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\n(image: roger h. goun<\/a>)<\/h5>\na proposal, funded by the ford foundation, introduced the concept of \u201creport for america<\/a>,\u201d a new model for local journalism that would borrow from the tradition of national and community service programs like teach for america and peace corps. this is important because the current ad-based business model supports content generation in a way that fails to encourage reporting that has limited appeal to advertisers and readers \u2014 for example, a series of articles about brownfield redevelopment may have high civic value even if it generates few page views. if funded, a program like this would support community-based coverage and fill gaps in media in an efficient manner that benefits everybody<\/a>.<\/p>\n2. more than half the world\u2019s biggest aquifers are disappearing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c7\/groundwater_flow.svg\")
\nground-water flow paths vary greatly in length, depth and travel time from points of recharge to points of discharge in the groundwater system. (image: t.c. winter, j.w. harvey, o.l. franke and w.m. alley, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\nnew nasa satellite data shows that 21 of the world\u2019s 37 largest aquifers are being depleted faster than they are being replenished<\/a>. aquifers supply 35 percent of the fresh water used by humans worldwide. but underground water availability is not infinite, and aquifers can take thousands of years to fill up and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains.<\/div>\n\n3. the pope gives a moral call to climate change action<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pope_francis_korea_haemi_castle_19.jpg\")
\n(image: korean culture and information service by jeon han, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\na papal encyclical released in june called for unified global action on environmental degradation and climate change<\/a> through a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles. in the 184 page document, pope francis describes exploitation and destruction of natural resources, and critiques the \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d created by modern consumerism. he explains the bible teaches humans to \u201ctill and keep\u201d the world \u2014 that humans must cultivate and protect, rather than claim absolute dominion over, the earth.<\/p>\n\n4. the earth is in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, but this time it\u2019s our fault<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/quagga_photo.jpg\")
\nthe quagga is an extinct sub-species of plains zebra that lived in south africa, until it was overhunted in the late 19th century. (image: frederick york\/wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\nextinctions are a natural part of life on earth \u2014 background rates of extinction are typically 9 vertebrate extinctions per 100 years. however, due to deforestation, overhunting and pollution, the global climate today is changing faster than ever before. because of these insurmountable challenges to life on earth, even the \u201cfittest\u201d of animal and plant species cannot adapt quickly enough to survive. since 1900, around 500 types of vertebrates are believed to have gone extinct \u2014 this means the earth is losing mammal species 20 to 100 times faster than usual<\/a>.<\/p>\n5. climate change is a \u2018medical emergency\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2419349567_f645b0da81_z.jpg\")
\nthe air pollution hovers over cairo in 2008. (image: nina hale<\/a>)<\/h5>\na new report from the lancet commission on health and climate change argues that climate change could undermine the last 50 years of gains in global public health<\/a>. the report outlines direct effects of changing climate patterns such as heat waves and extreme weather events, as well as indirect impacts such as changing patterns in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. after explaining the urgency of the issue, it also outlines mitigation strategies that could minimize the health impact of climate change, such as making cities more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly.<\/p>\n\n6. james hansen and other nasa scientists publish an eye-raising report on sea level rise<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3046225225_ec5bd8f114_z.jpg\")
\none prediction of where rising sea levels will end up at cottesloe beach, perth western australia. (image: go_greener_oz<\/a>)<\/h5>\nnasa scientist james hansen and 16 of his colleagues published a bombshell paper arguing that just a 2 degree celsius increase in global temperature would raise the possibility of a more rapid rate of sea level rise in this century than forecast by the u.n.\u2019s intergovernmental panel on climate change<\/a>. the study states that this faster rate of sea level rise could lead to a number of climate change \u201cfeedbacks\u201d that would shut down the oceans\u2019 circulation, stratify the polar seas with warmer waters trapped below cold surface layers, increase the temperature difference between low and high latitudes, and ultimately generate stronger storms.<\/p>\n
2. more than half the world\u2019s biggest aquifers are disappearing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
