by Matt Rozsa | Oct 31, 2024 | Original Source Salon.com
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin earlier this week, reporting that humans are emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at a faster rate than ever before, contributing significantly to climate change. By burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas for transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and other commercial activities, humans add a molecule to the atmosphere that traps heat and unnaturally warms the planet.... Read Original Article
by Matt Rozsa | Oct 31, 2024 | Original Source Salon.com
In the 2008 film “Twilight,” a vampire describes the scent of blood as being “like a drug.” While in the world of fantasy, vampires may crave blood for reasons that are tinged with the erotic or infused with the demonic (such as in the 1922 movie “Nosferatu”), real life vampires actually exist in nature.... Read Original Article
by Matt Rozsa | Oct 30, 2024 | Original Source Salon.com
For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions.... Read Original Article
by Matt Rozsa | Oct 28, 2024 | Original Source Salon.com
A recent report from the Icelandic Meteorological Office suggests that magma is building up underground near a volcano known as Askja, a mountain about the size of Mount St. Helens in Vatnajokull National Park in Iceland’s central highlands. Although volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict accurately, this indicates a high likelihood that Askja may erupt in the near future
Such events are nothing new in Iceland, an island nation of just 400,000 people that has numerous active volcanoes.... Read Original Article
by Matt Rozsa | Oct 28, 2024 | Original Source Salon.com
Climate change isn’t the number one issue on most people’s minds as they head to the polls for the 2024 election on Nov. 5. Instead, abortion, immigration and the economy are generally the major issues people put first for why they’re choosing a particular candidate, whether it’s former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris or a third-party runner.... Read Original Article
