Tag: Climate
Yucatán Congress passes a new law to fight climate change
Yucatán's congress passed a new climate-change law Thursday to reduce auto emissions and safeguard the environment.
Sargassum and the Sahara dust phenomenon — are they connected?
A look at where the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) was moving across the Atlantic Ocean toward the southern United States on...
Activists call on Yucatán to declare climate emergency
A group of student activists led by Greta Thunberg has called upon Yucatán's government to declare a climate emergency and start to take more serious and proactive moves to combat climate change.
AMLO suggests ‘visas for plants’ in new initiative
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presents his plan for Sembrando Vidas at a virtual climate summit. Photo: Courtesy
Yucatán government commits to being carbon neutral by 2030
To comply with the Net Zero Commitment, all state government buildings in Yucatán must be carbon neutral by 2030. Photo: Courtesy
Cooler weather, rains threaten Yucatan drought
Rains begin a slow return to Yucatan. Photo: meteored.mx
Scattered showers are slightly possible today, and light breezes...
Showers come after more than 2 months without rain
A weather map predicts rain for Yucatan this evening.
The showers this evening won't bring an end to...
Air in Yucatan fouled by smoky fires near and far
Photo: NOAA
The haze that settled over Yucatan on Thursday is not necessarily from your neighbor burning trash...
Fires consume 7,062 hectares of green areas in Yucatan
Photo: Punto Medio
Since Yucatan's fire season began March 1, 7,062 hectares of mature woodland, grass and shrub...
It’s been 59 days since Yucatan has experienced rain
Snakes, like this Bronze-backed Parrot Snakes, are slithering across the Yucatan Peninsula. Photo: Backyardnature.net
Rain — a barely remembered...
Drought in Yucatan could become most severe in 3 decades
Juan Vázquez Montalvo. Photo: Facebook
Day upon day of sunshine has a downside: Yucatan is heading towards it...
No, Al Gore isn’t part of Mérida’s climate change forum
Contrary to some headlines, a forum on climate change will not include former U.S. vice president Al Gore.
Pioneering scheme insures coral reef off Quintina Roo
A special insurance policy covers endangered reefs off the Yucatán Peninsula against hurricanes, storms and other natural disasters.
‘Adopt a Tree’ program takes root in urban Mérida
The city's "Adopt a Tree" program accounts for more than half the plantings completed under the municipal green infrastructure plan.
Fires feared after record heat and drought
After the hottest and driest January in years, now come fears of wildfires.
As climate changes, Mayan farmer modifies the milpa
Climate change is forcing Mayan farmers to reconsider age-tested techniques. And one local farmer thinks he has found something that works with less predictable rainfall.
Day hottest on record since 1998
Temperatures recorded Friday were not only the hottest in 2015, but in the third highest in the last 44 years and in the greatest since 1998.
Meridanos greet the heat with humor
You can't beat the heat, but you can laugh it off with a humorous Facebook meme.
Yes, it’s getting hotter, and the trend will continue
Merida, Yucatan, registered record temperatures over the last four months as a result of climate change, deforestation and urban growth.
Slide show: The gathering storm
Images of menacing skies and torrential downpours hit social media today as yet another tropical storm hit Merida.
Hurricane danger zone approaches
Only two hurricanes are predicted this season, but that does not mean anyone on the peninsula should become complacent, experts warn.