Impact
HOTSPOTS H2O: Day Zero Threatens Uruguay’s Capital
The Rio de la Plata | Photo: Nasa By Zara Gounden & Fraser Byers, Circle of Blue – June 7,...
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Does Oil and Gas Production Consume Too Much Water?
A multiwell oil and gas project proposed for a drought-ridden Denver suburb would require 4.4 trillion gallons of water —...
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What does it look like when higher ed takes climate change seriously?
Two announcements last month indicate potential ways forward. SUNY-Stony Brook will anchor The New York Climate Exchange, a brand-new, $700...
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Forest fire smoke envelops Toronto, bringing poor air quality, pollution
Environment Canada has increased the air quality risk level for Toronto on Wednesday, up from Tuesday, as forest fire smoke...
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Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Alerts in Much of U.S.
An eye-watering and cough-inducing smoky haze from Canadian wildfires smothered a swath of the eastern and northern United States on...
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The Arctic may be sea ice-free in summer by the 2030s, new study warns
CNN — The Arctic could be free of sea ice roughly a decade earlier than projected, scientists warn – another...
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Las Vegas Won’t Save the Water It Needs by Just Removing Lawns — ProPublica
After standing by its projection for several years, the water authority has acknowledged the difficulty of tearing out 3,900 acres....
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Looking for home in an overheating world: If emissions continue, will we all be migrants someday?
Greenville, CA — Pines and firs parched by a three-year drought had been burning for days on a ridge 1,000...
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The Grand Canyon and Colorado River Are in Crisis
As the planet warms, low snow is starving the river at its headwaters in the Rockies, and higher temperatures...
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Climate Crisis Has Stranded 600 Million Outside Most Livable Environment — ProPublica
Climate change is remapping where humans can exist on the planet. As optimum conditions shift away from the equator and...
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