Environment and Eid – Islam Advocates to #BeatAirPollution

June 15, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Iyad Abumoghli, of the United Nations Faith for Earth Initiative, explains how all religions call upon us to protect the environment.

NASA Has Eyes On The Atlantic Hurricane Season

June 14, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

NASA has a unique and important view of hurricanes around the planet. Satellites and aircraft watch as storms form, travel across the ocean and sometimes, make landfall. After the hurricanes have passed, the satellites and aircraft see the aftermath of hurricanes, from downed forests to mass power loss.

Music credit: “Northern Breeze” by Denis Levaillant [SACEM], “Stunning Horizon” by Maxime Lebidois [SACEM], Ronan Maillard [SACEM], “Magnetic Force” by JC Lemay [SACEM] from Killer Tracks

Dr. Eunice Lo on Her Study About the Impacts of Climate Change on Heat Deaths in US Cities

June 13, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Limiting warming to 1.5C could prevent ‘thousands’ of heat deaths in US cities.

Holding global temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, rather than 2C or 3C, could help prevent thousands of deaths in US cities during heatwaves, a new study says.