Spurred by rising tides and temperatures, Texas’ religious leaders are leveraging the power of faith and community to reshape the way Texans engage with the environment. Their efforts are designed… Read More
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Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe: People Need Hope
While the enormity of tackling climate change can be so overwhelming that some people shut down, presenting people with examples of how they can take action offers hope, says climate… Read More
CLIMATE IMPACTS IN ALASKA
Don’t like hot, dry, fiery summers? Get used to them
Enjoy the smoke this summer? Get used to it. Wildfires around Alaska will get bigger and more frequent as climate change triggers higher temperatures and dries out the forests. A raging spruce bark beetle infestation, speeded by dried-out trees and warmer summers, has also infected half a million acres spruce forest, much of it in Southcentral Alaska.
Canadian Professor Katharine Hayhoe named UN Champion of the Earth
Canadian Professor Katharine Hayhoe named UN Champion of the Earth
Canadian climate scientist Professor Katharine Hayhoe awarded United Nations’ flagship environmental honor in science and innovation category Hayhoe recognized for expertise and passion in communicating real effects of climate change — Canadian climate scientist Professor Katharine Hayhoe has received a 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honor, for her stalwart commitment to quantifying the effects of climate change and her tireless efforts to transform public attitudes.
How Has Climate Change Affected Hurricane Dorian?
How Has Climate Change Affected Hurricane Dorian?
The links between hurricanes and climate change are complex, but some aspects are getting clearer. Tropical storms draw their energy from ocean heat – and more than 90 percent of the heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions is being stored in the ocean. Storms that survive the cradle of formation can intensify quickly and become immensely powerful.
Talking Climate with the Vital Corps podcast
LvcS 0070: Katharine Hayhoe on studying climate change, knowing when to engage + unpacking science-y or religious-y smokescreens | vital corps | Kara Martin Snyder | Le vital corps Salon podcast | #33ktasklists | Orbits NYC
Meet Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist with Atmos Research and Consulting and Professor & Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, talks about studying climate change, knowing when to engage + unpacking science-y or religious-y smokescreens on #LevitalcorpsSa
The Costs of Climate Change: Risks to the U.S. Economy and the Federal Budget
“Mitigate, Adapt or Suffer” – Cambridge Climate Lecture Series
‘Mitigate, Adapt or Suffer’ Professor Katharine Hayhoe
Uploaded by Cambridge Climate Lecture Series on 2019-05-16.
Fighting climate change in our daily lives – KCRW earth day Interview
Fighting climate change in our daily lives | Press Play
We often hear about the huge problems involving climate change: melting glaciers, rising sea levels, plus intensifying hurricanes, tornadoes, and other weather patterns. But what can we do about these problems, and not feel so powerless against them?
talking climate in wisconsin: my WPR interview
Prominent climate change scientist Katharine Hayhoe paid a visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday and Thursday. We’ll talk to her about the intersection of faith and climate change, and the state of global action on the issue.
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