The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. . “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive for ostensibly reachable goals and, tragically or amusingly, never manage to get any... Continue Reading →
Summer started with an oppressive heat wave. Get used to it. Summer only just started, but much of the world is already experiencing brutal heat. In the last two weeks, extreme heat waves have struck many parts of the US, Europe and China, threatening lives, increasing the risk of wildfires, and testing the limits of... Continue Reading →
This could be the coolest summer of the rest of your life
Weather and climate experts cited in this month’s Yale Climate Connections video weigh in on the knowns, unknowns, and uncertainties involving the relationship of tornadoes and climate change. From academic researchers comes a shared view that tornado outbreaks, intensity, timing, and location are not easily resolved in climate models. But they generally agree that tornadoes... Continue Reading →
Grappling with scientific understanding of tornadoes and climate change
Is Climate Change Moving Faster Than We Thought? Featuring Michael Mann
New Study Shows the Climate is Changing Faster then Scientists Thought. Dr. Michael Mann | Bio: Distinguished Professor of Meteorology & Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University / Member-National Academy of Sciences & recipient of the Tyler Prize / Author of several books including, The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our... Continue Reading →
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
We may be looking at the wrong climate change data… and it might be worse than we thought Living in a time of polar ice caps means the “greenhouse” model may be underestimating of climate change. Six times since 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released major assessment reports on the climate.... Continue Reading →
We may be looking at the wrong climate change data…
140bn metric tons of planet-heating gases could be unleashed if fossil fuel extraction plans get green light, analysis shows by Nina Lakhani in Colorado and Oliver Milman in New York The fate of the vast quantities of oil and gas lodged under the shale, mud and sandstone of American drilling fields will in large part... Continue Reading →
US fracking boom could tip world to edge of climate disaster
We speak with a leading Indian climate scientist about the punishing heat wave that produced the hottest weather ever recorded in April for India and Pakistan. Temperatures have climbed above 110 degrees Fahrenheit, causing power outages, school closures, crop damage and health warnings. Scientists link the early onset of the region’s intense summer to the... Continue Reading →
Climate Injustice: Those Who Face Record Heat Wave in India & Pakistan Did Not Create the Crisis
The UN’s annual report on mitigating calamities shows that a radical rethink is needed to protect those who suffer most If the world seems beset by constant disasters, from the pandemic to drought, we only have ourselves to blame. Over the past two decades, we have experienced up to 500 disasters a year as a... Continue Reading →
Global disasters are coming harder and faster. Here’s how we can cut the risks
Kenyan Women Pray for Rain
Hundreds of women in northern Kenya join together to pray for rain—which they haven’t seen in almost a year. The community plans to repeat the practice every day until rain comes. In response to this crisis, Mercy Corps is providing cash assistance so families can purchase essential needs like food and water. We’ve helped thousands... Continue Reading →
(REMINDER) ‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN • FRANCE 24 English
Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions and less than a decade to slash them almost in half, the UN said Monday in a landmark report on stopping global warming and ensuring a "liveable future". FRANCE 24's Environment Editor Valérie Dekimpe tells us more. Source...
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