https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92 en-us 2018-03-06 15:49:11 UTC 2018-03-29 17:08:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/238688360 2018-03-06 15:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/238688360 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/242486782 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180313225505.htm 
This article talks about how up to half of the plant and animals species in the world like in naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos. The concern with climate change is that these species could face local extinction by the turn of the century if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked. If the Paris Climate Agreement 2°C is met, then these places could lose 25 percent of their species. Overall research shows that the best way to protect against species loss is to keep global temperature rise as low as possible. Additionally, researchers have examined that the impact of climate change of nearly 80,000 plant and animal species in 35 of the world's most diverse areas. ]]> 2018-03-15 17:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/242486782 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/243583115 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/climate/arpa-e-summit.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

This article talks about how kelp farms and mammoth windmills could be an unusual solution to major clean-energy problems. The goal of this projects is to see if it's possible to farm vast quantities of seaweed in the open ocean for a new type of carbon-neutral bio-fuel that might one day power trucks and airplanes. This is only on of the hundreds of long shorts being funded by the federal government's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Created a decade ago, the ARPA-E currently spends $300 million a year nurturing untested technologies that have the potential of solving some of the world's biggest energy problems, which includes climate change. Recently, at the convention center near Washington, thousands of inventors and entrepreneurs gathered at the annual ARPA-E conference to discuss the obstacles to a cleaner energy future. Researchers funded by the agency also showed off their ideas.]]> 2018-03-19 15:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/243583115 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247264952 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/business/energy-environment/natural-gas-power.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentCollection=climate&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront 

This article talks about how environmental concerns drive power companies from using coal,  which has made natural gas emerge as the nation's no.1 power source. Natural gas is seen as an optimal alternative energy source because it its plentiful and relatively inexpensive as a result of the nation's fracking boom. However, some utility companies have scrapped plans for new natural gas plants in favor of wind and solar sources because they are cheaper and easier to install. Additionally, existing gas plants are being shut because their economies are no longer attractive. Regulators are also increasingly challenging the plans of companies determines to move forward with new natural gas plants.  ]]> 2018-03-29 14:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247264952 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247269225 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-plan-would-discount-health-benefits-of-reducing-co2-emissions/

This article talks about how the US EPA's plan could reduce the health benefits that come along with controlling carbon emissions and scrambling previous calculations that gave weight to saving lives and avoiding heart attacks. If enacted, the plan could sharply curtail the incorporation of public health studies that show the risks from breathing air pollutants as federal regulators draft rules for power plants. EPA projected in 2016 that the rule would avoid 3,600 premature deaths and 90,000 asthma attacks, a non-climate benefit valued at between $14 billion and $34 billion. Joanne Spalding, the senior managing attorney at the Sierra Club said, "If you can’t count those benefits because you can’t rely on reams of academic studies showing that those pollutants are harmful to people who have to breathe them, then you essentially undercount the benefits of reducing the pollution and overcount the costs".]]> 2018-03-29 14:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247269225 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247328769 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/istanbul-canal-project-bosporus-environmental-impacts/

This article talks about how the Canal Istanbul project could displace thousands of people, imperil the city's water supply and impact the ocean. This project will the the largest infrastructure project Turkey has ever undertaken and critics say that it will displace them altogether. Currently one concern is the thousands of trucks carrying soil and construction materials that are kicking up dust along the roads north of Istanbul, depleting those forests that had been protected by sultans for five centuries. The government has said the canal will be 30 miles (45 kilometers) long and 80 feet (25 meters) deep, and at some points up to one kilometer wide. When completed, the canal will turn the densest part of the city, including its historic center, into an island. Consequently, with the Canal Istanbul project, experts warn that system could be turned on its head, upending the delicate balance of life in the water. If the canal is built it will provide an alternate route connecting the Black and Marmara Seas.]]> 2018-03-29 16:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247328769 19cullenc https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247332437 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328120055.htm

This article talks about how large-scale weather cycles, such as the one related to the El Niño phenomenon, affect two-thirds of the world's cropland. In these so called climate oscillations, air pressure, sea level temperature or other similar factors fluctuate regularly in areas far apart in a way that causes rain and temperature patterns to shift significantly. Matias Heino, a doctoral candidate at Aalto University said, "During recent years, researchers' ability to predict these oscillations has improved significantly. With this research, we highlight the potential of utilizing this improved forecasting skill in agricultural planning. This could improve the resilience of agriculture to climate related shocks, which can improve food security in many areas across the globe".]]> 2018-03-29 17:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/19cullenc/44eiazbb3s92/wish/247332437