A young boy from Africa once said, “You people from America have so much clean water that you flush drinking water down the toilet”. The young boy later explained that he … [Read full article]
Tag: America
Politics Affect Perception of Warm Weather Causes
In a country where to believe or disbelieve in the reality of global warming is almost a political necessity, it is unsurprising that Gallup recently found that Republicans and Democrats … [Read full article]
Americans Understand But Don't Care About Polar Regions
Over the past half-decade the American population’s understanding of the facts about polar regions have increased, sadly, their concern or those same regions have stayed the same. These are the … [Read full article]
Tracking Marine Debris from the Japanese Tsunami Aftermath
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are tracking the path of debris pulled out to sea in the wake of the Japanese tsunami that took place in March of … [Read full article]
America Experiencing ‘Exceptional Drought’
The percent of continental America currently experiencing exceptional drought has reached the highest levels ever recorded over the past 12 years.
The American West from Space
This amazing image, which so clearly shows the divide between California and Nevada, from green to desert, is courtesy of the European Space Agency, taken by Envisat. Source: ESA on … [Read full article]
Climate Record Suggests Longer Droughts for Pacific Northwest
Researchers led by members of the University of Pittsburgh have extracted a sediment core from the lakebed of Castor Lake in north central Washington which provides a six thousand year … [Read full article]
Sea Level Rise Will Affect Major US Cities
New research which has focused solely on the continental United States of America has found that by 2100, 9 percent of the land within 180 coastal cities could be threatened … [Read full article]
La Nina Bringing Warm Winter to Southeast
There was a sudden change from an El Niño phase to La Niña in July 2010 which led many forecasters to believe that there would be warm temperatures throughout the … [Read full article]
American Southwest Heading for Permanent Drought
The American Southwest is a subtropical area of the world, but one that has seen a cycle of droughts – long and short – over the past thousand years. Columbia … [Read full article]
College Students Do Not Understand Environmental Basics
A new study led by researchers new and old from Michigan State University has found that college students in the United States do not understand the basic science of the … [Read full article]
Sixty Year Drought on Southwest American Horizon
Researchers from the University of Arizona have found that the Southwest of America could be in store for a decade’s long drought during this century. The researchers reviewed previous studies … [Read full article]
Is Short-Termism Blighting Our Future?
by Rob Butler There’s not much work coming in at the moment. I’m self-employed and I don’t have much in the way of savings. There is a lot of anxiety … [Read full article]