"Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas"
"These U.S. counties regularly get hit by hurricanes, face major wildfires and floods and swelter under punishing heat."
Source: NYTimes, 10/02/2024
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Volunteers Brave Heat Searching For Migrant Left Behind In The Desert
"Heat has long threatened migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Now, amid the hottest years on record, it is putting missions to recover their bodies in jeopardy."
Source: Washington Post, 09/26/2024
"Colorado Launches First-Of-A-Kind Landfill Methane Monitoring Program"
"Using EPA funds, Colorado will deploy cutting edge technology for detecting methane emissions from its 80 landfills, making it a leader among states."
Source: Canary Media, 09/26/2024
"Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch"
"In Arizona, researchers are studying playgrounds where the equipment gets so hot it can burn kids’ skin. As heat worsens nationwide, other communities will need to take note."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/25/2024
"They’ve Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans."
"In a quiet patch of forest in Nova Scotia, a company is building a machine designed to help slow global warming by transforming Earth’s rivers and oceans into giant sponges that absorb carbon dioxide from the air."
Source: NYTimes, 09/25/2024
Hotter Summers Are Making High School Football A Fatal Game For Some Players
"Soon after Ashanta Laster reached the hospital, she was ushered into the emergency room where she saw doctors performing CPR on her teenage son. Laster had gotten a call that 17-year-old Phillip Laster Jr., a lineman who played for a top Mississippi high school, had collapsed on the field during an August 2022 practice."
Source: AP, 09/23/2024
Americans Most Affected By Climate Crisis Head To Midwest
"Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere"
"As a Rust belt town of 65,000 people in eastern Indiana, Muncie may not be the most exciting place in the world. It doesn’t have beaches, year-round warm weather or much in the way of cosmopolitanism.
But for Laura Rivas, a cybersecurity engineer formerly of North Miami Beach, Florida, Muncie is perfect.
Before she moved there in 2022, life in Florida had become unbearable.
Source: Guardian, 09/23/2024
What Happens To The Environment, Health Regs Biden Will Leave Unfinished?"
"From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not."
Source: The Hill, 09/12/2024
"Why Cities Are Getting More Rainy"
"A study has found most cities receive significantly more rain than nearby rural regions, an effect that has become more pronounced over the past two decades."
Source: Washington Post, 09/10/2024
"Coral Restoration's Wake Up Call"
"Rebuilding degraded coral reefs started as a noble endeavor, but now some coral scientists are confronting a dark reality."
Source: HuffPost, 09/06/2024
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