Showing posts with label Climate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2013

July was hot in the Northeast and West, cool in the South

Massachusetts and Rhode Island had their hottest Julys on record, according to a climate report released Thursday by the National Climatic Data Center. Many other states in the Northeast also had a very hot July, as did most of the far West.
July was hot in the Northeast and West, cool in the South

‘Cool Globes’ presents some real world ideas

Huge, colorful orbs line up in a row down the Tremont Street side of Boston Common. It looks like a giant might be marshalling his marbles. Get up close, and you’ll see that the spheres, each 5 feet in diameter, are globes, fancifully decorated and proffering solutions to climate change.
‘Cool Globes’ presents some real world ideas 

Thursday, July 25, 2013

State should plan for climate changes

Climate change should be the least controversial issue in American politics. The science of heat-trapping greenhouse gases is observable and easy to document.
Unfortunately, it has become a political dogfight pitting the people who want to slow global warming by releasing less carbon into the atmosphere against those who argue that climate change is natural and that humankind couldn't stop it if it tried.
 State should plan for climate changes