\nground-water flow paths vary greatly in length, depth and travel time from points of recharge to points of discharge in the groundwater system. (image: t.c. winter, j.w. harvey, o.l. franke and w.m. alley, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\nnew nasa satellite data shows that 21 of the world\u2019s 37 largest aquifers are being depleted faster than they are being replenished<\/a>. aquifers supply 35 percent of the fresh water used by humans worldwide. but underground water availability is not infinite, and aquifers can take thousands of years to fill up and only slowly recharge with water from snowmelt and rains.<\/div>\n\n3. the pope gives a moral call to climate change action<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n(image: korean culture and information service by jeon han, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\na papal encyclical released in june called for unified global action on environmental degradation and climate change<\/a> through a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles. in the 184 page document, pope francis describes exploitation and destruction of natural resources, and critiques the \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d created by modern consumerism. he explains the bible teaches humans to \u201ctill and keep\u201d the world \u2014 that humans must cultivate and protect, rather than claim absolute dominion over, the earth.<\/p>\n\n4. the earth is in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, but this time it\u2019s our fault<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthe quagga is an extinct sub-species of plains zebra that lived in south africa, until it was overhunted in the late 19th century. (image: frederick york\/wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\nextinctions are a natural part of life on earth \u2014 background rates of extinction are typically 9 vertebrate extinctions per 100 years. however, due to deforestation, overhunting and pollution, the global climate today is changing faster than ever before. because of these insurmountable challenges to life on earth, even the \u201cfittest\u201d of animal and plant species cannot adapt quickly enough to survive. since 1900, around 500 types of vertebrates are believed to have gone extinct \u2014 this means the earth is losing mammal species 20 to 100 times faster than usual<\/a>.<\/p>\n5. climate change is a \u2018medical emergency\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthe air pollution hovers over cairo in 2008. (image: nina hale<\/a>)<\/h5>\na new report from the lancet commission on health and climate change argues that climate change could undermine the last 50 years of gains in global public health<\/a>. the report outlines direct effects of changing climate patterns such as heat waves and extreme weather events, as well as indirect impacts such as changing patterns in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. after explaining the urgency of the issue, it also outlines mitigation strategies that could minimize the health impact of climate change, such as making cities more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly.<\/p>\n\n6. james hansen and other nasa scientists publish an eye-raising report on sea level rise<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\none prediction of where rising sea levels will end up at cottesloe beach, perth western australia. (image: go_greener_oz<\/a>)<\/h5>\nnasa scientist james hansen and 16 of his colleagues published a bombshell paper arguing that just a 2 degree celsius increase in global temperature would raise the possibility of a more rapid rate of sea level rise in this century than forecast by the u.n.\u2019s intergovernmental panel on climate change<\/a>. the study states that this faster rate of sea level rise could lead to a number of climate change \u201cfeedbacks\u201d that would shut down the oceans\u2019 circulation, stratify the polar seas with warmer waters trapped below cold surface layers, increase the temperature difference between low and high latitudes, and ultimately generate stronger storms.<\/p>\n
\nground-water flow paths vary greatly in length, depth and travel time from points of recharge to points of discharge in the groundwater system. (image: t.c. winter, j.w. harvey, o.l. franke and w.m. alley, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\n
3. the pope gives a moral call to climate change action<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n(image: korean culture and information service by jeon han, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\na papal encyclical released in june called for unified global action on environmental degradation and climate change<\/a> through a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles. in the 184 page document, pope francis describes exploitation and destruction of natural resources, and critiques the \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d created by modern consumerism. he explains the bible teaches humans to \u201ctill and keep\u201d the world \u2014 that humans must cultivate and protect, rather than claim absolute dominion over, the earth.<\/p>\n\n4. the earth is in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, but this time it\u2019s our fault<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthe quagga is an extinct sub-species of plains zebra that lived in south africa, until it was overhunted in the late 19th century. (image: frederick york\/wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\nextinctions are a natural part of life on earth \u2014 background rates of extinction are typically 9 vertebrate extinctions per 100 years. however, due to deforestation, overhunting and pollution, the global climate today is changing faster than ever before. because of these insurmountable challenges to life on earth, even the \u201cfittest\u201d of animal and plant species cannot adapt quickly enough to survive. since 1900, around 500 types of vertebrates are believed to have gone extinct \u2014 this means the earth is losing mammal species 20 to 100 times faster than usual<\/a>.