Climate Change

NASA: August Ties July for Hottest Month on Earth in 136 Years of Record Keeping

NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has concluded that August 2016 ties July as the hottest month on modern record in world history. Their analysis shows that August 2016 was 0.16° Celsius hotter than the previous warmest August on record, August 2014, and almost one whole degree warmer than the mean August temperature between 1951 through 1980. Tying this […]
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Brain Post: These Animals Have Gone Extinct in the Last 35 Years

Climate change is very real – and it’s changing the population of our planet Earth. Check out this video to see the long laundry list of animals that have gone extinct in the last 35 years. “Extinct in a Millennial Lifetime” depicts animals that have passed into extinction since 1980. The sadness of the subject matter is compounded by rough animation and narration by a child who will never get the chance to see these animals. It’s a poignant call to action to protect biodiversity for future generations. Film created and produced by […]
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NASA and NOAA: 2014 Hottest Year on Record

The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest year since 1880, according to two separate reports by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists. Excluding 1998, the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2000. Since temperature records began in 1880, the global average has increased by 1.4° Fahrenheit. This trend is largely driven by the increase in carbon dioxide and other human emissions into the planet’s atmosphere. The majority of that warming has occurred in the past three decades.
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