Category: Climate Crisis
Public feedback is open for proposed sea lamprey barrier in Upper Peninsula
The goal of a proposed seasonal sea lamprey barrier is to restrict the invasive species’ spread up the Sucker River in Alger County. Officials are taking public feedback until February 22.
Why is it so cold in Michigan right now? The science explained
The extreme weather conditions that are blasting the U.S. this week are a complicated blend of human-caused climate change and natural variability.
Quitting & Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States
By Jake Schmidt, Senior Strategic Director, International Climate, International, NRDC Following its previous announcement withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the Trump administration announced it intends to also withdraw from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational international climate agreement adopted in 1992 that the United States joined in 1994. In … [continued]
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400 km Wasserstoffpipeline ohne Nutzer wird Deutschlands Strompreise erhöhen*
Deutschland hat kürzlich den ersten rund 400 km langen Abschnitt seines nationalen Wasserstoff-Backbones fertiggestellt und unter Druck gesetzt. Die Leitungen liegen im Boden, die Verdichter funktionieren, und das System ist technisch betriebsbereit. Es gibt nur ein Problem. Es sind keine nennenswerten Wasserstofflieferanten angeschlossen und keine relevanten Abnehmer vertraglich gebunden. Es … [continued]
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Which Water Filters Reduce Microplastics?
There’s growing attention on microplastics as a human health concern. Autopsy studies are showing an increasing body burden of plastics accumulating in us, with a study published earlier this year by showing that the average person now has a credit card and a half’s worth of plastic…in their brains. The … [continued]
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