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On the Move
‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter where people live Abrahm Lustgarten zooms in on how global warming will affect the United States As the risk of wildfires grows in the American West (the 2020 Blue Ridge Fire in California, shown), some residents may look for other places to live. DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGES […]
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What” The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. This article is an excerpt from the book “On The Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America,” about climate migration in the U.S. For more, see abrahm.com. Another great American migration is now underway, this […]
Open comment post: the AMOC shutdown and the future of agriculture
Open comment post: the AMOC shutdown and the future of agriculture It’s time to move on to pastures new from my Saying NO… book, as I mentioned in my last post. Seems like an opportune moment to try an ‘open comment’ post to signal the change of direction, an idea I trailed at the start of the […]
Geoengineering Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Solving the ‘Climate Crisis’ Is Bad for Business and Worse for Politics
Geoengineering Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Solving the ‘Climate Crisis’ Is Bad for Business and Worse for Politics The article “Harvard Shuts Geoengineering Project” by Cauf Skiviers, explains Bill Gates, funder of the project, stopping Harvard from carrying out the study to preserve the climate narrative, see this. How is this relevant? That Bill Gates calls the […]
The World F-‘d Around, Now It’s Finding Out
THE WORLD F-’D AROUND, NOW IT’S FINDING OUT Well, everyone wanted to do what they wanted to do instead of what they needed to do, and this is the end result. It was inevitable. Neglecting our responsibilities on this earth only had one outcome, and it’s a living nightmare. I think it’s time we talked […]
Will AMOC Kill Us All?
Will AMOC Kill Us All? Draft script: You’ve probably heard a lot about the AMOC, which is short for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current. Based on my awkward pronunciation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, you can understand why I prefer the acronym, AMOC. With this video, I will provide an overview of the AMOC, […]
Advances and challenges in understanding compound weather and climate extremes
Advances and challenges in understanding compound weather and climate extremes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the context of global warming, many extremes, such as heat waves, heavy precipitation, and droughts, have become increasingly frequent and intense, as expected theoretically. Somewhat unexpectedly, these extremes have also exhibited tightened linkage in both time and space, constituting compound […]
Climate Disaster Is Here—and the State Will Never Save Us
Climate Disaster Is Here—and the State Will Never Save Us “States demonstrate, again and again, that not only do they not protect the Earth, they facilitate its destruction.” Dean Spade on the promise of speculative fiction and a review of The Ministry for the Future and The Deluge. The Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana […]
On Being Reasonable
On Being Reasonable Scientists have been in the news of late fretting that their projections about the onset of disasters caused by a warming climate may have been off the mark. It appears that Mother Nature has pushed the “fast forward” button and we are all paddling, choking, and sizzling much sooner than sober science […]
Climate change is redrawing the disaster map
Climate change is redrawing the disaster map From tropical storms to wildfires, climate disasters aren’t confined to the places we’re used to seeing them. Vehicles and housing structures are partially submerged after Tropical Storm Hilary flooded a community of unhoused people on August 21st, 2023, in Cathedral City, California. Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images […]
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’ The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years, prior to human existence, because […]
With 1.5°C Goal ‘Currently Not Plausible,’ Study Calls for Focus on Deep Social Change
With 1.5°C Goal ‘Currently Not Plausible,’ Study Calls for Focus on Deep Social Change “In order to be equipped for a warmer world, we have to anticipate changes, get the affected parties on board, and take advantage of local knowledge,” said one researcher. Scientists at the University of Hamburg in Germany argued Wednesday that meeting […]
“Distasteful Masterclass In Hypocrisy”: Elites Swarm Davos In Private Jets To Discuss Climate Crisis
“Distasteful Masterclass In Hypocrisy”: Elites Swarm Davos In Private Jets To Discuss Climate Crisis The annual conference of the World Economic Forum begins today in Davos, Switzerland. Global elites landed in luxurious private jets over the last few days in airports around Davos to discuss important global challenges, such as climate change, behind closed doors. “The […]
Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions
Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions Photo Credit: Getty Thanks go to Tony Heller, who first collected many of these news clips and posted them on RealClimateScience. SUMMARY Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates […]
Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle
Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle DAWWAYAH, Iraq and ILISU DAM, Turkey (AP) — Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says. He’s already […]
