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Like giant bones planted on Earth, clusters of tree trunks appear along the Chesapeake Bay on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. They are ghost forests: once the trouble of cedar and pine forests. Since the late 19th century, these trees have expanded and died along the shore. They won't grow. These tree cemeteries appear where the land is gently tilted to the ocean and salt water increasingly invades. On the East Coast of the United States, in pockets on the West Coast and elsewhere, the salt-salted soil kills hundreds of thousands of acres of trees, leaving behind wooden…
Scientists use AI to track fast glacier losses in the Arctic Arctic » Yale's climate connection
Transcript: There are few places on Earth, like Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago about 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Glaciers covering most of the Svalbard Islands are shrinking rapidly. Bamber: “We are all over the archipelago of these islands and we are seeing accelerated melting as warming increases in the region.” In a recent study, Jonathan Bamber and his team at the University of Bristol in the UK used artificial intelligence to analyze satellite images of millions of Svalbard glaciers that extend into the ocean. They found that almost all of these glaciers have shrunk over about 40 years.…
A new study published in the Journal nature The conclusion is that if we stop using fossil fuels, the world will be $28 trillion. Researchers at Dartmouth College explained that our planet would be richer if it weren't for the “extremely hot” fossil fuel companies. [emphasis, links added] To draw such a compelling conclusion, many media in traditional media can breathe. A report in CBS News quoted celebrity climate scientist Michael Mann for supporting the study. The DC Court recently approved Mann against two bloggers in his defamation lawsuit, saying “When they provided false evidence and made false statements to…
A recent article independent“How will the climate crisis push up the price of Easter chocolates”, claiming that cocoa bean production is threatened by climate change, which is why prices are rising. This is wrong. [emphasis, links added] independent Citing a study using novels, recently developed AI models predict cocoa production in various countries rather than studying full images and real-world data, including cocoa production in neighboring countries. As far as cocoa prices rise, this is not due to shortages caused by climate change, but government policies. independent Claiming extreme high calories are increasing the risk of crops and “the past…
Republicans, who served in Congress for the first 100 days, repealed seven regulations by President Biden, mostly energy-related rules, they said they burdened producers and raised prices for consumers. [emphasis, links added] The Knicks rules include: The Environmental Protection Agency rules impose methane emissions fees on what Republicans say are oil and gas facilities, hindering domestic energy production. One requires new oil and gas leaseholders outside the shelf to submit archaeological reports before starting offshore drilling production. Two energy sector rules that require higher energy efficiency standards for gas water heaters, walk-in coolers and freezers. “House Republicans are using the…
A large amount of solar energy on the Spanish and Portuguese grids may make the Iberian power grid more vulnerable to failures or cyber attacks, one expert said. [emphasis, links added] This is because “inertia” is needed on the power system, which is a by-product of generators with rotating parts, such as those that operate on gasoline, coal or hydropower. These turbines can accelerate or slow down to help adjust the power frequency and must be kept within a certain range. Inertia also helps protect the system from failures that cause sudden frequency drops, giving grid operators time to turn…
Politico said European officials don't seem to be very concerned about the possibility that the mainland's green energy agenda might make it vulnerable to Chinese aggression in the future. [emphasis, links added] Politico reported that Trump administration officials met with a group of European officials in Britain in early April to warn Europeans that China is using Western climate policies to achieve its own geopolitical goals. Despite the Trump administration’s warnings and recent European experience relying on the energy of vicious actors, European officials mostly shrugged and showed that the continent still intends to make its energy system green in…
On April 28, 2025, a catastrophic blackout plunged millions of people in Spain and Portugal into chaos. [emphasis, links added] The power outage is the largest in recent memory in Europe, attacking shortly after noon, immediately disconnecting power supplies and destroying transportation, health care and communications throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Traffic lights turned dark, nearly 400 flights at Madrid Airport were postponed or cancelled, and hospitals scrambled to keep emergency systems running. Spain's national railway Renfe completely stopped, leaving passengers stranded for hours. This disaster is not caused by extreme weather or natural disasters, it is caused by dangerous instability…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Rs.D. [emphasis, links added] At the end of the term, former President Joe Biden granted California’s Environmental Protection Agency exemption to enable it to implement regulations that would effectively require 80% of cars to be free of emissions by 2035. The exemption allows California to develop its own standard rules for automatic emissions rather than complying with national standards. California, as a disproportionate disproportionate in the U.S. economy, often has the ability to shape national business practices. For example, Automakers tend to comply with California Air Resources Commission regulations rather than more tolerant national emission…
A landmark policy developed by members of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) in April will tax international shippers based on the carbon content of their fuel. The draft policy will be completed by the end of 2025. It is undeniable that the agreement reached at the 83rd meeting of the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Commission was a compromise – criticized by activists and oil-rich countries. However, it is also undeniable historical. As the organization said, “The IMO Net-Zero framework is the first in the world to combine mandatory emission restrictions and [greenhouse gas] Pricing across the industry. ”…