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You came! Here's the second installment Renewable Energy There was massive growth in the renewable energy sector. More than 360 companies called upon the incoming US president not to pull out of the Paris Agreement in November 2016. The RE100 is an initiative by major global companies committing to use renewable energy in their operations and at some point in the future going 100% renewable. Such include Adobe, Apple, Bloomberg, BMW etc. Apple in fact is doing so well that it wants to sell the excess power generated from the solar panels on the roof of its complex in California. Apple campus in Calif. - appleinsider Renewables became more competitive as they became cheaper than coal and oil as a source of energy. The International Energy Agency released their World Energy Outlook which showed growth in renewables and a slump in coal. Wind and solar became cheaper.Renewables surpassed coal and oil in 2014 and continue to do so in 2016. The use of rene

Good Morning young uns! Today is the 17 th of December 2016 and the holidays are here! As per the new tradition, we will end the year in style by inviting young talent to a 2016 climate change rap up competition. The winner gets his Christmas wish fulfilled by Santa. (Or you can come over and have a safari in the Maasai Mara) And so here is your 2016 climate change news wrap up before you go for your Christmas break. The year was a great one in terms of climate change, as climate change entered more forcefully into the public consciousness, there was good momentum which camefrom signing the Paris Agreement last year and that worldwide consensus and goodwill was a driving factor for this year. So let’s review the year shall we? Hot hot! January 2016 was really fiery January 2016 was recorded as the hottest month so far. February and March each set new records as the hottest months in record. The trend continued in June, July and August with September 201

  Coral bleaching Coral are marine organisms. Dead and living coral skeletons make up coral reefs like the one found in Watamu or in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. When people talk of coral they assume it is one creature but it is made up of organisms called polyps and algae. In real sense, coral tissue is clear but the algae have various shades of photosynthetic pigments. Thus there are many species of differently coloured coral. It’s a symbiotic relationship where the coral provide anchors and give a constant supply of carbon dioxide while the algae carries out photosynthesis , provides food for the coral and aids in calcification. some of the marine life at the Watamu coral reef - such is now under threat from climate change Coral reefs form the habitat for a very diverse and huge number of marine organisms.   Coral is also very sensitive to temperature changes. Coral lives in the upper layers of the ocean where sunlight permeates and the temperature is influence