Climate Change, Danger Seasons & the Need for Global Action

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:48:12 +0000

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Rachel Cleetus Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires — around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. It’s fueling “Danger Seasons,” when these impacts are at their […]

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First Street Foundation Wildfire Model: Highlights From “Fueling the Flames”

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 03:00:23 +0000

Brooklyn (NY) — First Street Foundation today released the First Street Foundation Wildfire Model, the only nationwide, probabilistic, climate adjusted, peer reviewed, property specific wildfire risk model for properties in the contiguous United States. Detailed in the 5th National Risk Assessment: Fueling the Flames, the model provides a first of its kind analysis of the risk individual properties […]

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B.C. Climate News April 4 to April 10: Latest IPCC report offers solutions to limit warming to 1.5 C | Old growth forest activists stage hunger strike | Increase in atmospheric methane set another record during 2021

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 19:31:57 +0000

Here’s your weekly roundup of climate change news for the week of April 4 to April 10, 2022.

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B.C. Climate News March 28 to April 3: Latest IPCC report expected Monday | Canada’s new climate plan calls for 42% cut in emissions from oil and gas sector | Scientists say landslide that caused lake tsunami may be linked to glacier melt

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2022 16:50:36 +0000

Here’s your weekly roundup of climate change news for the week of March 28 to April 3, 2022.

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B.C. Climate News March 21 to March 27: Protests held across Canada Friday | Birds are laying eggs earlier as climate change shifts springs | Tech star donates $14.5 million to save B.C. parkland

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 22:21:03 +0000

Here’s your weekly update with the latest climate change news for the week of March 21 to March 27, 2022.

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Climate Change Is Turning California’s Wildfire Season into Wildfire Year

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:10:01 +0000

Like pay phones, typewriters, and VCRs, a wildfire “season” is a thing of the past. Outside the historical July to October season, we’ve seen wildfires ignite and burn deeper into November, start earlier in the spring, and, in the case of this past winter, we saw Colorado’s Marshall fire burning in December and California’s Colorado fire burning […]

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