Extreme Weather Is Only Getting Worse. Can Cities Protect Public Transit?
Climate-resilient public transportation is crucial to meeting climate goals and ensuring mobility for vulnerable communities.
Extreme weather
Taming Tomorrow’s Wildfires
As wildfire season blazes on, PNNL researchers are fighting back with science
2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Will Be Above Average (Again), NOAA Predicts
Ongoing La Niña & above-average Atlantic temperatures set the stage for busy season ahead. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic … [continued]
Climate Change Could Lead to Blackouts & Higher Power Costs on West Coast
Originally published by North Carolina State University. By Laura Oleniacz Two new studies led by a North Carolina State University researcher offer a preview of what electricity consumers on the West Coast could experience under two different future scenarios: one where excessive heat due to climate change strains power supplies, … [continued]
6 Questions To Help You Understand The 6th Warmest Year On Record
2021 was tied for the sixth warmest year on NASA’s record, stretching more than a century. Because the record is global, not every place on Earth experienced the sixth warmest year on record. Some places had record-high temperatures, and we saw record droughts, floods and fires around the globe. Credits: … [continued]
300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Dumped Near Mississippi River, Extreme Weather In 2021
Below are three short summaries of recent renewable energy and climate-related news from NexusMedia. Pipeline Dumps 300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Near Mississippi River The Meraux pipeline spilled 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel a few hundred feet from the Mississippi River last week from rupture at known but unrepaired corrosion damage, … [continued]
Fire & Ice: The Puzzling Link Between Western Wildfires & Arctic Sea Ice
What’s behind the worsening wildfires in the Western United States? Arctic sea ice plays an important role By Brendan Bane, PNNL RICHLAND, Washington — “Some say the world will end in fire,” wrote Robert Frost a century ago. The poet described one popular take on the world’s end before shifting to … [continued]
Can Cities Thrive In Turbulent Times? 3 Questions For Cities In 2022
The 2021–2022 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities launched on World Cities Day, October 31, 2021. Submissions are open until February 15, 2022. Find out more at prizeforcities.org. Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute. By Anne Maassen and Rogier van den Berg Infectious disease outbreaks can have enduring influence on urban design, and several … [continued]
The US Isn’t Prepared For Climate Disasters Like Hurricane Ida
In an article by the Louisiana Illuminator, the author made some very crucial points about how hunkering down and weathering hurricanes is not enough. The United States isn’t prepared for the dramatic effects of climate change, and Louisiana, my state, is front and center in this battle. Hurricane Ida impacted … [continued]
NYC To Electrify All New Buildings, Oil & Gas Reserves Threatened By Extreme Weather —…
Below are three short summaries of recent climate-related news from Climate Nexus. NYC Lawmakers Vote To Electrify New Buildings New York City is poised to electrify nearly all new buildings in the coming years after city legislators voted Wednesday for the measure designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution. … [continued]
