Wicked Hot Mystic Maps Summer Heat

 Air Quality, Climate Change, Environment, Newsletter, Sept/Oct 2022  Comments Off on Wicked Hot Mystic Maps Summer Heat
Sep 092022
 
Wicked Hot Mystic Maps Summer Heat

Detail of a map of surface temperatures recorded by Wicked Hot Mystic, a collaborative project of the Museum of Science, Boston, in partnership with the Resilient Mystic River Collaborative (RMC), Mystic River Watershed Association, and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. On August 12 and 13, 2021, over 80 volunteers joined MOS and MyRWA in measuring ground-level air temperature, humidity, and air particulate matter using special sensors mounted on cars and bikes. This data was collected August 12 at 3 pm. Note that the McLean conservation land is 10F cooler than surrounding areas.    For more information see www.mos.org/explore/public-events/wicked-hot-mystic

Share

The Roadmap Climate and Clean Energy Law

 Air Quality, Climate Change, Environment, May-June 2021, Newsletter, Open Space, Solar Power  Comments Off on The Roadmap Climate and Clean Energy Law
May 042021
 
The Roadmap Climate and Clean Energy Law

   By Representative Dave M. Rogers While policy makers are confronted by a wide variety of pressing policy issues, few if any compare to the complexity and scale presented by our changing climate. Most of us are long since familiar with the worrisome data, but two recent comprehensive reports thoroughly define the challenge. The most recent National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial publication of the US Global Change Research Program, and the October 2018 report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents a wide array of troubling findings. The IPCC report concluded that limiting global temperature rise to [READ MORE]

Share