October 2022 – Page 2 – Climate Desk

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Guardian

Amount of Ocean Heat Found to Be Accelerating and Fuelling Extreme Weather Events

The rate of warming in the top 2km has doubled from levels in the 1960s, review finds.

Graham Readfearn · October 18, 2022
Canada's National Observer

Researchers Look to Canada’s Oceans to Sink Planet-Warming Carbon

A new research initiative is working on a national assessment of the “blue carbon” storage capacity of Canada’s salt marshes, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to fight against climate change.

Rochelle Baker · October 17, 2022
Guardian

“Badasses of The Mountains”: Goats Clash with Sheep as Key US Glaciers Melt

Climate crisis may explain fights as disappearing ice fuels interspecies competition – with goats nearly always winning.

Oliver Milman · October 17, 2022
Guardian

Drought Threatens England’s Fruit and Vegetable Crop Next Year, Says Report

Scorching summer left reservoirs depleted and unlikely to recover, as growers warn of supply chain collapse in leaked meeting.

Helena Horton · October 15, 2022
Mother Jones

It’s Time to Ban “Right Turn on Red”

The dangerous maneuver is allowed thanks to a flawed idea about emissions from the 1970s. We don’t need it.

Abigail Weinberg · October 14, 2022
Guardian

Just Stop Oil Activists Throw Soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Protesters then glue themselves to wall beneath painting at National Gallery in London.

Damian Gayle · October 14, 2022
Canada's National Observer

Exposing Animal Abuse May Land Canadian Farming Activists in Jail

Amy Soranno won’t apologize for her high-stakes tactics.

Arno Kopecky · October 11, 2022
High Country News

Nevada Gold Mines Violated Rules, Contributing to Miner’s Death, Investigation Confirms

State investigators reveal that the company did not follow basic safety protocols.

Nick Bowlin and Daniel Rothberg · October 10, 2022
Guardian

With Bolsonaro’s Rule in Question, Eco-Thugs Plunder the Amazon

An area the size of London was deforested in September alone.

Tom Phillips · October 7, 2022
Guardian

“Reckless” Coal Firms Plan Climate-Busting Expansion, Study Finds

Coal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and investors must stop funding it, say campaigners.

Damian Carrington · October 6, 2022
Slate

The Underappreciated Tool for Surviving Extreme Weather

It’s a pattern we’ve seen with many recent natural disasters.

Nitish Pahwa · October 5, 2022
Canada's National Observer

Alberta Cows—and Their Burps—Spotlight a Loophole in Canada’s Methane Rule

Methane emitted from burps and manure from about 75,000 cows in a massive Brooks, Alta., feedlot is the 11th highest source of the gas nationwide.

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson · October 5, 2022