April 20 | Climate Now

Not The Weather Report

Climate change news for Friday 20th of April 2018

Disaster down under / Great Barrier Reef: 30% of coral died in 'catastrophic' 2016 heatwave The Guardian

"“When corals bleach from a heatwave, they can either survive and regain their colour slowly... or they can die,” [Prof Terry Hughes] said. “Averaged across the whole Great Barrier Reef, we lost 30% of the corals in the nine-month period [in] 2016.”"

"Electric cars are praised as the answer to questions of green and clean mobility. But the overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear. On closer examination, our entire transport paradigm may need to be rethought"

Not so fast / Why the electric vehicle revolution will bring problems of its own

The Conversation

"Nearly a third of the continental United States was in drought as of April 10, more than three times the coverage of a year ago. And the specter of a drought-ridden summer has focused renewed urgency on state and local conservation efforts"

Paradigm shift? / Drought Returns To Huge Swaths Of U.S., Fueling Fears Of A Thirsty Future Huffpost

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"Blockchain-based carbon credit platform Poseidon has committed to spend its first tranche of cash buying Peruvian REDD credits... as part of an initiative offering a voluntary carbon credit platform for retailers"

Deforestation / Blockchain-based venture commits first funds to... REDD... Carbon Pulse

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"Indigenous peoples count among the poorest of the poor but are stewards to the world’s remaining forests and mitigate the impacts of climate change, according to reports. How can we protect them?"

Indigenous climate knowledge/ How the poorest... champion

sustainability Eco-Business

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"China... plans to create several “super-large” coal mining companies by the end of 2020 as the world’s biggest producer of the fuel ramps up years of efforts to streamline the fragmented sector and slash outdated capacity"

Emissions black spot / China aims to supersize coal sector through mergers Reuters

Photo Attributions

Article #1 photo by: The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey / Richard Vevers

Article #2 photo by: Photo by Mikes Photos from Pexels

Article #3 photo by: BRAM JANSSEN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Article #4 photo by: By EdwinJs - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39095458

Article #5 photo by: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, CC BY 2.0

Article #6 photo by: By Rob Loftisretouched by Dave606 at en.wikipedia - This file was derived from:Coal hopper with barge.jpgTransferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Common Good using CommonsHelper., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18329923

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