He’s our very own emperor from hell, an updated version of Nero who, in legend, burned down Rome on a whim, though ours prefers drowning Washington. Why, just the other day, Donald Trump — and you knew perfectly well who I meant — bent the ears of 250 top Republican donors for 84 minutes. Among... Continue Reading →
As floods follow fires, we need to hold our leaders’ feet to the flames – or, for that matter, to the water Environmentalists once saw abstraction as the biggest obstacle to climate action. How, they wondered, could one focus the public on the distant future? Today, we confront the opposite problem, with the very immediacy... Continue Reading →
Is battling back-to-back disasters distracting us from fighting the climate crisis?
Climate Crisis: Will the World Be Livable? (w/ Dr. Michael Mann)
The 2022 IPPC report connects the dots about climate change science. Many of the extreme weather events across the world can now be attributed to climate change. The question is, how bad are we prepared to let climate change get? Source
In Brief: Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change is affecting the planet’s frozen regions. Trapped within Earth’s permafrost – ground that remains frozen for a minimum of two years – are untold quantities of greenhouse gases,... Continue Reading →
Thawing Permafrost Could Leach Microbes, Chemicals Into Environment
The Amazon in danger – Indigenous peoples and their struggle for the rainforest | DW Documentary
"They used to kill us with guns, now they kill us with deforestation and dams." The Brazilian government's failure to protect the Amazon forest is forcing the Munduruku indigenous people to take action against land grabs and illegal logging - and try to save the rain forest on their own. In an unprecedented movement led... Continue Reading →
Can we survive the coming decades?
Can we survive the coming decades? Given the state of global affairs today, that's probably a question many people are asking themselves right now. The IPCC has just published their answer, at least from a climate point of view. And they pull no punches. We're almost out of time, they say, and we need immediate... Continue Reading →
Climate Emergency Feedback Loops
"I highly recommend you to watch these five very educational short films on feedback loops." - Greta Thunberg The Earth is warming the Earth. In this series of five short films, learn why natural warming loops have scientists alarmed—and why we have less time than we think. Subtitled in 23 languages. Source...
Sustainable business, rethinking growth – Founders Valley (1/3) | DW Documentary
An entire generation of young people is rejecting the idea of unlimited economic growth on a planet with finite resources. Among them are social entrepreneurs in Indonesia looking for ways to do business that don’t harm the environment. The poles are melting. Sea levels are rising. Dozens of species go extinct every day. Environmental migration... Continue Reading →
A methane feedback loop that is beyond humans' ability to control may have begun, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have said. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere from both human activities and natural processes. It is the second biggest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. According... Continue Reading →
Methane Feedback Loop Beyond Humans’ Ability to Control May Have Begun—NOAA
A key finding in the latest IPCC climate report has been widely misinterpreted, according to scientists involved in the study. In the document, researchers wrote that greenhouse gases are projected to peak "at the latest before 2025". This implies that carbon could increase for another three years and the world could still avoid dangerous warming.... Continue Reading →
Climate change: Key UN finding widely misinterpreted
(We are posting this after the report came out, it becomes obvious why upon reading it...) Talks stretch past deadline as governments are accused of trying to water down findings The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than entrusting the future climate to untried “techno-fixes” such as sucking carbon out... Continue Reading →
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