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A Wildfire Is Heading For Lake Tahoe, Sending Ash Raining Down On Tourists
NPR - Wed Aug 25, 2021
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California — A California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nation's worst air. More»

Forest Service is Running Out of Firefighters Amid West Coast Wildfire Chaos
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 14, 2021
Firefighters in the West are being stretched to the limit by the blazes ravaging the state, the US Forest Service said on Friday - adding that it is operating in crisis mode. More»

Greece faces 'disaster of unprecedented proportions' as wildfires ravage the country
CNN - Tue Aug 10, 2021
Evia, Greece - Greece is facing a "natural disaster of unprecedented proportions," as 586 wildfires burn in "all corners" of the country, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a televised address on Monday. More»

'Completely white': Ash, smoke fall on Tahoe Basin
San Francisco Gate - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Winds pushed smoke from Northern California's Dixie Fire to the south Friday, choking the Lake Tahoe Basin with toxic air. More»

The Bootleg Fire Grows to the Size of Los Angeles as Government Warns of 'National Wildfire Crisis'
Gizmodo - Mon Jul 19, 2021
The West’s nightmare summer continues to grow worse. More»

Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen
New York Times - Sun Feb 21, 2021
Continent-spanning storms triggered blackouts in Oklahoma and Mississippi, halted one-third of US oil production and disrupted vaccinations in 20 states. More»

Thick wildfire smoke blocks sun, turns Bay Area sky orange
San Francisco Gate - Wed Sep 9, 2020
Just when Bay Area residents thought the world outside couldn't get stranger, the sky Wednesday dimly glowed a pumpkin orange color you'd expect to see on Mars. More»

Motorists desperately try to escape California wildfires that have killed
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 22, 2020
A dashcam has captured people making the terrifying drive through the California wildfires that have now killed six with two of the blazes now in the top ten biggest ever seen in the state, as Governor Newsom pleads with Canada and Australia to send help. More»

California's wildfires double in size with tens of thousands forced to flee
Daily Mail - Fri Aug 21, 2020
At least five people have died and two are missing after dozens of lightning-sparked California wildfires spread rapidly on Thursday, doubling in size in the state's wine country alone while expanding by nearly a third near Palo Alto. More»

While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction!
Raw Story - Fri Apr 10, 2020
At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused extreme global warming, prompting the majority of species on Earth to die out. More»

Climate change has Australian wildfires 'running out of control,' experts say
USA Today - Tue Jan 7, 2020
Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia, experts say. More»

Apocalyptic Scenes in Australia as Fires Turn Skies Blood Red
New York Times - Thu Jan 2, 2020
SYDNEY, Australia - As the fire stalked the east coast of Australia on Tuesday, the daytime sky turned inky black, then blood red. More»

US atomic waste dump in Marshall Islands to be investigated
BBC - Mon Dec 30, 2019
The US Congress has demanded an investigation into a concrete dome full of nuclear waste, threatened by rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands. More»

Oxford Professor Argues Aliens Share Our Biosphere
Oxford Student - Sun Apr 28, 2019
The Oxford Student has learnt that Dr Young-hae Chi, Professor at Oxford’s Oriental Institute, believes in a strong correlation between climate change and alien abductions. More»

Trump says he doesn't believe in climate change because 'air and water is at a record clean'
The Independent - Tue Nov 27, 2018
Donald Trump has said he does not believe in manmade climate change because America's water and air is "right now at a record clean". More»

Trump Insists 'Raking' Will Help Stop Forest Fires
Huffington Post - Sat Nov 17, 2018
With 76 people dead and nearly 1,300 unaccounted for and feared dead in California wildfires, President Donald Trump had a word of advice about stopping future blazes: "Raking. More»

At Least 71 People Dead and More Than 1,000 Missing
CNN - Fri Nov 16, 2018
More than 1,000 people are unaccounted for and thousands of survivors are living in cars and tents as California's deadliest wildfire enters a second week. More»

GOP Senators Accuse National Science Foundation Of Funding Climate 'Propaganda'
Huffington Post - Sun Jun 24, 2018
Four Republican senators this week demanded an investigation of the National Science Foundation's grants, accusing the federal agency of "propagandizing" by supporting a program to encourage TV meteorologists to report on climate change. More»

Alabama Republican: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise
Science - Thu May 17, 2018
The Earth is not warming! The White Cliffs of Dover are tumbling into the sea and causing sea levels to rise. More»

Climate change dials down Atlantic Ocean heating system
BBC - Thu Apr 12, 2018
A significant shift in the system of ocean currents that helps keep parts of Europe warm could send temperatures in the UK lower, scientists have found. More»

CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health
Chicago Tribune - Mon Jan 23, 2017
With little warning or explanation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently canceled a major climate change conference that had been scheduled for next month in Atlanta. More»

Florida officials banned from saying 'climate change' because Gov. Rick Scott doesn't think it's real
Raw Story - Sat Mar 7, 2015
Administrators working for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have been banned from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in any state documents, as well in meetings, on orders handed down from high-ranking officials in Governor Rick Scott's administration, reports the Miami Herald. More»

Doomsday Clock reads 11.57: Atomic scientists move minute hand two minutes forward - and say we are at closest point to disaster in decades
Daily Mail - Wed Jan 21, 2015
Symbolic clock was established by Manhattan Project scientists in 1947. More»

Richard Muller, Global Warming Skeptic, Now Agrees Climate Change Is Real
Huffington Post - Sat Oct 29, 2011
WASHINGTON - A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. More»

Unlocked by melting ice-caps, the great polar oil rush has begun
The Guardian, UK - Mon Sep 5, 2011
It's the melting of the Arctic ice, as the climate warms, that makes it possible - and you can understand why they're all piling in. More»

Journal Editor Resigns Over Problematic Climate Paper
BBC - Thu Sep 1, 2011
The editor of a science journal has resigned after admitting that a recent paper casting doubt on man-made climate change should not have been published. More»

World Oil Reserves at 'Tipping Point'
Science Daily - Sat Mar 27, 2010
The world's capacity to meet projected future oil demand is at a tipping point, according to research by the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. More»

Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea
Associated Press - Tue Mar 23, 2010
NEW DELHI - For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. More»

German Cargo Ships Pass Through 'Arctic Passage'
Associated Press - Fri Sep 11, 2009
FRANKFURT - Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South Korea along Russia's Arctic coast to Siberia. More»

Climate change seen as threat to U.S. security
New York Times - Sat Aug 8, 2009
WASHINGTON - The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say. More»

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