Blogging the End of the World™
6 November 2017 (WMO) – It is very likely that 2017 will be one of the three hottest years on record, with many high-impact events including catastrophic hurricanes and floods, debilitating heatwaves and drought. Long-term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue unabated. Arctic sea […]
By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Megan Specia 9 November 2017GENEVA (The New York Times) – The authorities in Papua New Guinea have vowed to use force, if necessary, to remove hundreds of migrants and refugees protesting at a closed detention center on the remote Manus Island if the men have not left of their own accord […]
By Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney 5 November 2017 (The Washington Post) – A year ago, the election of Donald Trump sent shock waves through a United Nations conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, where delegates from more than 190 countries had gathered to push forward with a landmark climate accord signed in Paris the previous year.The […]
By Fredreka Schouten 9 November 2017 St. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands (USA TODAY) – I first glimpse the damage to my home island from afar: A line of beaches pounded clean of sand by hurricane-driven waves. Blue tarps covering scores of roofless homes as my small commuter plane heads for a landing at the airport […]
By Ray Sanchez 11 November 2017 (CNN) – Puerto Rico’s emergency management director resigned Friday as the island’s slowly recovers nearly two months after Hurricane Maria made landfall. In announcing the resignation of Abner Gómez, effective Saturday, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló praised the work of his emergency management chief following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which both […]
Some islands may see large strips of territory disappear by the end of the century By Jean Chemnick, ClimateWire on 9 November 2017 (E&E News) – The world’s small islands have more to lose from runaway climate change than perhaps anywhere else on Earth. Pacific and Caribbean islands have been battered recently by historically destructive […]
By Reece Jones 7 November 2017(Undark) – After 300 years of continuous human settlement, Hurricane Irma destroyed everything on the island of Barbuda and forced the relocation of its more than 1,600 residents, demonstrating that climate-induced migration is no longer a future possibility, but a present-day reality. A week and a half later, Hurricane Maria […]
By Lydia Ramsey 10 November 2017 (Business Insider) – Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, accounting for one in four deaths in Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Over the last few decades, cancer death rates have been falling, with the exception of a few key types […]
By Michael Virtanen 11 November 2017 GLEN DANIEL, W.Va. (Associated Press) – Chuck Nelson spent his life in this corner of Appalachia, working for years in the coal mines — a good job in the economically depressed area. But he says the industry that helped him earn a living cost him his health, and his […]
By Umair Irfan 10 November 2017 (Vox) – Millions of Puerto Ricans are again without power after a high-voltage transmission line that had been repaired by Whitefish Energy, a Montana contractor now facing an FBI investigation, failed Thursday.The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority reported that power generation across the island plummeted from 40 percent to […]
