Global Warming

Earth’s 3rd and 4th Hottest EVER Recorded Temperatures Were in the Last 3-Years

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129ºF and 128.7ºF, recorded in Kuwait in 2016 and Pakistan in 2017, have officially been confirmed as the Earth’s 3rd and 4th hottest temperatures on record, scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Tuesday. The Kuwait reading is an Asian record, the highest ever recorded temperature for the continent of Asia, and both readings are also the highest temperatures recorded on the planet […]
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Report Claims Humans Are Causing Canada to Warm Twice as Fast as the Rest of the Planet

Canada’s average land temperature has increased by 3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1948, and humans are to blame, a report released this week claims. Compare this to the world’s surface area which has warmed by approximately 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the last 140 years and it’s clear to see that Canada is irreversibly warming twice as quickly as the rest of the […]
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Vail Resorts Aims for 100% Renewable Energy in North America by 2020 | Announces Elimination of Single Use Plastics

Vail Resorts just took major steps in its ‘Commitment to Zero,’ as the Company announced a long-term wind energy contract to purchase the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 100 percent of its North American operations by 2020. Additionally, Vail Resorts announced a partnership with Eco-Products to supply all of its North American restaurants with compostable and recycled-content items […]
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Aspen, CO Enforces Mandatory Water Restrictions for the First Time in History

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For the first time in history, the city of Aspen, Colorado has declared a stage 2 water shortage. Due to extremely low water levels due to low snowpack and little summer precipitation, Aspen City Council approved the move at its regular meeting Monday, reports Summit Daily. The restrictions will remain in effect indefinitely. “After a warm spring and summer, conditions have deteriorated, so we […]
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Oceans Warming: San Diego, CA Just Recorded its Highest Ocean Temperature Ever

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If you surfed at some point this week along the San Diego, SoCal coastline and thought to yourself, “Good god the water is warm,” that’s because it is. In some areas, the water is reaching balmy, record-level temperatures, reports Surfer.com. On Wednesday, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego recorded ocean temps at 79.2F, its highest registered ocean temperature […]
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Engineers Are Creating Artificial Glaciers to Store Fresh Water Around The World

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In high the deserts of northern India, climate change and receding glaciers have left villages critically dry in the spring. Engineers are creating “ice stupas,” or artificial glaciers, to store fresh water during the winter that would otherwise have flown away downstream. In the Ladakh desert region, only about 4 inches of rain and snow falls annually. Villages rely on glacial […]
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