<\/p>\n5. climate change is a \u2018medical emergency\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthe air pollution hovers over cairo in 2008. (image: nina hale<\/a>)<\/h5>\na new report from the lancet commission on health and climate change argues that climate change could undermine the last 50 years of gains in global public health<\/a>. the report outlines direct effects of changing climate patterns such as heat waves and extreme weather events, as well as indirect impacts such as changing patterns in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. after explaining the urgency of the issue, it also outlines mitigation strategies that could minimize the health impact of climate change, such as making cities more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly.<\/p>\n\n6. james hansen and other nasa scientists publish an eye-raising report on sea level rise<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\none prediction of where rising sea levels will end up at cottesloe beach, perth western australia. (image: go_greener_oz<\/a>)<\/h5>\nnasa scientist james hansen and 16 of his colleagues published a bombshell paper arguing that just a 2 degree celsius increase in global temperature would raise the possibility of a more rapid rate of sea level rise in this century than forecast by the u.n.\u2019s intergovernmental panel on climate change<\/a>. the study states that this faster rate of sea level rise could lead to a number of climate change \u201cfeedbacks\u201d that would shut down the oceans\u2019 circulation, stratify the polar seas with warmer waters trapped below cold surface layers, increase the temperature difference between low and high latitudes, and ultimately generate stronger storms.<\/p>\n
\n(image: korean culture and information service by jeon han, courtesy of wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\n
a papal encyclical released in june called for unified global action on environmental degradation and climate change<\/a> through a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles. in the 184 page document, pope francis describes exploitation and destruction of natural resources, and critiques the \u201cthrowaway culture\u201d created by modern consumerism. he explains the bible teaches humans to \u201ctill and keep\u201d the world \u2014 that humans must cultivate and protect, rather than claim absolute dominion over, the earth.<\/p>\n extinctions are a natural part of life on earth \u2014 background rates of extinction are typically 9 vertebrate extinctions per 100 years. however, due to deforestation, overhunting and pollution, the global climate today is changing faster than ever before. because of these insurmountable challenges to life on earth, even the \u201cfittest\u201d of animal and plant species cannot adapt quickly enough to survive. since 1900, around 500 types of vertebrates are believed to have gone extinct \u2014 this means the earth is losing mammal species 20 to 100 times faster than usual<\/a>.<\/p>\n a new report from the lancet commission on health and climate change argues that climate change could undermine the last 50 years of gains in global public health<\/a>. the report outlines direct effects of changing climate patterns such as heat waves and extreme weather events, as well as indirect impacts such as changing patterns in the spread of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. after explaining the urgency of the issue, it also outlines mitigation strategies that could minimize the health impact of climate change, such as making cities more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly.<\/p>\n nasa scientist james hansen and 16 of his colleagues published a bombshell paper arguing that just a 2 degree celsius increase in global temperature would raise the possibility of a more rapid rate of sea level rise in this century than forecast by the u.n.\u2019s intergovernmental panel on climate change<\/a>. the study states that this faster rate of sea level rise could lead to a number of climate change \u201cfeedbacks\u201d that would shut down the oceans\u2019 circulation, stratify the polar seas with warmer waters trapped below cold surface layers, increase the temperature difference between low and high latitudes, and ultimately generate stronger storms.<\/p>\n4. the earth is in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, but this time it\u2019s our fault<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthe quagga is an extinct sub-species of plains zebra that lived in south africa, until it was overhunted in the late 19th century. (image: frederick york\/wikimedia commons<\/a>)<\/h5>\n5. climate change is a \u2018medical emergency\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nthe air pollution hovers over cairo in 2008. (image: nina hale<\/a>)<\/h5>\n6. james hansen and other nasa scientists publish an eye-raising report on sea level rise<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\none prediction of where rising sea levels will end up at cottesloe beach, perth western australia. (image: go_greener_oz<\/a>)<\/h5>\n