SA Blogs Page
This page includes content from the Climate Cirisis Blog which is maintained daily by Gail McCormick, and content from our old SA blog archives.
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GREAT SOURCE OF HEATING AND COOLING
Our Fragile Earth Mar 29, 2020 | 15:13 pmRendering of the Towerside Innovation District planned for Minneapolis. Courtesy of Ever-Green Energy Minneapolis will be constructing a system that[...]
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POLLUTE AT WILL
Our Fragile Earth Mar 28, 2020 | 13:09 pmThe Environmental Protection Agency has announced relaxation of environmental rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, allowing power plants, factories[...]
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SCIENTISTS PUSH BACK
Our Fragile Earth Mar 27, 2020 | 14:22 pmThe current administration has made rolling back environmental regulations a priority. But scientists and lawyers inside the federal government have[...]
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DOOMED DENMAN GLACIER?
Our Fragile Earth Mar 26, 2020 | 15:16 pmEast Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated 5 kilometers, nearly 3 miles, in the past 22 years. The shape of the[...]
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PHENOMENAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 25, 2020 | 12:44 pmResearchers are getting closer to being able to use photosynthesis (the sunlight-driven chemical reaction green plants and algae use to[...]
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DAMAGING DAMS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 24, 2020 | 14:38 pmLower-than-forecast water levels in a dam reservoir have created an unforeseen structural problem in addition to longstanding environmental, social and[...]
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DAMAGED DAM
Our Fragile Earth Mar 23, 2020 | 13:52 pmLower-than-forecast water levels in a dam reservoir have created an unforeseen structural problem in addition to longstanding environmental, social and[...]
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LOW TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL
Our Fragile Earth Mar 21, 2020 | 22:57 pmThe Lightning Dock geothermal power plant in New Mexico Geothermal capacity in the U. S. could almost double by 2050. [...]
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HEAT STRESS
Our Fragile Earth Mar 20, 2020 | 18:52 pmHeat stress from extreme heat and humidity is expected to annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by[...]
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SAVING FOOD
Our Fragile Earth Mar 19, 2020 | 13:51 pmChemists have created a tiny sensor able to detect ethylene gas (a plant hormone) in minuscule concentrations. It could be[...]
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