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Do tilapia and mangroves hold secrets to desalination?

By Tom McKeag – Fresh drinking water isn’t a supply problem, but I do believe there is an important supply solution. This solution, desalination of seawater, in the future could be improved by techniques observed in nature. Here, I write about … Continue reading

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Adapting to a Changing Ocean: Preparing for Sea-Level Rise

Dan Cayan studies the extreme events that can dramatically impact coastlines Dan Cayan is a climate researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and the U.S. Geological Survey. He focuses on regional climate variability and change with an … Continue reading

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Coal’s Dominance & Carbon Emissions Must Be Made More Apparent in Climate Change Accounting

The world’s accounting system for carbon emissions, run by the United Nations, disregards capital investments in future coal-fired and natural-gas power plants that will commit the world to several decades and billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to … Continue reading

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Manatees May Lose Endangered Status As Government Ponders ‘Threatened’ Reclassification

By JENNIFER KAY   MIAMI (AP) — As they do whenever they visit Florida, Greg Groff and his young daughter stopped by the manatee pool at Miami Seaquarium, where the speed bump-shaped marine mammals placidly swim in circles. They noted … Continue reading

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Oh My Green puts sustainable snacks in your hands

by Vicki Thompson – Oh My Green Inc. Headquarters: Palo Alto CEO: Michael Heinrich Founded: 2014 Employees: 8 Web: http://www.ohmygreen.com Phone: 530.988.8894 Oh My Green offers a food service for employers, delivering snacks and beverages that are organic and not … Continue reading

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State Dept. Denies Seeking Alternative To Climate Treaty, But Has Been Doing So Since 2009

WASHINGTON — The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Obama administration is planning to make an end run around the Senate in order to get an international climate agreement. According to the Times, U.S. negotiators are seeking something other … Continue reading

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World’s Largest Ice Sheets Melting At Fastest Rate Ever Recorded

 By Jonathan Feldman Greenland and Antarctica are home to the two largest ice sheets in the world, and a new report released Wednesday says that they are contributing to sea level rise twice as much as they were just five … Continue reading

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Climate Change Is Here, Human-Caused And Could Be Irreversible, UN Says

By SETH BORENSTEIN – WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous — and it’s increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report says. The United Nations’ … Continue reading

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Open Season: Japanese Government Seeks to Deregulate Utility Market, Boost Renewables

by Junko Movellan – San Diego, Calif. — While most U.S. customers are only able to get green electricity by either purchasing and installing their own system or acquiring a lease or power purchase agreement through a third-party company like SolarCity, Japanese … Continue reading

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Hot and Getting Hotter: Heat Islands Cooking U.S. Cities

Research Report by Climate Central Cities are almost always hotter than the surrounding rural area but global warming takes that heat and makes it worse. In the future, this combination of urbanization and climate change could raise urban temperatures to … Continue reading

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