Conflict between science and ignorance is not new. Neither is our interest in having science prevail in that conflict: society’s advancement depends on it. What may be new with climate change is the size and scale of the implications to civilization and, to a degree, the ease with which people can ignore scientific insights without... Continue Reading →
millions of Americans exposed to ‘Off-the-Chart’
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer
As the BBC notes, almost from the first moment that people realized that the human-caused climate crisis is real, there’s been an effort to determine how quickly action needed to be taken to stave off the worst outcomes. Could we wait 50 years? What about 30? What about 20? The answers are no, no, and no. Recent studies... Continue Reading →
we can’t get to Jan. 1, 2030, and throw a global switch
Climate change is not moving as slowly as we’d like to think. In fact, half of all the damage done through burning fossil fuels has been just over the last 30 years. Unfortunately, every year is now more damaging than the last. The good news is that we are not at a point of no... Continue Reading →