What’s Driving Dorian: Category 4 Hurricane Science

As Dorian spins up, it draws in warm air and sea-surface moisture from all points of the compass. This warm, moist air races toward the center and rises in the spiral arms, fueling thunderstorms, and then in the inner bands, near the eye, it soars skyward as if up a chimney.
https://onezero.medium.com/dorian-could-hit-florida-as-a-major-hurricane-3e1ecc999ad3
Article courtesy of One Zero by Robert Roy Britt

Rising seas threaten Egypt's fabled port city of Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria, which has survived invasions, fires and earthquakes since it was founded by Alexander the Great more than 2,000 years ago, now faces a new menace in the form of climate change.  https://www.apnews.com/e4fec321109941798cdbefae310695aa
Article Courtesy of The Associated Press by Samy Magday

Earth’s future in being written in fast-melting Greenland

New York University air and ocean scientist David Holland, who is tracking what's happening in Greenland from both above and below, calls it "the end of the planet." He is referring to geography more than the future. Yet in many ways this place is where the planet's warmer and watery future is being written.https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2019/08/20/earths-future-being/
Article courtesy of The Salt Lake City Tribune by Seth Borenstein/Associated Press

It’s coming: Pittsburgh’s bike plan readies for a 2020 debut

“One of the goals of the bike plan is that biking really supports the daily life of Pittsburgh,” she said. “It is going to help us build out more bike infrastructure so that people that currently don’t feel comfortable riding a bike with motor vehicles will feel more comfortable in new facilities.” https://www.wesa.fm/post/it-s-coming-pittsburgh-s-bike-plan-readies-2020-debut#stream/0
Article courtesy of 90.5 WESA by Sarah Kovash

With Ecosia, You Can Help Plant Trees by Just Surfing the Internet

Like other search engines, Ecosia makes money through advertising—every time someone clicks on one of the ads located next to search results, Ecosia makes a few cents. Only instead of using its profits to line shareholder pockets, the Berlin-based start-up invests 80 percent of its profits in tree planting. On average, it takes 45 searches to plant a tree. https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ecosia-you-can-help-plant-trees-just-surfing-internet
Article courtesy of  Sierra magazine by Chloe Zilliac

Bottled Water vs. Tap: Which is Best?

Although Flint, MI, has become the poster city for America’s issue with contaminated water, it is only one of many communities experiencing threats to its water supply. Perhaps because they don’t completely trust their tap water, Americans are buying bottled water now more than ever. According to the Beverage Marketing Corp., Americans now drink more bottled water than carbonated drinks, as bottled water became the largest beverage category by volume in 2016.   https://www.greenamerica.org/drinking-water-risk/bottled-water-vs-tap-which-best
Article courtesy of Green America by Sytonia Reid

Food, Glorious - and Sustainable

Unilever has exerted itself massively to source 60% of agricultural raw materials sustainably, which is not so hot. Knorr itself can claim a much higher level of sustainable vegetables and herbs in its sauces, soups and seasonings (92%.)
Read more at http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/food-sustainable-WED/2943/#gmw6wSaGBOqHZVmV.99
Article courtesy of Earth Times  by JW Rowey 

New fashionable outdoor-wear from recycled plastic

Asanox use organic cotton alongside their recycled plastic. The ecodown padding in their lightweight jacket contains the PET while the shell is also a 100% recycled Japanese fabric. A 100% cotton military fabric called ventileis the waterproof shell for their sports jacket, previously known as a densely-woven heavy cotton lifesaver for pilots.
Read more at http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/new-fashionable-recycled-plastic/3025/#zMzwM2VyQL6mGZvr.99
Article courtesy of Earth Times by JW Dowey