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Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ larger than average, scientists find
2024-08-02 (or before) in National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 6,705 square miles, the 12th largest zone on record in 38 years of measurement. This figure equates to more than 4 million acres of habitat potentially unavai
Tagged under: Marine Life | Fish | Mexico | Oceans
Mexico City may be just months away from running of out water | CNN
2024-02-25 by in CNN InternationalThe metropolis of nearly 22 million people is facing a severe water crisis as a tangle of problems — including geography and leaks — are compounded by climate change.
Tagged under: Mexico
22: Religious groups as environmental activists
2024-02-12 (or before) in Elgaronline from Edward Elgar PublishingWe first recall counterexamples where religion is used to exclude poor people from access to nature, e.g. high-caste Hindus consider rivers as sacred and simultaneously exclude Dalits from water use. We also recall the strong links between European Christianity and coloniality. Moreover, religion does not always mean organised religions with scriptures and clergy. In human societies, the difference between natural entities and anthropomorphic or zoomorphic religious beings is not clear cut. Snowed mountain tops are worshipped as Apus in the Andes. In India many Indigenous villages conserve sacred groves. In this thematic chapter...
Tagged under: Rivers | Mexico | Religion | Indonesia | Africa | Activism | India
The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year
2024-02-07 in Associated Press NewsExperts say the number of monarch butterflies at wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since record keeping began.
Tagged under: Butterflies and Moths | Mexico
Americans love avocados. It’s killing Mexico’s forests
2023-11-28 in The Seattle TimesIn western Mexico, forests are being razed at a breakneck pace to feed the U.S. appetite for avocados. It's environmentally devastating and most likely illegal.
Tagged under: Trees | Agriculture | Mexico
‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of Hurricane Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest
2023-11-04 in The GuardianMexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food or water to survive
Tagged under: Mexico | Women and Children | Children
The ferocity of Hurricane Otis stunned hurricane experts and defied forecast models. Here's why. - CBS News
2023-10-28 in CBS NewsHurricane Otis plowed into Mexico's Pacific coast as a deadly Category 5. Just 12 hours earlier, it was a tropical storm.
Tagged under: Mexico
Hurricane Otis hits Mexico and continues with category 5 intensity
2023-10-27 in The GuardianStorm marks first time in recorded history eastern Pacific has had a hurricane remain at category 5 after making landfall
Tagged under: Mexico
Hurricane Otis: Dozens killed in Mexico's Guerrero state
2023-10-27 (or before) in The BBCMore than two dozen people were killed as the powerful storm swept through Guerrero, officials say.
Tagged under: Mexico
Hurricane Otis pummels Mexico's Acapulco, cutting off famous beach resort | Reuters
2023-10-26 in ReutersHurricane Otis, one of the strongest storms ever to hit Mexico's Pacific Coast, roared into the beach resort of Acapulco early on Wednesday, smashing buildings and vital infrastructure and leaving the city incommunicado and without power.
Tagged under: Mexico
Suddenly: “Minor” Storm Blows Up to Possible Cat 5, a First for Acapulco
2023-10-25 in Climate Denial Crock of the Week with Peter SinclairHappening now.Storm Watcher Colin McCarthy on Twitter: In a shocking turn of events, Hurricane #Otis in the Eastern Pacific has unexpectedly, explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a Cate…
Tagged under: Mexico
Hurricane Otis smashes into Mexico coast
2023-10-25 in BBCA man says windows collapsed in his hotel as people sheltered from the storm's path.
Tagged under: Mexico | Collapse
Likely culprit found for recent gray whale die-off
2023-10-15 (or before) in Oregon LiveOver the past four years, hundreds of gray whales have washed up dead on the beaches of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada – and scientists have been trying to figure out what’s causing the majestic animals to die en masse for so many years. Now, researchers from Oregon State University have an answer.
Tagged under: Oregon | Whales and Dolphins | Mexico
The Climate Sleuth Uncovering Methane Leaks for the United Nations - Bloomberg
2023-09-29 (or before) in BloombergItziar Irakulis Loitxate is a 27-year-old Ph.D. student who is the closest thing the world has to climate police.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Methane | Mexico
Record warm waters power Hurricane Idalia's path to the coast
2023-08-29 by in E&E News | Essential Energy and Environment NewsBoth the Gulf of Mexico and the larger Atlantic Ocean basin have seen record heat this summer. That's hurricane fuel.
Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime
2023-08-26 in The GuardianMexico latest country where government is considering passing new laws to criminalise environmental destruction
Tagged under: Mexico
Hurricane Hilary prompts California’s first tropical storm watch
2023-08-18 in Orange County Register: Local News, Sports and Things to DoIt was forecast to still be a hurricane when approaching Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Saturday night and a tropical storm when approaching Southern California on Sunday.
Tagged under: Mexico | California
Hurricane Hilary weakens but could still be deadly - US - BBC News
2023-08-18 (or before) in The BBCThe storm is expected to hit Mexico's Pacific coast and then move towards southern California.
Tagged under: Mexico | California
Ecosystems near Texas-Mexico border ‘choking’ from efforts to stop migrants
2023-08-11 in The GuardianGreg Abbott, the state governor, has deployed fences, razor wires and buoys along the Rio Grande, demolishing the environment
Tagged under: Rivers | Texas | Mexico
At least two dead in oil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico | CNN
2023-07-07 by in CNNAt least two people were killed after a fire broke out Friday at the Nohoch Alfa oil platform at the Bay of Campeche, in the Gulf of Mexico, the state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said in a statement.
