Climate Change
![Beavers Offer Lessons About Managing Water in a Changing Climate, Whether the Challenge Is Drought or Floods Beavers Offer Lessons About Managing Water in a Changing Climate, Whether the Challenge Is Drought or Floods](jpg/beaver-dame2b5.jpg)
Scientists are finding that beavers’ small-scale natural interventions are valuable. In dry areas, beaver ponds restore moisture to the soil; in wet zones, their dams and ponds can help to slow floodwaters. These ecological services are so useful that land managers are translocating beavers in the U.S. and the United Kingdom to help restore ecosystems and make them more resilient to climate change. #beavers #beaverdam #waterresources
![Uganda Climate Leader Vanessa Nakate Joins Fight Against German Coal Mine Uganda Climate Leader Vanessa Nakate Joins Fight Against German Coal Mine](jpg/coal-mininge2b5.jpg)
Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate, a key leader of the international youth climate movement, was in Germany on Saturday where she joined opponents of the country’s largest lignite coal mine to denounce its proposed expansion in the face of the ever-growing threat of fossil fuels and planet-heating emissions. #climateactivist #coalmine #Garzweiler
![‘Speeding in the Wrong Direction,’ Fossil Fuel Demand Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels ‘Speeding in the Wrong Direction,’ Fossil Fuel Demand Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels](jpg/petroleum-refinerye2b5.jpg)
Climate campaigners and energy experts are responding to a recent rise in fossil fuel demand by reiterating the necessity of rapidly transitioning to renewable sources like solar and wind, with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg warning Monday that “we are still speeding in the wrong direction.” #fossilfuel
![‘Coal Is Dead’: New Global Pact Announced After China’s Bold Step ‘Coal Is Dead’: New Global Pact Announced After China’s Bold Step](jpg/coal-power-plante2b5.jpg)
Just two days after Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the world’s largest coal producer would stop funding overseas coal projects, seven countries on Friday pledged they would also cease building new coal power plants—the latest sign one of the world’s dirtiest energy sources is on its way out. #coalisdead #climatechange
![IPCC climate report: Profound Changes are Underway in Earth’s Oceans and Ice – A Lead Author Explains What the Warnings Mean IPCC climate report: Profound Changes are Underway in Earth’s Oceans and Ice – A Lead Author Explains What the Warnings Mean](jpg/glacier-bay-alaska-climate-changee2b5.jpg)
The IPCC released the first part of its much anticipated Sixth Assessment Report on Aug. 9, 2021. In it, 234 scientists from around the globe summarized the current climate research on how the Earth is changing as temperatures rise and what those changes will mean for the future.#IPCCReport #climatechange