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New Phrase Enters the Debate: 'Climate Apartheid'

Jun 25, 2019 4:04 PM CDT

Beware 'Climate Apartheid'

Rich will pay to escape effects of climate change, poor won't be able to: UN expert

(Newser) - As climate change causes food shortages and other hardships, a new problem is likely to be created: "climate apartheid." Philip Alston, the UN's special rapporteur on extreme poverty, coined the term in a new report warning of the phenomenon. The wealthy, he said, will be able to...

'Militia Threats'
Force State
Capitol to
Shut Down

Jun 22, 2019 9:30 AM CDT

'Militia Threats' Force State Capitol to Shut Down

It all stems from a cap-and-trade climate bill

(Newser) - Oregon's state capitol is closed Saturday, and it's no holiday. State senators say they made the move after getting threats from militia groups opposed to a cap-and-trade climate bill, the Washington Post reports. State Senate President Peter Courtney announced the shutdown Friday: "The Oregon State Police have...

Old Spy Images Reveal
Bad News for Himalayas

Jun 19, 2019 3:45 PM CDT

Old Spy Images Reveal Bad News for Himalayas

Scientists use them to calculate the melting of glaciers

(Newser) - Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to, the AP reports. The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1% a year since 2000,...

Weak-Looking Polar Bear Seen Hundreds of Miles From Home

In This City, a Visitor Not Seen
for More Than 40 Years

Jun 19, 2019 12:29 PM CDT

In This City, a Visitor Not Seen for More Than 40 Years

Tired, hungry-looking polar bear turned up in Norilsk, Russia

(Newser) - For more than 40 years, there's been no sign of polar bears in Siberia's Norilsk. That changed this week, with Russia's northernmost city putting out a warning notice Tuesday to residents that one had been spotted wandering around in the suburbs, way south of its natural habitat,...

Canadian Arctic Now Looks Like Swiss Cheese

More Bad News as
Canadian Arctic Melts

NEW STUDY

Jun 19, 2019 9:30 AM CDT

More Bad News as Canadian Arctic Melts

Permafrost thawing 70 years sooner than expected, with consequences

(Newser) - In 2016, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks hopped in a plane, heading for remote sites in the Canadian Arctic. "What we saw was amazing," Vladimir Romanovsky tells Reuters . "It's an indication that the climate is now warmer than at any time in the last...

The Dogs Seem to Be Walking on Water. They Aren't

Photo of Dogs Goes Viral,
and Sparks a Conversation

Jun 18, 2019 10:10 AM CDT

Photo of Dogs Goes Viral, and Sparks a Conversation

They're walking through meltwater in Greenland

(Newser) - It's no wonder the photo went viral: The sled dogs appear to be walking on water. The story behind the June 13 image is making the rounds as well. It was taken by Danish scientist Steffen Olsen in northwest Greenland, where the dogs were traversing an ice sheet roughly...

Farmer Crushed by Flooding: 'Everybody's So Down'

Farmers Drown
Their Sorrows
in Beer and
Fried Chicken

Jun 16, 2019 4:29 PM CDT

Farmers Drown Their Sorrows in Beer and Fried Chicken

Illinois farmers gather for a 'Prevent Plant Party'

(Newser) - Illinois farmers gathered to tell their tales of woe Thursday at—of all places—The Happy Spot. With heavy rains and record floods forcing them to leave millions of acres unseeded, corn farmers gathered with sellers of equipment, chemicals, and seed at the Deer Grove restaurant to swap stories over...

Warming Could Make Siberia
a 'Land of Opportunity': Study

Jun 10, 2019 6:18 PM CDT

Warming Could Make Siberia a 'Land of Opportunity': Study

Permafrost could shrink significantly by 2080s

(Newser) - Climate change could thaw the frozen landscape of Asian Russia enough by the 2080s to make it more habitable for humans, new research has found, and possibly lead to Siberia becoming the center of Russian civilization. A team from the Krasnoyarsk Federal Research Center in Russia and the National Institute...

Pompeo Sees
Ways to Handle
Climate Change,
Including Moving

Jun 9, 2019 10:08 AM CDT

Pompeo Sees Ways to Handle Climate Change, Including Moving

Economy needs to support innovation, secretary of state says

(Newser) - "The climate's been changing a long time," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in expressing optimism that the challenges of climate change will be met. "We will do the things necessary as the climate changes," he told the Washington Times . Among the steps that were...

Oil Pipeline Stymied
Despite Court Victory

Jun 8, 2019 10:30 AM CDT

Oil Pipeline Stymied Despite Court Victory

Seems it's too late in the year to start building

(Newser) - An appeals court has lifted a judge's injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the US, but the developer has said it's too late to begin work this year and environmental groups vowed to keep fighting it, the AP reports. A three-judge...