Tagged under: Oceans | Mexico | Health | Finance
Weekly Climate News Headlines
2023-07-03 (or before) in YouTubeWeekly climate news headlines from around the world. #bangladesh #India #USA #Canada #wildfires #mexico #pakistan #heatwaves #Spain #Romania #Chile
Tagged under: Spain | Wildfires | Flooding | Canada | India | Chile | Mexico | Heatwaves
No relief in sight as wildfires burn across the country - The Globe and Mail
2023-06-01 in The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & AnalysisFederal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told reporters Thursday that this level of wildfire activity on June 1 is unprecedented
Tagged under: Mexico | Wildfires
Not Winging It: Birders Hope Hard Data Will Help Save the Species They Love—and the Ecosystems Birds Depend On - Inside Climate News
2023-05-27 by in Inside Climate NewsThe magnolia warbler travels as many as 2,000 miles, high above the Gulf of Mexico and across the entirety of the United States, before arriving in the cool climate of Canada’s boreal forest to breed. On a morning in May, one of the tiny yellow songbirds found itself entangled in a black net strung up […]
The Mega-fire Danger Coming To Your Home Soon
2023-05-14 (or before) in YouTubeCatalyst: Earth on Fire - The new environmental disaster waiting just around the cornerSubscribe to Journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subs...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Wildfires | Mexico | Trees
Environmental defenders reel from Mexico and Central America attacks
2023-04-10 in The GuardianAt least two dozen activists in Indigenous and rural areas murdered, disappeared and jailed in wave of attacks
Tagged under: Activism | Mexico
Huge Atlantic seaweed bloom threatens beaches in Florida, Mexico
2023-03-19 (or before) in NBC NewsSeasonal sargassum blooms have exploded in the tropical Atlantic over the past decade and more. This year's is already staggeringly large.
Tagged under: Mexico | Florida
Mexico should stop making beer in north due to drought, president says | The Independent
2022-08-21 (or before) in The IndependentMexico is the world’s largest exporter of beer
Tagged under: Drought | Climate Change | Mexico
BP Paid Rural Mexicans a “Pittance” for Wall Street’s Top Climate Solution
2022-06-28 (or before) in BloombergThe oil giant has found a climate bargain in some of Mexico’s poorest areas, paying a fraction of market rate for carbon offsets to rural villagers working to protect their forests.
Tagged under: BP | Climate Change | Mexico | Trees
The Failure of Fossil Fuels: Learning from Winter Storm Uri
2022-02-15 in Sierra ClubWe’re sharing the introduction from a new Sierra Club report, titled "The Failure of Fossil Fuels: Learning from Winter Storm Uri." Click here to read the full report. For almost a week from February 13 through February 17, 2021, a winter ice storm–unofficially named Winter Storm Uri–slammed North America. The storm started in the Pacific Northwest, advanced across the southern United States and northern Mexico, and finally curved northward to hit the midwest and northeast United States and southeast Canada. COMMUNITY VOICES - DR.
Tagged under: Mexico | Fossil Fuels
Songs of conquest from Tallis to the bells of Mexico City | Aeon Essays
2021-12-10 (or before) in AeonFrom Tallis’s choral beauty to the unnerving bells of Mexico City, early modern power created a whole new world of sound
Tagged under: Mexico
Mexican environmental campaigner missing after attack on villagers
2021-11-16 in The GuardianIrma Galindo Barrios, a member of the Mixtec people, was defending indigenous lands from illegal logging
Tagged under: Mexico
Mexico: demand justice for murdered environmentalist!
2021-09-15 (or before) in Rainforest Rescue - Working together for the rainforestEnvironmental and human rights campaigners in Mexico face extreme danger in their day-to-day work. On July 5, activist Simón Pedro Pérez López was the victim of a drive-by shooting, murdered in front of his son in the middle of the Simojovel market in Chiapas. Please support our petition demanding justice for Simón Pedro.
Tagged under: Activism | Rainforests | Mexico
Mexico water supply buckles on worsening drought, crops at risk | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
2021-09-06 (or before) in Al JazeeraWeather forecasts warn of high temperatures portending crop damage and water supply shortages.
Tagged under: Drought | Mexico
In drought-plagued northern Mexico, tens of thousands of cows are starving to death
2021-08-01 in Los Angeles TimesSonora is the cattle capital of Mexico. But prolonged drought is killing off the herds.
Tagged under: Drought | Mexico | Cattle and Dairy Farming
'A cause for worry': Mexico's monarch butterflies drop by 26% in year
2021-02-25 in The GuardianButterflies had bad year after four times as many trees were lost to illegal logging and extreme climate conditions
Tagged under: Wildlife | Butterflies and Moths | Insects | Mexico | Trees
Revealed: Monsanto owner and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban
2021-02-16 in The GuardianInternal government emails show actions similar to those by Bayer and lobbyists to kill a proposed ban in Thailand in 2019
Tagged under: Mexico
A look back at the horrific 2020 Atlantic hurricane season » Yale Climate Connections
2020-12-01 in Yale Climate ConnectionsRecord after record fell as the 2020 season's storms brought fatalities, economic losses, and paralyzing damages throughout Central America and widespread parts of the Gulf of Mexico.
Tagged under: Mexico
Mexico: defender of monarch butterflies found dead two weeks after he vanished
2020-01-30 in The GuardianActivists say death of Homero Gómez González found floating in a well could be over illegal logging disputes
Tagged under: Activism | Wildlife | Butterflies and Moths | Mexico
All Sights on Mexico as it Discovers World's Largest Lithium Deposit
2019-12-13 in SouthFront: Crisis News, World Events, Political SurveySouth Front | Analysis & IntelligenceThe largest lithium deposits in the world were discovered in Mexico, as listed by Mining Technology. The report indicates that...
Tagged under: Lithium | Mexico
Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret
2019-06-17 in The GuardianA Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the world – and overwhelms the poorest nations
Tagged under: Mexico
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