Climate Change

Climate Change Protests: With Fake Blood, Extinction Rebellion Hits NY

"Tourists and workers on Wall Street on Monday were met by a jarring spectacle: protesters, some lying in pools of fake blood outside the New York Stock Exchange, some dancing and others chanting, all to call attention to people killed by climate-related disease and disaster."

Source: NY Times, 10/08/2019

Dengue Cases Are Surging Around The World. Some Blame Changing Climate

"KATHMANDU, Nepal — His boss fell sick first, with aching pains and a high temperature. Then, some of his colleagues began showing similar symptoms. By the time Rajkumar Adhikari, 35, grew feverish and started vomiting, he learned that the sickness had a name: dengue."

Source: Washington Post, 10/07/2019

"Biofuels: Trump Admin Proposes Boost For Ethanol Blending"

"The Trump administration plans to boost biofuel blending in the nation's fuel supplies beginning next year, while continuing to let small petroleum refineries avoid the mandates in certain circumstances, officials said today [Friday]."

Source: Greenwire, 10/07/2019

"A Huge Iceberg Split From Antarctica. (They Just Grew Apart.)"

"A massive iceberg with the robotic sounding name D28 has separated in recent days from an ice shelf in Antarctica, prompting both awe and concern around the world. Measuring 610 square miles, D28 is slightly larger than Oahu, Hawaii, and some are worried that its fracture from the Amery Ice Shelf is a signal of climate change."

Source: NY Times, 10/04/2019

"Tracking the Atlantic Ocean’s Inland Creep in Miami-Dade County"

"It’s a gentle intruder, moving stealthily underground, out of sight but not undetected. Salt water continues to move farther inland in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, albeit at a slower rate, according to new U.S. Geological Survey mapping."

Source: Circle of Blue, 10/04/2019

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