May 26 | Climate Now

Not The Weather Report

"Climate change will strongly influence the mortality of the [nivalis-type of weasel] due to prolonged camouflage mismatch, which will directly affect the abundance and geographical distribution of this subspecies"

Snow cover / Climate change is affecting mortality of weasels due to camouflage mismatch Nature

Photo credit: Sue Cro / Flickr

Climate change news for Saturday 26th of May 2018

Costa Rica / Coffee farmers brew up a carbon neutral future

Eco-Business

"Coffee makes up nearly 10 per cent of Costa Rica’s total emissions, but a movement for carbon neutral food is now gaining momentum, as the nation is home to three zero-emission coffee companies and carbon neutral banana and pineapple firms"

Photo credit: Pexels

Weather whiplash / Honeybees May Be Dying in Larger Numbers Due to Climate Change Bloomberg

"Beekeepers in the US reported an increase in honeybee deaths over the last year, possibly the result of erratic weather patterns brought on by a changing climate, according to the scientist leading an annual survey on the insects"

Photo credit: see #3 below

Fracking / Other countries ‘highly unlikely’ to replicate US shale gas boom, says UN report Climate Home News

""It is highly unlikely that Europe will experience the same level of shale gas development as in the United States,” says the report. “The development of shale gas resources in other countries remains marginal""

Photo credit: Max Phillips/Jeremy Buckingham MLC

Activism evolves / Climate Change Warriors’ Latest Weapon of Choice Is Litigation

Bloomberg

"From California to the Philippines, activists, governments and concerned citizens are suing the biggest polluters and national governments over the effects of climate change at a break-neck pace"

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United States / Pruitt’s Anti-Climate Agenda Is Facing New Challenge From Science Advisers Inside Climate News

"Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, faces a broadening challenge to his efforts to roll back greenhouse gas regulations, as agency science advisers expand the list of policies they want to vet at an upcoming meeting"

Photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

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Headline #3 photo: By Lorraine Beaman, USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Lab - This image is Image Number 5140028 at Insect Images, a source for entomological images operated by The Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8339476