Snowfall, snowball and climate change challenges Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona This week’s snowfall in Washington, D.C. reminded me of the late U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. Who could forget the time he carried a snowball onto the floor of the U.S. Senate as part of his campaign against “Climate … Snowfall, snowball and climate change challenges Read More »
To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona A view of bales in the Great Salt Lake basin. Credit: Brian Richter/Sustainable Waters The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and new research published Tuesday reports that saving it requires reducing the amount of farmland that is irrigated in the … To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa Read More »
Climate change and homelessness among themes of Warming Huts 2025 competition winners Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Pom Pom by Haoran Deng and Bicen Song Six selected pavilions have been chosen for construction along the Nestaweya River Trail in Winnipeg as part of the latest Warming Huts: An Art + Architecture Competition on Ice . Since its … Climate change and homelessness among themes of Warming Huts 2025 competition winners Read More »
Are we helpless in the face of climate change? Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Imogen Foulkes I guess we are all used to our political leaders promising great things, and then delivering very small ones, or delivering nothing at all. The latest climate change summit (COP 29) held in Baku in Azerbaijan is a … Are we helpless in the face of climate change? Read More »
Gov. Mills introduces bill to respond to severe weather fueled by climate change Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona A man wades through floodwater in Old Orchard Beach in January 2023. Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald, file Gov. Janet Mills introduced her first bill of the new legislative session Tuesday with a proposal to help Maine respond to severe weather … Gov. Mills introduces bill to respond to severe weather fueled by climate change Read More »
Late spring frost delays tree spring phenology by reducing photosynthetic productivity Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Article Hao Hua , Jing Guo , Xu Huang , Xin Zhang , Yuchuan Yang , Danying Wang , Xiali Guo , Rui Zhang , Nicholas G. Smith , Sergio Rossi , Josep Peñuelas , Philippe Ciais , Chaoyang Wu … Late spring frost delays tree spring phenology by reducing photosynthetic productivity Read More »
Effective climate action must address both social inequality and inequality aversion Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Abstract While social inequality limits the less affluent’s ability to support climate action, we develop a theoretical framework that analyzes how disadvantageous inequality aversion diminishes motivation for climate cooperation among the broader population. By clarifying how perceptions of disadvantage or … Effective climate action must address both social inequality and inequality aversion Read More »
Trailing edge contractions common in interior western US trees under varying disturbances Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Article Katherine M. Nigro , Kristen Pelz , Monique E. Rocca & Miranda D. Redmond Nature Climate Change (2025) Cite this article Metrics Abstract As climate warms, trees are expected to track their ideal climate, referred to as ‘range shifts’; … Trailing edge contractions common in interior western US trees under varying disturbances Read More »
Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona 2 of 7 | Heavy snow falls as a person walks along U.S. Route 42 in Florence, Ky., Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) 3 of 7 | Workers clear steps at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. … Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming Read More »
Gallego takes reins of national mayors’ climate group, secures $15M for EV charging ports Leave a Comment | Climate News | Dhrona Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego will be the next chair of Climate Mayors , a community of nearly 350 mayors who have organized to help each other lead city responses to climate change across the nation. The appointment was announced Monday … Gallego takes reins of national mayors’ climate group, secures $15M for EV charging ports Read More »