Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
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Environment
“We’re going to follow science”: University of Florida Student Senate adopts Green New Deal
February 22, 2024“Science has said for decades that climate change is human caused. This is not even a debate any more."
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Environment
Humans could consume 60 percent more natural resources by 2060, UN finds
February 20, 2024Raw materials consumption worldwide is already four times higher than it was in 1970.
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Environment
U.S. Fish and Wildlife considers restoring grizzly bears in Idaho and Montana
February 12, 2024“The Bitterroot ecosystem is one of the six identified grizzly bear recovery zones in the lower 48 States."
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Environment
Marine heat waves can affect microorganisms enough to cause ‘profound changes’ to ocean food chain
February 8, 2024The study, “A marine heatwave drives significant shifts in pelagic microbiology,” was published in the journal Communications Biology.
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Environment
Fossil fuel industry was aware of climate threats as early as 1954, new documents show
February 5, 2024“With the discovery of these Air Pollution Foundation documents, it is now possible to date the earliest sponsorship of climate science by the fossil fuel industry to 1954."
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Environment
World’s food system must be transformed for health of people and planet, study finds
January 31, 2024“Our food systems — the way we produce, market, and consume food — are part of the political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural fabric of our communities."
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En español
Un estudio encuentra niveles alarmantemente altos de ‘sustancias químicas eternas’ en los estuarios
January 29, 2024Un nuevo estudio ha descubierto que los pequeños estuarios costeros contienen concentraciones de sustancias perfluoroalquiladas (PFAS) "sustancias químicas permanentes" lo suficientemente altas como para indicar un problema mundial.
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Environment
Study finds alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” in small estuaries
January 29, 2024“The increasing proportion of wastewater to fresh water in streams, a trend projected to extrapolate to temperate regions due to climate change, consequently leads to chronic exposure of estuaries to elevated PFAS concentrations."
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