Tag: climate change

  • How You Can Help Save Declining Butterflies

    Butterflies are rapidly declining across the U.S., with a 22% decrease from 2000 to 2020. Habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change are key factors. However, there’s hope for recovery through habitat restoration, planting native wildflowers, and supporting conservation policies. Small actions at home can make a significant impact.

  • Vital Ocean Current Won’t Shut Down This Century

    A crucial ocean current, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is unlikely to shut down entirely this century, even with extreme climate change. While it may weaken, Southern Ocean winds will help maintain its flow, preventing rapid cooling in Europe but still affecting sea levels and global rainfall patterns.

  • Biggest Ever Jump in Atmospheric CO2 Recorded

    In 2024, carbon dioxide levels at Mauna Loa in Hawaii jumped by 3.58 parts per million, the largest rise since 1958. This increase is mainly from record human emissions and big wildfires in the northern hemisphere. As a result, limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C is now almost impossible