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Global warming: DC could sink 6+ inches by end of the century due to climate change
A team of researchers led by the University of Vermont and the U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed that the sea level in the Washington, DC region is rising faster than the rest of the East Coast, due not only to global warming but...
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Arctic ice cap melt could release vast amounts of methane
As seawater temperatures rise, the Arctic ice cap has been shrinking. From 2003 to 2010, records show Arctic ice melting rapidly. This year it shrank by 27,000 square miles from its record 2007 low to 1.5 million square miles, the lowest...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Changing Climate
Nearly everyday we hear about global warming. What exactly is global warming and how is the planet undergoing climate change? This concise, easy-to-understand series addresses this question. It also takes a close look at possible causes,...
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Climate change imperils French truffle production: scientists
Climate change-induced drier summers in France and Spain are damaging truffle harvests, according to a new study. Truffles are fungi that grow symbiotically with various tree species including beech, oak, hazel, and pine. Truffles thrive...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 18
Opening up opportunities for the world’s unbanked, developing packaging that disposes of itself and sensing health signals hidden in our sweat. Plus, Michael and Anthony discover how artificial intelligence is making it easier to learn...
msvgo
Atmospheric pollution
This nugget explains pollution of the layers surrounding the earth, air pollutants, global warming and green house effect, acid rain, ozone hole, photochemical smog.
Mazz Media
Greenhouse Effect
This live-action video program is about the greenhouse effect. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Can Economics Save the Environment?
We need to be smarter in how we think about climate change. In this episode of #NewEconomicThinking Harvard Kennedy School professor Joseph Aldy describes how economics can help by bridging the gaps between scientists, policy makers,...
Curated Video
Understanding Atmospheric Pollution: Causes, Effects, and Solutions
The video discusses atmospheric pollution and the effects of burning fossil fuels. It explains the pollutants created through combustion, such as carbon dioxide, particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. The...
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Climate change: Ice sheets melting cause fastest sea level rise in 2,800 years
A new study shows that sea level is rising at a speed that is faster than the previous 27 centuries. Sea level rose at a rate of 1.4 millimeters per year between 1900 and 2000 while the current rate is 3.4 millimeters per year, according...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Current State of Global Temperatures
Describes what climate change really means and how it is affecting our temperatures
Curated Video
Is America Doing Enough To Go Green?
With global greenhouse gas emissions at record levels, and the future of Earth at stake, what are Americans doing to safeguard the planet for future generations? And what more can be done?
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Carbon Dioxide
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
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US, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait water down key climate
The US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait rejected the IPCC climate change report during discussions held at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Katowice, Poland.
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Hurricanes Moving North, Set to Slam into New York
The BBC reports that a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that if the planet’s average temperature keeps rising, hurricanes and typhoons will start to move farther northward and southward, entering the world’s most...
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World’s largest iceberg on collision course with South Atlantic island
The world’s biggest iceberg is headed straight toward an island in the South Atlantic and has the potential to cause significant damage to wildlife should it become grounded nearby.
SWPictures
WHAT A WASTE - Electric Highway
One of the greatest factors contributing to the ensuing world energy crisis is our dependence on the humble automobile – or, more specifically, the oil on which it runs. Not only does the oil that feeds our daily commute erode our...
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Rising ocean temperatures could reduce fish size by up to a quarter
A new study published in Nature Climate Change estimates that more than 600 fish species will shrink in size by up to 24% by 2050 because of global warming. Warmer ocean waters could lead to decreased oxygen levels which may...
Visual Learning Systems
Taking Action: How to Help the Planet
In this video, the teacher discusses the growing global population and the problems it has caused, such as pollution, climate change, resource depletion, and species extinction. However, the video also emphasizes that individuals can...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Andrew Sheng - Sustainability Requires Caging Godzillas
Financial business is creating credit without limit until a crisis occurs. That's the fundamental flaw which caused the current crisis, says Andrew Sheng in this INET interview. He also worries that the destruction of the tropical forest...
The Wall Street Journal
Visa and Robust.AI on What Covid-19 Taught Us About AI
Visa's Carolina Barcenas and Robust.AI's Gary Marcus discuss the major takeaways from previous months, including where AI produced useful outcomes and where it didn't.
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Rates of climate change in deep oceans could be severely affected, even in the best case scenario: study
Earth’s oceans could be experiencing rates of climate change seven times higher than levels today by the second half of the century, according to a new study.
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Global warming increasing hurricane intensity
Global warming is affecting hurricanes by making them wetter with more energy that intensify faster.
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Diseased trees turned into methane producers, study shows
A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that aging and diseased trees produce flammable concentration of methane, believed to be a new source of the potent greenhouse gas. Applied on a global scale the methane releases...