Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
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Environment
Venezuela fights record wildfires during climate-fueled drought in Amazon
April 3, 2024“Everything is indicating we’re going to see other events of catastrophic fires — megafires that are huge in size and height."
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Environment
After bizarre sawfish behavior, NOAA issues emergency rescue of critically endangered species
April 2, 2024The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching an emergency response in Lower Florida Keys waters.
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Environment
Fossil fuel industry’s methane emissions soared to near record high in 2023, despite international climate pledges
March 27, 2024Human activities like agriculture, oil and gas production, and the accumulation of food waste in landfills produce methane — a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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Environment
February was ninth consecutive month of record-shattering global temperatures
March 19, 2024“Global sea ice extent (coverage) was the fourth smallest in the 46-year record, at 460,000 square miles below the 1991–2020 average."
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En español
California debe triplicar su tasa de reducción de emisiones de carbono
March 18, 2024
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Environment
California must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report finds
March 18, 2024Transportation emissions in California — which went up 7.4 percent from 2020 to 2021 — make up almost 40 percent of its carbon footprint.
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En español
El humo de los incendios forestales de California afecta el doble a las comunidades indígenas
March 15, 2024Las comunidades indígenas de California están expuestas a niveles desproporcionados de partículas en cantidades mucho mayores de lo que se pensaba anteriormente, según un nuevo estudio.
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Environment
California wildfire smoke affects indigenous communities nearly two times more than expected
March 4, 2024“Analyses spanning 2006 to 2020 revealed that Native American and Alaska Native, multiracial, and non-Hispanic white populations had consistently disproportionate outdoor wildfire PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] exposure."
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