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10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything
10-Minute Neighborhoods: The Low-Tech Solution to Almost* Everything What if it were possible to make headway on all these issues with simple changes to our neighborhoods? What if we could cut our medical costs in half? What if we could give the average American an added five years of healthy life? What if we could […]
Dangerous climate tipping point is ‘about a century ahead of schedule’ warns scientist
Dangerous climate tipping point is ‘about a century ahead of schedule’ warns scientist A slowing Gulf Stream system means catastrophic East Coast flooding will get much worse. TAXIS SIT IN A FLOODED LOT AFTER HURRICANE SANDY OCTOBER 30, 2012 IN HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY. CREDIT: MICHAEL BOCCHIERI/GETTY IMAGES New research provides strong evidence that one of […]
1.5°C of warming is closer than we imagine, just a decade away
1.5°C of warming is closer than we imagine, just a decade away Global warming of 1.5°C is imminent, likely in just a decade from now. That’s the stunning conclusion to be drawn from a number of recent studies, surveyed below. Paris Commitments now put the world on a path of 3.4°C of warming by 2100 […]
Where’s the “eco” in ecomodernism?
Where’s the “eco” in ecomodernism? Image: Richard Walker If you hadn’t heard, despair is old hat. Rather than retreat into the woods, now is the time to think big, to propose visionary policies and platforms. So enter grand proposals like basic income, universal healthcare, and the end of work. Slap big polluters with carbon tax, […]
Climate Truth: a Plan for Sustainability
Climate Truth: a Plan for Sustainability Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture | CC BY 2.0 There is a practical path for tackling climate change, for organizing from your house to your neighborhood, city, state and beyond. It’s clear. It’s simple. It’s 3 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per person per year as a goal […]
What If All the Cheap Stuff Goes Away?
What If All the Cheap Stuff Goes Away? Nothing stays the same in dynamic systems, and it’s inevitable that the current glut of low costs / cheap stuff will give way to scarcities that cannot be filled at current low prices. One of the books I just finished reading is The Fate of Rome: Climate, […]
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke Trees are dying at unprecedented rates. Can we rethink conservation before it’s too late? Each year, the Earth’s trees suck more than a hundred billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That’s an impossibly huge number to consider, about 60 times the weight of all the humans currently on the planet. […]
The Anthropocene’s Birthday, or the Birth-Year of Human-Accelerated Climate Change
The Anthropocene’s Birthday, or the Birth-Year of Human-Accelerated Climate Change Scientists have found a major spike in the amount of Carbon-14 within the tree rings of “The Loneliest Tree In The World,” which ring corresponds to October-December 1965. This tree is a Sitka Spruce, a species from the American Northwest (and into Canada) that was […]
Global Cooling Reducing Food Supply
Global Cooling Reducing Food Supply What food is not hit by various Pandemic diseases, the weather seems to be wiping out the rest. In Germany, farmers have experienced 42% less crop in fruit in 2017 compared to 2016. According to the Federal Statistical Office, all crops are affected by drastic losses due to extreme cold. The reason is […]
Talking climate, taking action – a quest for belonging
Talking climate, taking action – a quest for belonging This is the final post in a series of blogs from our Guest Editor Kate Heath, an ex-humanitarian worker now based in Paris – exploring how to have constructive conversations about climate change. In this, my final reflections on the value, science and art of talking climate […]
Drill, Baby, Drill: The U.S. Added 38 Percent More Oil and Gas Rigs Last Year
Drill, Baby, Drill: The U.S. Added 38 Percent More Oil and Gas Rigs Last Year Burn, baby, burn: Experts express fear about the enormous climate impact of this boom in new fossil fuel development. The number of oil and gas rigs in the United States has increased an astonishing 38 percent over the past year. […]
The Death of Sunspot Cycle 24, Huge Snow and Record Cold
The Death of Sunspot Cycle 24, Huge Snow and Record Cold My friend Alex is in Chamonix in the shadow of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. He sent some very snowy pics and mentioned that it was fair dinging down. The most snow since 2010. Knowing that sunspot cycle 24 was well-advanced I did […]
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, “Day Zero” Looms
Climate Bellwether? With Cape Town Almost Out of Water, “Day Zero” Looms In less than three months, residents in South African city could be lining up for rationed water under armed guards. “Is this the new normal?” Tree trunks stand in the critically low Theewaterskloof Dam in Villiersdorp, South Africa, Jan. 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters) […]
Seeing Red on Climate
Seeing Red on Climate Young Republicans, reformed lobbyists, and green Tea Partiers: Meet America’s “eco-right.” Todd Tanner has a pretty sweet offer for his fellow Montanans: a new shotgun in exchange for science-based evidence that he’s wrong about climate change. The conservationist uses the challenge in an attempt to raise awareness about our warming planet. […]
Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate
Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate Podcast: Play in new window | Download As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it’s an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, both recent and ancient. This week on Sea Change […]
