Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

. “It’s because we have these really strict regulations on keeping temperature and relative humidity at certain levels in the name of preserving the collections,” said Caitlin Southwick, a former art conservator who now runs an organization called Ki Culture that helps museums transition to more sustainable practices.

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Grist

JANUARY 19, 2022

In an article published in the academic news outlet The Conversation last week (and in the academic journal Climate and Development last month ), three scientists from New Zealand, including a former lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, argued that the world’s climate experts should take action — by not taking action.

Global warming 135

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2020

In the two long weeks since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, research into our warming climate has been put on hold. The fallout of coronavirus will leave gaps in scientific data about another global crisis, climate change, and shelve ongoing studies. Bristol is one of the lucky ones.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2023

Most often, climate change is associated with a decrease in groundwater, fueled by worsening drought and evaporative demand. But in some areas, this water is actually creeping higher, thanks to rising sea levels and more intense rainfall , bringing a surge of problems for which few communities are prepared.

Energy Monitor 137

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

As the earth’s temperature warms, coastal populations around the world are wrestling with how to adapt to rising seas. Nichols says the goal of living shorelines is to create organic structures to protect coasts, “instead of using boulders and rocks.”. Reef structures also work as a natural barrier against storm surges.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The project’s supporters assert diverting the river to its historic path and unleashing the power of nature will result in the creation of 21 square miles of new submerged land in the basin’s wetlands over the next 50 years. It hails the MBSD project as a key element of its $50 billion master plan to do just that.

Building Energy Monitoring 116

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

The disappearing of the North Pole, the melting of the Arctic (ice), a “blue ocean event”… These all come down to the same thing: a pivotal change in Earth’s climate with many possible disastrous side effects. As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

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