The Impact of Climate Change: Which US Cities Will Be Under Water This Century

The sea level is rising and hurricanes are getting more and more violent, the effects of climate change are being felt in all parts of the country. GOBankingRates studied the costs of climate change by analyzing 300 cities and then analyzing the number and value of properties that ...

July 2019 of the year was the hottest month on the planet in the history of observations

In the hottest month ever recorded by humans, a local television station in the Netherlands broadcast images of winter landscapes non-stop to help viewers forget the heat outside for a moment. In Switzerland, sections of railway tracks were painted white so that they would not bend due to ...

Oregon state police catch escaped Republican senators: what happened

Eleven Republican senators from Oregon are hiding from local authorities. They left the local capitol building on Thursday and the state police ordered to catch them, writes the BBC. This strange series of events unfolded against the backdrop of a deep rift between rival parties in the state. Oregon Democrats who ...

"No one expected it to be so fast": how climate change is destroying US cities

Mayors of American cities need to ask a difficult question: How much longer can we live here? After the past year, which brought devastating natural disasters with human casualties to the United States, it becomes obvious that this is all very serious and is actually happening. And more often...

By the year 2100 New York could go under water

Until now, it was believed that if the rate of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere did not decrease, by 2100 the sea level would rise by no more than a meter. However, as stated in a new joint study by British and American scientists, this estimate is very ...

Fighting climate change: California restaurants will increase prices

As part of the fight against climate change, California restaurants can join the Restore California Renewable Restaurant program and add a 1% surcharge. According to Fox News, the money raised will go towards supporting sustainable farming practices. The collection is ...

Unprecedented flood season: 200 million Americans at risk

Spring floods are already disastrous, and the situation is likely to get worse, forecasters say. Floods can reach "unprecedented" and "potentially historic" levels. National Meteorological Service Deputy Director Mary Erickson said the Weather Service predicted 25 states would expect moderate or ...

Schoolgirl nominated for the Nobel Prize: she quit her studies to fight climate change

Her ideas were supported by more than 20 thousand teenagers from 270 cities of the world. On March 14, members of the left-wing parties of the parliaments of Sweden and Novergia nominated 16-year-old eco-activist Greta Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize. In August 2018, she refused to go to school until ...

Study: in 50 years, the United States will face a shortage of drinking water

According to American scientists, climate change and population growth can lead to water shortages in most parts of the United States. Up to 96 of the 204 water basins providing fresh water to most of the country may not be able to meet monthly demand by 2071, ...

10 important facts about climate change that we learned in 2018 year

Much of the climate news for the past year is very disturbing. So what have we learned about the climate in 2018? 1. A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made daunting predictions The report says that limiting global warming to 1,5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial average temperature will require unprecedented changes and reductions ...

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