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El Niño is nearing its end. Does that mean global temperatures will cool down in 2024?
El Niño is nearing its end. Does that mean global temperatures will cool down in 2024? March was the 10th month in a row with record-breaking temperatures A view of a digital sign displaying the high temperature in Death Valley, Calif., on July 15, 2023. Global temperatures hit a record that month, and the year […]
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration If climate and energy policy matter, then here are the three questions to ask instead Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that the Biden Administration is once again considering declaring a national “climate emergency,” explaining that such a declaration could be used to “halt [fossil fuel] exports, drilling.” Today, I […]
Scientists Terrified by How the Climate is Falling Apart
Scientists Terrified by How the Climate is Falling Apart “If the fracturing of our once stable climate doesn’t terrify you, then you don’t fully understand it!” “While those of us working in the climate science field know the true picture, and understand the implications for our world, most others do not,” he wrote. “And this is […]
What did they expect?
What did they expect? My house backs on to a railway line which is now exclusively for passenger trains. It wasn’t always this way though. There was a time when the relative peace was broken six times a day by the roar of freight trains heading up the Rhymney Valley. Their destination was the coal […]
Pinning down climate change’s role in extreme weather
Pinning down climate change’s role in extreme weather and did climate change contribute to the flooding in Dubai? In the wake of any unusual weather event, someone inevitably asks, “Did climate change cause this?” In the most literal sense, that answer is almost always no. Climate change is never the sole cause of hurricanes, heat […]
1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk had bird flu virus fragments, FDA says
1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk had bird flu virus fragments, FDA says Milk sampled from areas with infected herds of dairy cows was more likely to be positive. Matt Rourke / AP file The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that traces of the bird flu virus have been found in 1 in 5 samples […]
Dengue fever is surging in Latin America
Dengue fever is surging in Latin America The number of people who succumb to the disease has been rising for two decades photograph: getty images For the second time in five years, Brazil’s army is building field hospitals in the capital, Brasília. The tents are accommodating a surge of patients from swamped emergency departments, as millions […]
Designing Collective Security | Olivia Lazard
Designing Collective Security | Olivia Lazard Navigating existential crisis in a time of political and social upheaval We’re breaking all kinds of records at the moment: cities are boiling at 62C, ocean temperatures are literally off the charts, and governments have increased the global defence budget to an alarming $2440 billion. War costs life, and not just human […]
Europe’s historic temperature shift, from summer to winter in just one day
Europe’s historic temperature shift, from summer to winter in just one day Europe has experienced one of the most rapid temperature flips on record in April 2024 — moving from numerous record-breaking summer-like temperatures at the beginning of the month to record-breaking late April records and frost. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera said Europe has never seen […]
Protect the Arctic Region: Already Threatened Arctic Ecology Can be Devastated Further by Rapid Militarization
Protect the Arctic Region: Already Threatened Arctic Ecology Can be Devastated Further by Rapid Militarization The Arctic region is warming at twice the global rate, leading to rapid melting of ice–some have even predicted ice-free summers by year 2034. This has brought unprecedented threats to various species of the region including the polar bear. Some […]
0.04%: Small Does Not = Immaterial
0.04%: Small Does Not = Immaterial Think CO2 Concentration at 0.04% is Low? These 10 Toxins are Deadly at Far Lower Concentrations. Photo by Markus Spiske / Unsplash If you follow me on Twitter , you’re probably familiar with the onslaught of nonsense from the anti-science crowd. I’m fine with respectful, reasoned responses, but many of the […]
Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find
Microplastics make their way from the gut to other organs, researchers find Visualization of systemic polystyrene microsphere translocation. Visualization of polystyrene microspheres resuspended from isolated pellet in 100% EtOH. The black arrow indicates polystyrene microspheres. Credit: Environmental Health Perspectives (2024). DOI: 10.1289/EHP13435 It’s happening every day. From our water, our food and even the air we breathe, […]
Wildfire season roars to life in parts of B.C. and Alberta
Wildfire season roars to life in parts of B.C. and Alberta The 2024 wildfire season roared to life across Western Canada this weekend as crews battled multiple out-of-control blazes Multiple fires broke out across Western Canada this weekend amid a persistent and severe drought affecting British Columbia and Alberta. B.C. fire crews are working to […]
Accepting Our Lack of Agency
Accepting Our Lack of Agency An early morning picture at Black Rock Mountain State Park in Georgia The last month has been focused on acceptance, and has been building up to the inexorable, immutable, and irrevocable truth that besets us within the confines of the set of predicaments we face. The one thing I constantly see and […]
‘We were in disbelief’: Antarctica is behaving in a way we’ve never seen before. Can it recover?
‘We were in disbelief’: Antarctica is behaving in a way we’ve never seen before. Can it recover? Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back. A small boat glides around patches of sea ice in the water off Deception Island in […]
