Climate Change

 XELS, one of the leading startups tackling climate change by increasing participation and transparency in carbon markets, is listing its eponymous XELS token on Bittrex Global on 8 April 2021.  Tokenized Carbon Credits  XELS will provide both businesses and individuals access to a blockchain-based carbon offset platform, initially focused on…

Cai Yijun spent the end of March sneezing. With Shanghai and much of eastern China blanketed by dust and sand, the 23-year-old marketing consultant’s chronic rhinitis, or nose inflammation, took a turn for the worse. The air quality index for the region topped out at 500, its worst possible reading,…

If you’re under the impression that climate change drove ancient civilizations to their demise, you probably haven’t heard the full story.  The ancient Maya, for example, didn’t vanish when their civilization “collapsed” around the 9th century. Though droughts certainly caused hardship, and cities were abandoned, more than 7 million Maya…

Experts warn that increased flooding events in Australia caused by climate change could make insurance premiums too expensive for the average resident to afford. We already see the impacts of climate change in our country, and data shows that Australia is flooding more than ever because of it. This is…

Climate change and the rising threat of natural disasters is likely to significantly impact migration plans of American families, potentially changing the landscape of American real estate. Out of 2,000 people surveyed between Feb. 25 and March 1, 628 said they would move due to natural disasters, extreme temperatures, and…

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In 1980, the American Farm Bureau Federation, currently the largest agricultural lobbying group and third-largest insurance company in the country, called for the Environmental Protection Agency to be abolished. They’ve sued it regularly ever since. The Farm Bureau lobbied against the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Power Plan, the Waters of…

Coral reefs might be the poster child of how climate change dismantles ecosystems. Around the world, the color in these underwater marvels is draining away. And while disease or disasters like ship groundings used to be the main reasons for a reef’s destruction, climate change has emerged as the dominant…

An ever-growing human footprintHuman activities are increasingly affecting the marine environment but understanding how much and in what ways is an extreme challenge given the vastness of this system. O'Hara et al. looked at a suite of human-induced stressors on >1000 marine species over the course of 13 years. They…