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Fossil Fuel Companies Knew How Hard Keeping to IPCC’s ‘Unprecedented’ 1.5C Limit Would Be — And Did Nothing
Fossil Fuel Companies Knew How Hard Keeping to IPCC’s ‘Unprecedented’ 1.5C Limit Would Be — And Did Nothing The scientists are clear: “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” are needed if the humans are going to prevent the world warming by more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This news — emanating from the release of […]
Charting a Jagged Course Through the Apocalypse
Charting a Jagged Course Through the Apocalypse Photo Source NASA’s Earth Observatory | CC BY 2.0 “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop” -Economist Herbert Stein Those who live in the reaches of the Arctic Circle tend to convey the same humbling lesson: Mother Nature calls the shots and survival depends upon preparing […]
From CO2 to Methane, Trump’s Hurricane of Destruction
From CO2 to Methane, Trump’s Hurricane of Destruction Photo Source Becker1999 | CC BY 2.0 While the Trump administration swirls around in a vortex of Tweets, lies and Russiagate, one thing is for certain, while we are all distracted and perplexed by the daily mayhem, Trump and his fossil fuel buddies are getting away with […]
The 1.5 Generation
Grist / Amelia Bates The 1.5 Generation My generation is radically remaking climate activism. Will it be enough? My generation, the millennials, will never know a time when climate change wasn’t a grave threat. Back in 1988, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crossed the 350 parts per million level when I was still watching Sesame […]
Greenhouse Hothouse Firehouse
Greenhouse Hothouse Firehouse A scientific paper recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is getting a lot of attention. Written in the dry style of systems analysis—and throughout the text referring to the planet as the ‘Earth System’, it nevertheless brilliantly manages to present the looming dangers of extreme climate […]
A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival
A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival There is almost unanimous agreement among climate scientists and organizations – that is, 97% of over 10,000 climate scientists and the various scientific organizations engaged in climate science research – that human beings have caused a dramatic increase in the amount of carbon dioxide, methane and […]
Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set New Record
Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set New Record In April of this year, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii recorded an average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide above 410 parts per million (ppm). This was the highest monthly average in recorded history, and in fact according to ice core records it is the highest value in at least […]
Diet, Ignorance and the Environmental Catastrophe
Diet, Ignorance and the Environmental Catastrophe Climate Change sounds vast and impersonal, but it’s really a very personal matter; a global crisis caused by the individual actions humanity has collectively taken. All too often such actions proceed from a position of ignorance selfishness and habit, and are undertaken with little or no understanding of the […]
Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air
Humans didn’t exist the last time there was this much CO2 in the air The last time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were this high, millions of years ago, the planet was very different. For one, humans didn’t exist. On Wednesday, scientists at the University of California in San Diego confirmedthat April’s monthly average atmospheric carbon […]
The Keeling Curve at 60: A portrait of climate crisis
The Keeling Curve at 60: A portrait of climate crisis If you’ve ever wondered what a scientific representation of metabolic rift might look like, check out this graph. We are approaching the sixtieth birthday of the Keeling Curve. It is such a stunning example of important and clearly presented science that it has been designated […]
A Shell report predicted how devastating climate change would be — it’s from 1988
A Shell report predicted how devastating climate change would be — it’s from 1988 Royal Dutch Shell gas station. Jonathan Nicholson/NurPhoto via Getty Images A 1988 Royal Dutch Shell report recently published online shows that the company knew decades ago what the impact of climate change would be. The document was found by Dutch journalist […]
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 […]
Global C02 Emissions Rise For The First Time In 3 Years
Global C02 Emissions Rise For The First Time In 3 Years In a worrying development, global CO2 emissions from energy jumped by 1.4 percent in 2017, the first increase in three years. The trend indicates that global efforts to reduce emissions are “insufficient,” according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. Total energy-related […]
New Map Reveals Which Countries are Most Likely to Survive Climate Change
New Map Reveals Which Countries are Most Likely to Survive Climate Change Climate change is real, and it’s happening. But will you survive it? Melting ice caps, record high temperatures and rising sea levels are just some of the telltale signs. Climate change is one of the most pressing crises facing humanity. Caused by an […]
How to Use Critical Thinking to Spot False Climate Claims
How to Use Critical Thinking to Spot False Climate Claims Much of the public discussion about climate science consists of a stream of assertions. The climate is changing or it isn’t; carbon dioxide causes global warming or it doesn’t; humans are partly responsible or they are not; scientists have a rigorous process of peer review […]
