Climate change is putting the focus on Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal

As Americans prepare for a second Trump term, it seems we are less focused on the prices of eggs, gas and homes and more on Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.

For many of us, it seems preposterous that President-elect Donald Trump would even float the idea of taking back the canal, using military force to seize Greenland or making Canada the “51st state.”

However, what isn’t preposterous to most Americans is climate change. Trump seems less intent on combating climate change and more intent on capitalizing off it.

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Climate change is impacting Tampa more than any other city, analysis shows

Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever

In 2023, some 6 million cases of dengue fever were reported worldwide — more than ever before. Then, 2024 blew that record away. More than 12 million cases have been reported worldwide so far this year.

Case numbers had been rising for years before that, though. Now, a new study awaiting peer review suggests that climate change has likely played a significant role in the expansion of the disease from 1995 to 2014, according to an analysis presented in November at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference in New Orleans.

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'Absurd and shameful': Florida activists call out Gov. DeSantis for ignoring climate crisis

Amid the property destruction that individuals and families face following the one-two punch of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, activists in Jacksonville, Orlando and St. Petersburg on Tuesday blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stance on climate change.....MORE

Climate change poses health risks. But it’s hard to fight when state policy ignores it.

As recently as 2008, climate change was a bipartisan concern in Florida. But DeSantis, who unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination this year, embodies his party’s current dismissive attitude toward climate change — a stance shared by his predecessor in the Florida governor’s office, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott.....MORE

Climate change divides Kamala Harris, Donald Trump

As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different visions on how to address a changing climate while ensuring a reliable energy supply......MORE

Tampa city leaders look to reduce heat risk in city ahead of summer

Tampa city leaders are set to discuss ways to reduce the city's heat risk, which is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States.....Read More

Researchers studying ‘doomsday glacier’ make worrying discovery

Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier,” referred to as such for its potential to dramatically raise global sea levels, is melting faster than we thought thanks to warmer sea water passing below it, according to a new study.

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Watchdog Warns America’s Power Grid Could Buckle Under Sweltering Summer Heat

According to a new report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), significant portions of the U.S. are at risk of blackouts during the summer months.....Read More

DeSantis signs bill erasing the term ‘climate change’ from state law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation (HB 1645) on Wednesday that will erase several instances of the words “climate change” from state statutes and restructure the state’s fossil fuel-based energy policy that listed climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions.

The priority now is to ensure “an adequate, reliable and cost-effective supply of energy for the state in a manner that promotes the health and welfare of the public and economic growth,” as spelled out in a legislative analysis.

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Florida joins a legal challenge against a new EPA rule to reduce power plant carbon pollution that is contributing to global warming

Florida and two dozen other states Thursday filed a legal challenge to a new U.S. Environmental Protection rule aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants.....Read More

Florida looking at a hotter-than-average summer, NOAA says

You may want to clean out the kiddie pool and dust off the patio furniture early this year. We’re in for a hot start to summer, according to a national weather outlook released Thursday by the National Weather Service.....Read More

Most coral reef areas experienced bleaching in past year

Coral reefs around the globe experienced a mass bleaching event in the past year as the ocean continues to heat, according to new research.

The impacted reefs include those in Florida, the Caribbean, parts of the Eastern Tropical Pacific like Costa Rica and Panama, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, parts of the South Pacific, the Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Aden, researchers said.

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After climate tipping points, change will come slowly, then all at once

The planetary danger signals are increasing. Climate scientists are beginning to worry we may be at a terrifying juncture, where the climate shifts dramatically from one state to another. An abrupt global warming episode, during which climate changes happen in decades not centuries, and interrelated tipping points cascade into one another amplifying the sudden shift in the world climate, pushing the planet out of the temperate sweet spot we humans have been lucky enough to live in.....Read More

Climate change’s impacts on coastal cities could be heightened as those cities sink: Study

Sea level rise caused by the changing climate is expected to wreak havoc on the nation’s coastal cities, impacts that could be heightened in the years ahead as the cities themselves are sinking, according to a study published this week.....Read More

To avert climate disaster, we need firm commitments on cutting methane at COP28

The key goal of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) negotiations beginning in Dubai this week must be to limit fast-rising temperatures, to prevent runaway warming that could destabilize the global climate system and inflict devastating floods, heat waves, fires and other disastrous impacts on billions of people around the globe. While a number of other outcomes are important in Dubai, they must be subsidiary to the crucial test of slowing near-term global temperature rises and preventing climate calamity.....Read More

Global Temperature Exceeds 2 °C (35.6 °F) Threshold For First Time on Record

The global average temperature on Friday was more than two degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels for the first time on record, Europe's Copernicus climate monitor said Monday, adding Saturday likely continued the unprecedented warming streak.....Read More

Antarctica’s glaciers are melting from beneath, speeding sea-level rise

Hidden rivers of meltwater are decaying Antarctica’s glaciers from beneath, a new study has found — meaning sea levels are likely rising faster than scientists had feared.

The study focused on two Antarctic glaciers — which collectively hold enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 feet.

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Are climate and energy policies under Governor Ron DeSantis helping or hurting Florida?

The earth’s rapidly heating climate is already impacting Florida with dangerous heat waves, scorching oceans and strong storms.

Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis is pledging to promote fossil fuel development instead of renewable energy.

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This summer was a global record breaker for high heat, meteorologists say

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.....MORE