Charles Had 90 Minutes to
Change Trump's Mind, Didn't

the rundown

Jun 5, 2019 10:35 AM CDT

Charles Had 90 Minutes to Change Trump's Mind, Didn't

President, Piers Morgan talk climate change in wide-ranging interview

(Newser) - President Trump's sit-down with Prince Charles was supposed to last 15 minutes. It went for 90, but that wasn't enough to get Trump on board with Charles' climate stance. In a Good Morning Britain interview that aired Wednesday, the president answered a slew of questions from Piers Morgan....

Humans May Be Headed for
Extinction 'in Most Horrible Way'

NEW STUDY

Jun 5, 2019 6:21 AM CDT

Humans May Be Headed for Extinction 'in Most Horrible Way'

Wars, lethal heat, water shortages could be 30 years off: authors

(Newser) - Numerous in-depth reports on climate change have failed to show in just how dire a predicament humans find themselves—essentially inches from total destruction—according to a new paper from climate researchers, one a former fossil fuel executive. They write that there is a "high likelihood of human civilization...

Here's Joe Biden's
$5T 'Big Idea'
on Climate

Jun 4, 2019 11:05 AM CDT

Here's Joe Biden's $5T 'Big Idea' on Climate

He says it will get us to net zero emissions by 2050

(Newser) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the US to net zero emissions of carbon pollution by 2050, the AP reports. Biden's plan calls for $1.7 trillion in federal spending over 10 years, with the rest of the...

Country's New Law
Could Bring 525B
New Trees to
the World

May 31, 2019 12:15 PM CDT

Country's New Law Could Bring 525B New Trees to the World

Philippines bill would mandate students plant at least 10 trees each before graduating

(Newser) - Advocates for a new bill in the Philippines say it could result in 525 billion new trees over the course of a generation, and the ones set to be on the front lines for this initiative are students. The Independent and CNN Philippines report on the proposed legislation, which mandates...

Bill Nye's
Climate Change
Rant Draws
Attention

May 14, 2019 2:05 PM CDT

Bill Nye's Climate Change Rant Draws Attention

He drops a number of f-bombs on John Oliver's show

(Newser) - Those who grew up watching Bill Nye on public TV never heard him quite like this before. The "science guy" continues to draw attention for his appearance on John Oliver's climate-themed show Sunday night, mainly because Nye dropped a number of f-bombs while making his points. "By...

It's a Grim Prognosis
for Bengal Tigers

STUDY SAYS

May 10, 2019 10:14 AM CDT

It's a Grim Prognosis for Bengal Tigers

One of their biggest strongholds may be gone entirely in 50 years

(Newser) - One of the world’s largest populations of wild tigers will be without its major habitat in 50 years, according to a new UN study. Research published this month in the journal Science of The Total Environment predicts rising sea levels will be "enough to decimate" the few hundred...

Hawaii Scrambles
to Save Its
Iconic Beach

Apr 21, 2019 12:05 PM CDT

Hawaii Scrambles to Save Its Iconic Beach

Recent high tides suggest Waikiki Beach is in trouble

(Newser) - Hawaii's iconic Waikiki Beach could soon be underwater as rising sea levels caused by climate change overtake its white sand beaches and bustling city streets, the AP reports. Predicting Honolulu will start experiencing frequent flooding within the next 15 to 20 years, state lawmakers are trying to pass legislation...

Why Everyone
Is Talking About a
Walrus Scene on Netflix

Why Everyone Is Talking About a Walrus Scene on Netflix

It's found in the second episode of 'Our Planet'

(Newser) - Our Planet clocks in at eight episodes, but it's a single scene from the newly released Netflix documentary series narrated by David Attenborough that's making waves. It's found in Episode two, "Frozen Worlds," and it involves hundreds of walruses falling to their deaths. The series...

Bering Sea Find
Shocks Scientists

Apr 14, 2019 1:20 PM CDT

Bering Sea Find Shocks Scientists

It's not supposed to be flooding in winter

(Newser) - The Yupik Eskimo village of Kotlik on Alaska's northwest coast relies on a cold, hard blanket of sea ice to protect homes from vicious winter Bering Sea storms. The ice normally prevents waves from forming and locks onto beaches, walling off villages. But not this year. In February, southwest...

One Country Is Heating Up
at Twice the Worldwide Rate

Apr 2, 2019 11:18 AM CDT

One Country Is Heating Up at Twice the Worldwide Rate

New report points to 'human factor' as being dominant factor for Canada's spike

(Newser) - Much of the world is worried about global warming, but Canada may have cause for extra concern—especially its northernmost reaches. Per the CBC , a leaked report out of the Canadian government's environmental department indicates that since 1948, the Great White North's land temperature has, on average, heated...