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The climate and the commons
The climate and the commons This article is intended for those familiar with the CapGlobalCarbon proposal. Please first read this or watch this short video explainer. The Paris agreement that ensued from the COP-21 summit states that “climate change is a common concern of humankind”. This brings to mind the position taken by an increasing number of climate […]
“It’s Hot Out There” – Here’s Why In One Visualization
“It’s Hot Out There” – Here’s Why In One Visualization It’s not just warm, but very warm,” exclaims one east coast ski resort owner, adding “I can’t remember it ever being like this here.” But why? As WSJ reports, two weather occurrences – the Arctic Oscillation and El Niño – are combining to shake up temperatures from coast to coast in […]
Can We Have Our Climate and Eat It Too?
Can We Have Our Climate and Eat It Too? As much as world leaders would like to focus attention on their economies, terrorism, or winning the next election, the heat is rising. Each new release of data on melting glaciers and extreme weather seems more dire than the last, and each governmental COP meeting organized […]
Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate
Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate The world’s soils store four times more carbon than its plants. The world’s soils could be a key ally in the fight to limit global warming to 2℃, thanks to their ability to store carbon and keep greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. […]
Change Everything or Face A Global Katrina
Change Everything or Face A Global Katrina (Photo: Eric Gay/AP) For me, the road to This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate begins in a very specific time and place. The time was exactly ten years ago. The place was New Orleans, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The road in question was flooded and littered with bodies. […]
The Real Lesson of Katrina: the Worst is Yet to Come
The Real Lesson of Katrina: the Worst is Yet to Come Three weeks and three days before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 10 years ago, a paper of mine appeared in the scientific journal Nature. It showed that North Atlantic hurricane power was strongly correlated with the temperature of the tropical Atlantic during hurricane season, and that both […]
NOAA: July Was Hottest Month Ever Worldwide
NOAA: July Was Hottest Month Ever Worldwide July was a scorcher, globally speaking. Last month was the warmest on record worldwide with many countries and the world’s oceans experiencing intense heat waves, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today in a report. The report found that “the July average temperature across global land and ocean […]
Muslim scholars say climate change poses dire threat
Muslim scholars say climate change poses dire threat The sacred mosque at Mecca in Saudi Arabia, one of the oil-rich countries urged to refocus on the environment. Photo by XXXshatha via Wikimedia Commons LONDON, 15 July, 2015 − Human beings could cause the ending of life on the planet, says a group of Islamic scholars − […]
Shell’s Renewed Arctic Drilling Campaign Faces Yet Another Setback As Key Ship Forced Back To Port
Shell’s Renewed Arctic Drilling Campaign Faces Yet Another Setback As Key Ship Forced Back To Port Is Shell finally “Arctic Ready” after its doomed 2012 campaign? The company is set to begin drilling in the Arctic within the week, and it’s already not looking good. The MSV Fennica, an icebreaker vessel bound for the Chukchi Sea, had barely left […]
Minority, Low-Income Communities Bear Disproportionate Share Of Risk From Oil Trains In California
Minority, Low-Income Communities Bear Disproportionate Share Of Risk From Oil Trains In California People of color and low-income communities are bearing a disproportionate burden of risk from dangerous oil trains rolling through California, according to a new report by ForestEthics and Communities for a Better Environment. Called “Crude Injustice On The Rails,” the report found that 80 percent of […]
Bill McKibben: The Planet’s Future Depends On Distributed Systems
Bill McKibben: The Planet’s Future Depends On Distributed Systems One of the best ways to address climate change To environmental activist Bill McKibben, it’s all about math. The planet has warmed 1 degree Celsius over the past few decades and is on track to rise another 4 to 5 before the end of the century. […]
Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene?
Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene? “Far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges.” “Human civilization developed during the Holocene (the past 12,000 years). It has been warm enough to keep ice sheets off North America and Europe, but cool enough for ice […]
Climate Change
Climate Change Climate change is a controversy. What appear to be independent scientists say that the climate is warming due to greenhouse gases produced by human activity. This warming, apparently measurable, has many impacts on sea levels, and on plant, animal, sea, and bird life, as well as food supply for a heavily populated earth. […]
Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity.
Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity. Among the manifold quotes that are attributed to Albert Einstein, are variants along the lines of: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, […]
What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? | Energy Matters
What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? | Energy Matters. What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? Posted on December 29, 2014 by Roger Andrews Many people, including more than a few prominent politicians, accept that global warming must be limited to no more than two degrees C above the pre-industrial mean, or a […]
