When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of abrupt changes is quite frightening. Films like “The Day After Tomorrow” fuel that fear, with visions of unimaginable storms and populations fleeing to escape rapidly changing temperatures. While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the speed and scale of disasters, several recent real-world studies … Read more
When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of abrupt changes is quite frightening. Films like “The Day After Tomorrow” fuel that fear, with visions of unimaginable storms and populations fleeing to escape rapidly changing temperatures. While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the speed and scale of disasters, several recent real-world studies … Read more
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” causing health problems across the country, are not just a problem in drinking water. As these chemicals leak from failing septic systems and landfills and wash away airport runways and farm fields, they can flow into streams that eventually flow into ocean ecosystems that are home to fish, dolphins, manatees, sharks … Read more