by Gary Chandler | Sep 14, 2017 | Climate Change
Soil Depletion Releasing Carbon Into Atmosphere Agriculture has contributed nearly as much to climate change as deforestation by intensifying global warming, according to U.S. research that has quantified the amount of carbon taken from the soil by farming. Some 133...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 20, 2014 | Climate Change
Global Warming Gaining Momentum The world’s largest general scientific society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has issued an uncharacteristically blunt call to action on climate change. The must-read new report by the AAAS’s Climate Science...
by Gary Chandler | Dec 22, 2012 | Climate Change, Forest Conservation
Giant Sequoias More Resilient Than Most Species The world’s largest living species faces a double threat from declining snowpack and rising temperatures. The threat of global warming and climate change to sequoia trees mirrors a growing danger to trees worldwide, with...
by Gary Chandler | Sep 4, 2012 | Climate Change, Reforestation
Reforestation And Climate Change Dr. Ramsey from New York, NY, asks “I know that deforestation is causing us to lose valuable carbon-dioxide absorbing forestland globally at an alarming rate. But I rarely hear about reforestation as a means to confront climate...
by Gary Chandler | Sep 27, 2010 | Climate Change
Forest Conservation, Reforestation Initiatives When it comes to climate change, much of the conversation is limited to energy policies. Meanwhile, wholesale deforestation is releasing staggering amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every day, while...
