Simple way to boost your health and the environment this spring
Nathan Howes
mardi, 23 mars 2021 à 15:21 - Want to be environmentally friendly and get fit at the same time? Try plogging!
With spring now here, you might be anxious to ditch the cozy couch and start spending more time outdoors.
Well, if you do so, you may want to consider taking part in plogging. It may sound like a complicated activity to learn, but it’s actually quite simple – you jog while picking up trash in your surroundings. All that is needed is a trash bag, your desire to clean up and a little exercise to stop, bend down and grab the garbage off the ground.
Summer weather extremes more persistent in warming world, says study
Scott Sutherland
jeudi, 22 août 2019 à 14:35 - What s Up In Climate Change? A new study points to more persistent summer extremes, and a new wind farm will double Saskatchewan s wind power.
We are already seeing summer extremes unlike ever before due to climate change, with spiking temperatures, as well as both extreme dry weather and extreme wet weather events. A new study is showing that these extremes are likely to cluster together as the world continues to warm, causing more persistent episodes of extreme summer weather. Our study found that if the world warms to 2°C above preindustrial levels, we could see a significant shift in summer weather conditions from the patterns we know today, study lead author Peter Pfleiderer, from Climate Analytics and Humboldt University, said in a press release on Monday. Extreme weather would become more persistent - hot and dry periods, as well as consecutive days of