GoGardenNews - Items of gardening and ecological interest — climate change

Are you one of those who reaches for a carbonated beverage when you're hot and tired after working in the garden? Consider the fact that carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere with each pop of the can or opened bottle.

Marisa Mecke, writing for the Savannah Morning News, reports that ancient bison bones dug up in Georgia unveil climate conditions from 50,000 years ago. 

""Imagine standing at the edge of Tybee Island looking out into the expanse of the ocean, but instead of seemingly endless water there is another 60 miles of grasslands sprawling out ahead."

This article in VICE is notable. The author - Sophia Smith Galer - says "Environmentalists claim councils are wasting public money with failed tree-planting initiatives so they can be 'seen to be doing something' about the climate crisis. I think it's a valid argument.

According to an article by Bob Berwyn published in Inside Climate News, "the slowdown of a key ocean current could release methane that is frozen in layers of organic seabed sediments along some of the world’s coastlines, a new study shows." This could lead to "a spike in seabed methane emissions" which could accelerate climate change.