Nestled high in the French Alps lies a small family skiing resort, La Sambuy. Since the 1960s, La Sambuy had been a winter wonderland, attracting skiers and, in later years, snowboarders from all corners of the world. However, as the years rolled by, a shadow loomed over this picturesque paradise: the effects of climate change …
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It’s all here! Everything we need to solve climate change exists. Today. It is easy, and not altogether unjustified, to see climate change as just too complex, too big, too unwieldy, or even too controversial to even begin to try to solve.Certainly, the oil and gas industries, lobbyists and faux science think tanks have made …
Soaring temperatures, unusually hot oceans, devastating wildfires, catastrophic floods, and the heartbreaking tales of communities impacted. We are more than halfway through 2023, and lately, it’s been challenging to find much positive climate news in the headlines. As we reach both record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of …
On Monday, July 10, Vermont experienced such intense rainfall across the state that rivers crested their banks and ran rampant over the landscape. Some parts of the state experienced up to two months of rain in less than 24 hours with minimal warning (Rathke, 2023). I live in central Vermont in Waterbury, consisting of approximately …
According to the World Resource Institute, “To keep temperature rise within 1.5°C as outlined in the Paris Agreement and prevent the worst impacts of climate change, the world will need to reach net-zero carbon emissions by around midcentury, removing and storing as much carbon dioxide from the air as we put into the atmosphere.” (Institute, 2023) …
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There is a new version of the old South Park classic Blame Canada circulating on line as wildfire smoke has choked cities along the Eastern Seaboard and into the Midwest. While the song is tongue-in-cheek, the fires are in Canada and the responsibility lies with provincial, municipal and federal authorities to deal with them. But Canada is …
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Nestled high in the French Alps lies a small family skiing resort, La Sambuy. Since the 1960s, La Sambuy had been a winter wonderland, attracting
It’s all here! Everything we need to solve climate change exists. Today. It is easy, and not altogether unjustified, to see climate change as just
Soaring temperatures, unusually hot oceans, devastating wildfires, catastrophic floods, and the heartbreaking tales of communities impacted. We are more than halfway through 2023, and lately,
