Conservation Hawks

08/31/2026

Climate change should never be a partisan issue. Politicians of both major U.S. political parties should offer thoughtful, creative solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions and address this existential threat.

Climate change has become a less prominent election-year issue for Democrats as voters say concerns such as affordability are more pressing.

08/28/2026

No surprises here ...

A new study suggests El Nino events have intensified over the past 40 years due to human-caused climate change.

08/27/2026

Interesting ...

A new study finds that burying logging debris, instead of burning it, could store far more carbon and generate billions in revenue for forest-thinning projects.

08/25/2026

Human-caused climate change is growing into a truly massive problem.

Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts as long as we continue to use gas, oil and coal at our current pace.

08/24/2026

"The underlying mechanism is long term climate warming.”

There have been numerous floods in the U.S. this summer, and more are predicted for the fall and winter.

08/21/2026

"Every breath we take—indoors or out—draws in more carbon dioxide than our bodies were originally adapted to cope with."

https://time.com/article/2026/08/19/climate-change-impacting-blood-carbon-dioxide-levels/

08/20/2026

Can a positive feedback loop be a major problem? Absolutely.

Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds

08/19/2026

"Electric car sales are on track to hit record highs this year, with 29 percent of all new cars purchased around the world expected to be either purely battery-powered models or plug-in hybrids, according to a recent report from the International Energy Agency. That’s a sharp increase from just 4 percent in 2020."

As global fuel prices surge, electric vehicle adoption is breaking records around the world. These charts tell the story.

08/18/2026

No surprises here.

A new MSU study finds a clear connection between low snowpack and human-caused climate change.