cCc Comment: Valuable Webinar! Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Climate Change New Dates! Virtual Annual Conference June 21 - 24, 2022 You are invited to join with GCSE to explore the complex interactions between biodiversity and climate change, as we honor the legacy of the late Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, a scholarly giant of biodiversity, conservation, and... Continue Reading →
Techno-utopianism is popular precisely because it doesn’t challenge the status quo, and lets polluters off the hook In seeking to prevent environmental breakdown, what counts above all is not the new things we do, but the old things we stop doing. Renewable power, for instance, is useful in preventing climate chaos only to the extent... Continue Reading →
We need optimism – but Disneyfied climate predictions are just dangerous
Swedish furniture-giant IKEA wants to bring the power of the sun into U.S. homes. The company announced on May 12 that it was partnering with residential solar provider SunPower to make “home solar solutions” available to its U.S. customers. “At IKEA, we’re passionate about helping our customers live a more sustainable life at home,” IKEA... Continue Reading →
IKEA to Start Selling Solar Panels in California Stores
Much of the "excess heat" stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700m), new research suggests. Oceans have absorbed about 90% of warming caused by humans. The study found that in the subtropical North Atlantic (25°N), 62% of the warming from 1850-2018 is held in the deep ocean. The researchers... Continue Reading →
Deep ocean warming as climate changes
The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement – Feature Documentary
Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature. As pressures on ecosystems mount and as conventional laws seem increasingly... Continue Reading →
The science is clearer than ever that to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change, we not only have to reduce emissions, but also pull CO2 directly out of the air with carbon removal. The U.S. Long-Term Strategy indicates that in addition to reducing emissions by at least 85% around half a billion tons... Continue Reading →
Building Direct Air Capture Responsibly from the Ground Up
‘Sustainable ocean management ’. ‘Natural capital ’. ‘Ecosystem services ’. What’s wrong with these terms? They seem innocent enough, but they could be helping to maintain the prevailing view of nature which has led us to the climate and ecological emergency in the first place. Language can mould our thoughts and influence the way we... Continue Reading →
Protecting Nature | Why the Words We Use Matter
There are clear connections between the fossil fuel industries and the politicians who are both stalling action on climate change and diminishing democracy – and it’s a dangerous shift, argues an international studies professor in her new book. By Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This... Continue Reading →
Rising Authoritarianism and Worsening Climate Change Share a Fossil-fueled Secret
The Power of Big Oil (Part Three: Delay)
FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. As leading climate scientists issue new warnings about climate change, Part Three examines how the fossil fuel industry worked to delay the transition to renewable energy sources — including by promoting natural gas as a cleaner alternative. Source!
Researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps. MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water. The suitcase-sized device, which requires less power to operate than a cell... Continue Reading →
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
This article was originally published in Climate & Capital Media. Read it here. When Melissa Burt, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University, made a video about the climate crisis, it included images of her daughter, Mia. "There’s some light within her that makes me continue to do the climate science work that I do,"... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 