A new analysis shows that people born later will experience vastly more severe weather events Babies born today will experience far more disruptions fueled by climate change than their parents or grandparents. In a study published recently in Science, Wim Thiery of Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and his colleagues combined climate model projections under... Continue Reading →
“People do not understand the magnitude of what is going on,” says Katharine Hayhoe. This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse... Continue Reading →
Top Scientist: We Can’t Adapt Our Way Out of This Climate Crisis | MotherJones
The UN climate summit this November in Egypt represents a major opportunity to address the needs of vulnerable countries, especially related to adaptation, resilience and loss and damage. Vulnerable countries’ urgent needs are underscored by the recent work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which revealed the devastating climate impacts we are already... Continue Reading →
5 Pillars for success at COP27
(Downloadable Booklet, source link within content) Skeptical Science New Research for Week #30 2022 Posted on 28 July 2022 by Doug Bostrom, Marc Kodack 51% disgusted, 51% sad From our government and NGO publication section, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication release an update on attitudes about climate change... Continue Reading →
Climate Change in the American Mind
Scientists modified an enzyme that can break down plastic in one week to create fresh material for new products. A group of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have created a modified enzyme that can break down plastics that would otherwise take centuries to degrade in a matter of days. The researchers, who... Continue Reading →
Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries
Let’s face it. Talk about biodiversity loss at a party and you’re unlikely to make friends. Talk about an army of seed-firing drones, however, and suddenly you’re the coolest person there. Well believe it or not, an Australian start-up is doing exactly that. Using a fleet of highly advanced 'octocopters', AirSeed Technology is fighting deforestation by... Continue Reading →
These seed-firing drones are planting 40,000 trees every day to fight deforestation
Hydrogen will be one of humanity's key weapons in the war against carbon dioxide emissions, but it must be treated with care. New reports show how fugitive hydrogen emissions can indirectly produce warming effects 11 times worse than those of CO2. Hydrogen can be used as a clean energy carrier, and running it through a... Continue Reading →
Hydrogen 11 times worse than CO2 for climate, says new report
Money is pollution's biggest driving force -- particularly, the cash invested in dirty energy projects, says financial responsibility campaigner Lucie Pinson. She shares a three-pronged approach to stop banks from funding fossil fuel companies, including what she calls "collaborative blackmailing" (it's more ethical than it sounds). By demanding more accountability from polluting companies and encouraging... Continue Reading →
How to stop banks from investing in dirty energy
Global warming often takes a back seat to other crises. In Sierra Leone, it's one woman’s full-time job. The new buildings sprouted like weeds, clinging to hillsides and rising in the cracks between houses. In many neighborhoods, tin roofs on shacks were so densely packed, they resembled a game of Tetris. Everywhere Eugenia Kargbo looked,... Continue Reading →
Every city needs a ‘chief heat officer’
World attention will focus on Egypt during the COP27 Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh in November, the culmination of years of work on environmental protection and action against climate change. The international community’s choice of Egypt as the venue for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27)... Continue Reading →
Preparing for COP27
Work on Climate Our Vision We envision a world where climate change has been reversed completely, equitably, and justly; all of humanity’s work is climate-positive or climate-neutral; and humanity and natural ecosystems coexist and thrive in a harmonious, respectful relationship. To achieve this world, we see a nearer future where organizations, governments, communities, and people... Continue Reading →