Stalls, stops and breakdowns: Problems plague push for electric buses

Agencies have awarded BYD grants, subsidies and public contracts worth more than $330 million for its battery-powered buses, forklifts and trucks. The company is positioned to be a prime supplier of electric buses to the nation's second-largest system, as Los Angeles' Metro sets a 12-year deadline to abandon fossil fuels.  http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-electric-buses-20180520-story.html
Article courtesy of the LA Times by Paige St. John

Hawaii Residents Face New Hazard From Erupting Volcano: Laze

AHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Hawaii faced a new hazard on Sunday as lava flows from Kilauea’s volcanic eruption could produce clouds of acid fumes, steam and glass-like particles as they reach the Pacific, authorities said.

Civil defense notices cautioned motorists, boaters and beachgoers to beware of caustic plumes of “laze” formed from two streams of hot lava pouring into the sea. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-kilauea-volcano_us_5b0264cfe4b0a046186d8725

Article courtesy of Reuters by Terray Sylvester

Facebook Twitter Google Email Copy LIVING Lobster industry worries crustaceans have lost their crunch

Some members of U.S. industry have complained in recent years of poor shell quality among lobsters, most of which are plucked from the ocean off Canada and New England. They’ve raised concerns about warming ocean waters or acidification of the ocean having a negative effect on lobster shells.  https://nypost.com/2018/05/13/lobster-industry-worries-crustaceans-have-lost-their-crunch/
Article courtesy of The New York Post by Associated Press

Pakistan has gone from water surplus to water-stressed

ISLAMABAD: 

Pakistan is a country facing depleting water resources mainly due to climate change and poor water resource. management. https://tribune.com.pk/story/1709380/2-pakistan-gone-water-surplus-water-stressed/ 
Article courtesy of The Express Tribune by Janaid Zahid

Seawater intrusion threatens some of California’s richest farmland

CALIFORNIA’S SALINAS VALLEY, one of the world’s most productive farming areas, faces a groundwater emergency. The problem is seawater intrusion into freshwater aquifers, which are the region’s lifeblood.  https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2018/05/14/seawater-intrusion-threatens-some-of-californias-richest-farmland
Article courtesy of Water Deeply by Matt Weiser

Climate change could be intensifying dust storms in India, experts say

India could witness an increase in the severity and frequency of dust storms and thunderstorms due to rising global temperatures, experts say.  https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/climate-change-could-be-intensifying-dust-storms-in-india-experts-say/
Article courtesy of Mongabay News by Mayank Aggarwal

Icebergs could float to the rescue of Cape Town water crisis

JOHANNESBURG, April 30 (Reuters) - Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa's drought-hit Cape Town to help solve the region's worst water shortage in a century.  http://news.trust.org/item/20180430152613-fa4qp/
Article courtesy of Thomas Reuters Foundation News by Tanisha Heiberg 

Scientists Confirm Florida-Sized Dead Zone in the Gulf of Oman

Using data collected by underwater robots, researchers have confirmed the presence of one of the world’s largest marine dead zones in the Gulf of Oman, an area that has been largely off-limits to scientists in recent decades due to piracy and geopolitical tensions.  https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scientists-confirm-florida-sized-dead-zone-in-the-gulf-of-oman
Article courtesy of Yale Environment360 published by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies