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Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered ‘Unprecedented State’ That Threatens Global Climate Stability
Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered ‘Unprecedented State’ That Threatens Global Climate Stability “Never have so many Arctic indicators been brought together in a single paper.” And the findings spell trouble for the entire planet. The Yukon River winds through western interior Alaska in early April. (Photo: UAF/Todd Paris) A new research paper by American and […]
Logging is the Lead Driver of Carbon Emissions From US Forests
Logging is the Lead Driver of Carbon Emissions From US Forests Clearcut, Oregon Coast Range. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Climate change is having a growing impact on Americans and, as the crisis escalates, communities face growing challenges. The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscores that we have eleven short years to make […]
Another Blockbuster Storm Could Hit The Plains And Midwest States This Week
Another Blockbuster Storm Could Hit The Plains And Midwest States This Week One month after one of the most powerful storms on record pummeled the Plains and Midwest, another storm of similar strength has been forecasted to strike the same region this week. “Another strong storm is poised to impact the central U.S. from Colorado to the […]
Last time CO2 levels were this high, sea levels were 60 feet higher and Antarctica had trees
Last time CO2 levels were this high, sea levels were 60 feet higher and Antarctica had trees Study finds the Earth’s climate is highly sensitive to “relatively small variations in atmospheric CO2.” The last time carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were as high as they are today, sea levels were 60 feet higher and […]
Polar Warning: Even Antarctica’s Coldest Region Is Starting to Melt
Polar Warning: Even Antarctica’s Coldest Region Is Starting to Melt East Antarctica is the coldest spot on earth, long thought to be untouched by warming. But now the glaciers and ice shelves in this frigid region are showing signs of melting, a development that portends dramatic rises in sea levels this century and beyond. No […]
Harvest timber without destroying forests
Harvest timber without destroying forests A prehistoric squirrel, it is said, could have scampered from Norway to Singapore without touching the ground, so dense was the carpet of trees that stretched across the world. Similar forests stretched across North America and many other parts of the world – all of them providing a home to […]
Shell Sued in the Netherlands for Insufficient Action On Climate Change
Shell Sued in the Netherlands for Insufficient Action On Climate Change Plaintiffs allege Shell’s current business model threatens human rights because the oil giant is knowingly undermining the world’s chances to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Photo Credit: Paul Ellis/Getty Images Seven environmental and human rights organizations in the Netherlands have filed suit against […]
100s Of Millions Of Dollars In Crops Destroyed By Flooding, And Farmers Are Being Told “There’s Nothing The U.S. Government Can Do To Help”
100s Of Millions Of Dollars In Crops Destroyed By Flooding, And Farmers Are Being Told “There’s Nothing The U.S. Government Can Do To Help” This is the worst economic disaster for U.S. farmers in modern American history. Our ongoing trade war with China had greatly depressed prices for wheat, corn and soybeans, and so farmers […]
NASA Warns: ‘Catastrophic’ Supervolcano Poses Bigger Threat The Mankind Than Asteroid
NASA Warns: ‘Catastrophic’ Supervolcano Poses Bigger Threat The Mankind Than Asteroid NASA has warned that a catastrophic supervolcano’s eruption poses a bigger threat to humanity than does an asteroid. An eruption at Yellowstone, for example, would be an apocalyptic event – one which human beings have never experienced. A supervolcano has the ability to “push […]
What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren?
What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren? Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for “Deep Adaptation”—that we must prepare for inevitable collapse. However, this orientation is dangerously flawed. It threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy by diluting the efforts toward positive change. What we really need right now is Deep […]
Half a degree may make heat impact far worse
Half a degree may make heat impact far worse The US south-west may have more drought and forest fires with 0.5°C more heat. Image: By RD Gray on Unsplash Half a degree of warming doesn’t sound like much. But there is fresh evidence that it could make a huge difference to rainfall and drought. LONDON, 4 April, 2019 − Japanese […]
Europe’s food imports devour rainforests
Europe’s food imports devour rainforests Europe’s food imports swallow large amounts of tropical deforestation. Image: By Sander Dalhuisen on Unsplash Human appetites drive global rainforest destruction. Now science has measured how Europe’s food imports leave scorched tropical soils and greenhouse gases. LONDON, 5 April, 2019 − European scientists have worked out how European consumers can reduce tropical forest loss and cut […]
CO2 levels pass 3-million-year record
CO2 levels pass 3-million-year record Fossil fuel burning is pushing CO2 levels ever higher. Image: By Tony Webster, via Wikimedia Commons The modern world is about to pass a temperature peak dating back for millions of years – because CO2 levels have already passed an ancient record.. LONDON, 8 April, 2019 – German scientists have confirmed, once […]
The Skeleton In The Electric Car Closet
The Skeleton In The Electric Car Closet The number of electric vehicles is increasing rapidly, but at great human cost. You probably have not heard anything other than praise for electric cars in the mainstream media. They are sexy and environmentally friendly too, we are told. The first may be true, but not the latter. Batteries are […]
Climate Research Needs to Change to Help Communities Plan for the Future
Climate Research Needs to Change to Help Communities Plan for the Future Climate change is a chronic challenge — it is here now, and will be with us throughout this century and beyond. As the U.S.government’s National Climate Assessment report made clear, it’s already affecting people throughout the United States and around the world. Warmer temperatures are making heat waves […]
