2020 is on Track to be the Hottest Year in Human History

2020 is on Track to be the Hottest Year in Human History

This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – that’s more CO2 blanketing the earth than any time in the last 3 million years! The economic shutdown has done next to nothing to address the climate crisis. There has been a slight...
Capitalism Drives Extinctions, but We Can Stop It

Capitalism Drives Extinctions, but We Can Stop It

Climate disruption is just one of the ways human life is threatened due to massive environmental destruction. Our lives depend on robust ecosystems and diversity of animal and plant life. A recent study of land animals found that more than 500 species are likely to...
Climate Change is Turning Forests into Polluters!

Climate Change is Turning Forests into Polluters!

A recent study involving more than half a million trees found that when temperatures increase past 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit, tropical forests end up releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Trees normally absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen, which helps...
Michigan Dam Breach: Climate Change, Meet Toxic Waste

Michigan Dam Breach: Climate Change, Meet Toxic Waste

Last week heavy rains breached two dams near Midland, Michigan. The resulting floods forced nearly 11,000 people to evacuate and seek shelter. Throughout the Midwest, torrential rains and flash floods are increasing with global climate disruption. The dam breach...
Cyclone Amphan: Not a “Natural” Disaster

Cyclone Amphan: Not a “Natural” Disaster

Cyclone Amphan, the first super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in over 20 years, devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. Cyclones are hurricanes by another name on the other side of the world. This one was huge. Millions of people had to evacuate. And this...