Jennifer Wilcox: A new way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

Our planet has a carbon problem -- if we don't start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, we'll grow hotter, faster. Chemical engineer Jennifer Wilcox previews some amazing technology to scrub carbon from the air, using chemical reactions that capture and reuse CO2 in much the same way trees do ... but at a vast scale. This detailed talk reviews both the promise and the pitfalls.  https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_wilcox_a_new_way_to_remove_co2_from_the_atmosphere
Article courtesy of TED Ideas worth spreading by Jennifer Wilcox

Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the past week

From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/03/hot-planet-all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-the-world-in-last-week/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.350f8fcfa848
Article courtesy of The Washington Post by Jason Samenow

Global Warming in South

Climate change could sharply diminish living conditions for up to 800 million people in South Asia, a region that is already home to some of the world’s poorest and hungriest people, if nothing is done to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank warned Thursday in an ominous new study.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/28/climate/india-pakistan-warming-hotspots.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate
Article courtesy of the New York Times by Somini Sengupta and Nadja Popovich

NOAA won't drop climate and conservation from its mission, agency says

The United States' top weather, climate and ocean science agency - NOAA - will not drop "climate" from its mission statement nor will it de-emphasize research into climate change and resource conservation, the agency said Monday.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/25/noaa-wont-drop-climate-and-conservation-its-mission-agency-says/731304002/
Article courtesy of USA Today by Doyle Rice

Coastal communities at significant risk of chronic flooding

Billions of dollars of property are at risk of chronic flooding in the coming decades, according to a new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists, a science-based advocacy organization. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2018-06-25/coastal-communities-at-significant-risk-of-chronic-flooding-study?int=98f508
Article courtesy of US News/ Best States by Zoe Chevalier

15h A huge stretch of the Arctic ocean is rapidly turning into the Atlantic. That’s not a good sign

Scientists studying one of the fastest-warming regions of the global ocean say changes in this region are so sudden and vast that in effect, it will soon be another limb of the Atlantic Ocean, rather than a characteristically icy Arctic sea.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/06/26/a-huge-stretch-of-the-arctic-ocean-is-turning-into-the-atlantic-right-before-our-eyes/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9c85ddf10049
Article courtesy of The Washington Post by Chris Mooney

Atlanta charts a path to 100 percent renewable electricity

A City Council committee is considering three proposals. The goals: Make this Southern city a leader in renewable power and fight climate change.

   https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25062018/atlanta-city-council-renewable-energy-100-percent-clean-power-climate-change

Article courtesy of Inside Climate News by James Bruggers