Why Being Fearful Can Spark Climate Action
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Should climate scientists soften their warnings or should they make full disclosure of the truth about the climate-change emergency on our doorstep? Continue reading
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Funny or Die: Franken and Letterman take on climate change in hilarious web series
Franken has emerged as a true climate champion, fighting back against the misinformation and outright climate science denial spread by the Trump administration Continue reading
Climate/nuclear news – the week to 15 July
GR: Here’s a list of some of the critical global concerns for the week. Posted by Christina MacPherson. It’s a toss-up as to which issue is now the most critical – climate change or nuclear war danger. I’m inclined to … Continue reading
Is the Climate Emergency Just a Big Problem, or is it a Catastrophe?
Almost no one in academia, government, or society is responding as if they believe there is a GLOBAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY. Continue reading
When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans?
But no matter how well-informed you are, you are surely not alarmed enough. Over the past decades, our culture has gone apocalyptic with zombie movies and Mad Max dystopias, perhaps the collective result of displaced climate anxiety, and yet when it comes to contemplating real-world warming dangers, we suffer from an incredible failure of imagination. Continue reading
If We Stopped Emitting Greenhouse Gases Right Now, Would We Stop Climate Change?
“If we stop emitting today, it’s not the end of the story for global warming. There’s a delay in air-temperature increase as the atmosphere catches up with all the heat that the earth has accumulated. After maybe 40 more years, scientists hypothesize the climate will stabilize at a temperature higher than what was normal for previous generations.” –Richard B. Rood Continue reading
Three Years to Safeguard Our Climate
The upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg is the perfect moment for heads of state to integrate the six milestones into their discussions on how to ensure a resilient, prosperous, inclusive and interconnected global economy. This would pave the way for a year of raised ambition in 2018, when nations take stock of progress and revise national commitments under the Paris agreement. Continue reading
Gradual CO2 buildup can trigger sudden climate tipping points
“Our simulations indicate that even small changes in the CO2 concentration suffice to change the circulation pattern, which can end in sudden temperature increases,” said Zhang. Continue reading
Climate Change Is Shrinking the Colorado River
“The Colorado River Basin and other areas around the globe at essentially the same latitudes, such as the Mediterranean region and areas of Chile, South Africa and Australia, are especially at risk for drying because they lie immediately poleward of the planet’s major deserts. These deserts are projected to stretch polewards as the climate warms. In the Colorado River basin, dry areas to the south are expected to encroach on some of the basin’s most productive snow and runoff areas.” Continue reading
Brazil following US in rolling back climate protections
Last month, [Brazil’s] Congress passed two measures that convert around 1.4 million acres of protected land, the vast majority of it in the Amazon, into areas open to logging, mining and agricultural use. Continue reading
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