolitan areas disrupting our existing electricity and travel infrastructure. The UCS also says that increasing temperatures, change in precipitation, and larger fluctuations in weather patterns will negatively effect our food supplies and decrease biodiversity.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce
The NOAA explains that climate change will have negative effects on human health and current agricultural systems. Increased heat stress, extreme weather, and poor air quality will negatively effect human health. Increased temperatures and water stress will negatively effect current agricultural systems.
http://www.noaa.gov/resource-collections/climate-change-impacts
NYTimes: Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model ‘Clean Coal’ Project
NYTimes: Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model ‘Clean Coal’ Project
A Mississippi project, a centerpiece of President Obama’s climate plan, has been plagued by problems that managers tried to conceal, and by cost overruns and questions of who will pay.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/science/kemper-coal-mississippi.html
NYTimes: Africa’s Charcoal Economy Is Cooking. The Trees Are Paying
NYTimes: Africa’s Charcoal Economy Is Cooking. The Trees Are Paying
Charcoal — cleaner and easier to use than firewood, cheaper and more readily available than gas or electricity — has become one of the biggest engines of Africa’s informal economy. But it has also become one of the greatest threats to its environment.
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