Americans Are Among the Most Stressed People in the World, Poll Finds

Americans are among the most stressed people in the world, according to a new survey. And that’s just the start of it.

Last year, Americans reported feeling stress, anger and worry at the highest levels in a decade, according to the survey, part of an annual Gallup poll of more than 150,000 people around the world, released on Thursday.  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/americans-stressful.html

Article courtesy of The New York Times by Niraj Chokshi

'Air bear' flight to Russian Arctic returns polar bear who drifted 400 miles south on ice

An “air bear” helicopter flight has returned a polar bear to the Russian Arctic after he drifted more than 400 miles south on an ice floe. Fishermen ran into the two-year-old male bear last week near Tilichiki, an isolated village in the Kamchatka region on Russia's Pacific coast. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/23/air-bear-flight-russian-arctic-returns-polar-bear-drifted-400/

Article courtesy of The Telegraph News by Alex Luhn-Moscow

Winter Is Coming — But Not For NYC’s Rats

By some measures, New York is the second most rat-infested city in the United States, and the problem has gotten worse in recent years. Data show that in 2010, just over 10,500 rat complaints were made to the city’s 311 complaint line, but seven years later, complaints had nearly doubled, hitting more than 19,000 at the end of 2017. But it took a while for officials to investigate the role of rising temperatures in the population boom.  https://nexusmedianews.com/winter-is-coming-but-not-for-nycs-rats-e5484767f613
Article courtesy of Nexus Media by Molly Taft

Greenland Is Falling Apart

Since 1972, the giant island’s ice sheet has lost 11 quadrillion pounds of water.  https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/how-much-ice-has-greenland-lost-climate-change/587431/
This article coutesy of The Atlantic by Robinson Meyer

Air pollution: smog, soot is worst in California

California's reign as the U.S. state with the worst air pollution continues, with Los Angeles again the nation's smoggiest metro area, according to a new report released Wednesday.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/24/air-pollution-smog-soot-worst-california/3551734002/
Article courtesy of USA Today by Doyle Rice

Flood survivors are identifying the root causes of repeated flooding

Sea-level rise is inundating coastal cities, where “sunny-day flooding” is now a thing. Rising seas contribute to high-tide flooding, which has grown by a factor of five to 10 since the 1960s in many U.S. coastal communities — and that trend that is expected to accelerate in the future.   https://ensia.com/features/flood-survivors-victims-organize-for-change/
Article coutesy of Ensia by Lauri Mazur Editor of the Island Press Urban Resilience Project

NHL to purchase carbon offsets to counter playoff air travel

The National Hockey League said on Monday it would purchase carbon credits to offset airline emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases during the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the first round of the playoffs, which has the highest number of teams traveling and is currently underway, the NHL will offset more than 465 metric tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to taking 99 cars off the road for one year.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-icehockey-nhl-offsets/nhl-to-purchase-carbon-offsets-to-counter-playoff-air-travel-idUSKCN1RY1JB
Article courtesy of Reuters by Rory Carroll