New animation shows #LenaRiver discharge is low this summer, but was high last winter (2019 data is provisional). Daily discharge #data available from https://t.co/eitoKk2RNw.
This year’s Brazilian Amazon fires have produced between 104 and 141 million metric tons of CO2, according to new research from WHRC and @IPAM_Amazonia. Equivalent to annual CO2 emissions from the entire state of North Carolina.
https://t.co/lq1s55Or30
* There is no sea ice at all within 125 miles of Alaska's vast coastline. That is not normal.
* July saw the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle (in Sweden, 94.6 F).
* We are headed for a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th warmest year.
https://t.co/Pw52mUyM2X 2/2
Last week, 3 Alaskan cities faced record heat with temps in Anchorage reaching 90°F. "In a city where local July temps averaged 61°F in 2018, this extreme heat illustrates the dramatic effects of #climatechange," WHRC's Carly Phillips wrote for @UCSUSA. https://t.co/bzkK6DOJcL
New coverage from @TheEconomist about WHRC and @IPAM_Amazonia's tapir and forest restoration research. Utilizing #tapirs to restore degraded Amazonian #forests could be among the cheapest/easiest solutions for large-scale forest rehabilitation. Read more: https://t.co/ThgohfOVQl
To see where our team studies the #Amazon, @CBSThisMorning's @vladduthiersCBS climbed up our eddy flux tower with WHRC's Dr. Paulo Brando (@pmbrando). Cut these trees down and we double the heat-trapping gases emitted in the past decade. https://t.co/6GK3ryLbc4 #EarthDay
The @bostonmarathon just finished its 123rd running, but it could end up as a victim of #climatechange. With just a few feet of sea level rise, a normal high tide could send water sloshing across the #BostonMarathon finish line. #Map: @g_fiske. End of #Boston2019 course in yellow
Today, @CBSThisMorning featured WHRC and our work at Tanguro, our research facility in Mato Grosso, Brazil. "For us, this is the perfect laboratory," WHRC's Dr. Michael Coe told @vladduthiersCBS. Learn more: https://t.co/6GK3ryLbc4 #EarthDay
Wow!
Delhi Metro To Go Fully Solar By 2021. Begins Operations now With Violet Line.
Will make bid to be world’s first 100% green energy metro network.
Bravo India 🇮🇳!
https://t.co/ZLJ9UU0cUk
#EarthMatters: Recent research shows plastic pollution in our oceans is worse than previously thought. By 2050, it's estimated there could be more plastic in oceans by weight than fish, unless something changes. #EarthDay@Scott_Tweedie is in Australia: https://t.co/vkXfPCSXJh
#EarthMatters: A major energy crisis is affecting millions of peoples' lives in South Africa, with widespread blackouts costing the country up to $284 million every day.
@Debora_Patta shows us how entrepreneurs are harnessing the country's sunlight to change lives. #EarthDay
#EarthMatters: The Earth's poles are warming faster than any other place on the planet. Researchers from around the world on the JOIDES Resolution (@TheJR) are investigating the climate history of Antarctica. #EarthDay
https://t.co/5sxCV5cUCR
To keep global temps from rising more than 2°C, one thing has become clear: pulling CO₂ out of the atmosphere must be part of the solution. WHRC's Richard Birdsey was quoted in @NatGeo on the importance of nature to sequester carbon. Read: https://t.co/slEGS8w76l @Nature4Climate
Our #EarthDay coverage begins with how deforestation threatens the Amazon rainforest. @vladduthiersCBS just spent 3 days deep in the world's largest jungle, with scientists trying to understand the effects of cutting down so many trees. #EarthMatters
https://t.co/vSNEa54cjI