Tag: climate change
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SOLUTIONS: FIRES AND FLOODS
By Huck Fairman The changes to our planet from the increasing emissions and trapped heat are profound and everywhere. They are changing the oceans and continents. India’s billion-plus population is roasting, literally to death, without sufficient means to respond. Antarctica is seeing record temperatures, as is our Northwest. Parts of Texas have seen no rain…
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SOLUTIONS: Global Devastation
By Huck Fairman Our region has certainly seen greater than average heat, some powerful downpours, and even several tornadoes. But as most of us know, we have not experienced the extremes ranging across much of the planet. Great Britain just baked under record 104-degree temperatures. Spain and France have also suffered from heat and wildfires.…
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SOLUTIONS 6/10: The devastation to coral reefs and the fish they support
By Huck Fairman The dangers that we all face from the global climate crisis have been widely, and in detail, documented. Those dangers take many forms as our environments react to the heat and pollution we are pouring into our atmosphere, oceans and continents. A recent report documented by a PBS Newshour program details the…
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The State We’re In: The power of parks to help with climate change
By Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Parks go a long way toward improving quality of life in New Jersey, especially in cities where asphalt and concrete dominate. Parks offer something for everyone: playgrounds and splash pads for kids, ballfields and trails for those who want exercise, community spaces for events like concerts…
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A little help from Mother Nature on climate change
By Tom Gilbert In the fight against climate change, it is clear New Jersey needs a full toolbox of strategies to address both the causes and impacts – from reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels through clean energy and electrification, to nature-based solutions like preserving mature forests and converting flood-prone residential lands to open…
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SOLUTIONS 5/13: The oceans, too
By Huck Fairman Many who can read and who respect science understand that we are warming the Earth, very possibly to a catastrophic level. Those not concerned may want to read a research piece in SCIENCE, “Avoiding Ocean Mass Extinction From Climate Warming.” Written by two Princeton University researchers, Professor of Geosciences Curtis Deutsch and…
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There is still time to avoid worst climate change impacts
By Tom Gilbert Let’s face it, the news on climate change can be pretty frightening: extreme storms, record-breaking heat waves, out-of-control wildfires, sea level rise and associated flooding. But amid the bad news, there are glimmers of hope that humanity still has the ability to prevent the worst impacts of a warming climate. We just…
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SOLUTIONS 3/18: The Seas are Rising
By Huck Fairman Central New Jersey’s Sierra Club recently presented a Zoom talk on the accelerating rate of sea level rise, presented by Dr. Jennifer Walker of Rutgers University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. With the rate of sea level rise increasing, New Jersey is particularly vulnerable to its impacts. There are a number…
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SOLUTIONS 3/11: What’s at stake? Everything!
By Huck Fairman The United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just issued its latest warning: “The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet,” said Hans-Otto Pörtner, a co-chair of working group 2 of the IPCC. “Any further delay in concerted global…