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Science Snippets: Water Disappears as Earth Warms
Science Snippets: Water Disappears as Earth Warms Draft script: The title of this video makes an obvious statement. As Earth or any part of Earth warms, evaporation accelerates. As a result, surface water evaporates and goes into the atmosphere. Considering Earth is in the midst of the most rapid environmental change in planetary history, we must […]
Alien Planet Earth
Alien Planet Earth The world of just a few lifetimes ago Watching the climate change is like waiting for your hair to grow. You know it’s happening, but you can’t really tell from day to day. However, from a greater chronological distance, the damage humanity is inflicting on our planet is clear. Where I live, […]
Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something,’ officials say
Earth breaks heat and CO₂ records once again: ‘Our planet is trying to tell us something,’ officials say Credit: CC0 Public Domain Humanity is ignoring major planetary vital signs as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels soar to all-time highs and Earth records its 12th consecutive month of record-breaking heat, international climate officials warned this week. At […]
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?
The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt? An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar … and mull over survival. I’ve known Dan Brooks for 40 years now. Somehow we’re still talking to each other. We’ve followed radically different trajectories since first meeting back in the ’80s. Over the decades, Dan […]
Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification
Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification Third of world’s ocean surface particularly vulnerable to threats driven by burning fossil fuel and deforestation, new research finds The world’s oceans are facing a “triple threat” of extreme heating, a loss of oxygen and acidification, with extreme conditions becoming far more intense in […]
Finding Our Future
Finding Our Future We are looking for it in all the wrong places SolarPunk versus Fossil Fuels AI-Generated – Copilot The world in the image on the left above is totally dependent on the world in the image on the right. These now function as states of cognitive dissonance, which must be resolved by […]
A program meant to help developing nations fight climate change is funneling billions of dollars back to rich countries
A program meant to help developing nations fight climate change is funneling billions of dollars back to rich countries Ecuador has sought funding to fight the effects of climate change, like this June 2023 flood that followed heavy rains in Esmeraldas. So far, the developed world has offered the debt-strapped nation more loans than grants. […]
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno
Only the Hardiest Trees Can Survive Today’s Urban Inferno In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren’t native species. PHOTOGRAPH: VICENTE MÉNDEZ Last fall, I invited a stranger into my yard. Manzanita, with its peeling red bark and delicate […]
Noxious Disinformation. Climate: The Movie
Noxious Disinformation. Climate: The Movie Refuting lies takes far more time and energy than making them Spitting oil? An excellent illustration by Jim Cooke perfectly illustrates this article. We are enveloped by disinformation every day. This article is longer than usual. Slapping down lies takes extra time and work. It may need to be read in the […]
The Renewables Farce
The Renewables Farce The renewals transition is a lie. Here’s why. Photo by CHUTTERSNAP / Unsplash Let me say this loud for the people in the back: RENEWABLES ARE NOT A PANACEA FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Sure, wind, solar or geothermal energy might reduce carbon intensity per unit of output. Indeed, an EV, for example, emits less […]
Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models
Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models Draft script: From Popular Mechanics comes this headline on 22 April 2024: Trillions of Tons of Carbon Are Missing from Climate Models. The story begins with three bullet points: (1) While the world’s soils are home to lots of organic carbon—such as leaf litter and animal […]
Tree rings reveal summer 2023 was the hottest in 2 millennia
Tree rings reveal summer 2023 was the hottest in 2 millennia Tree rings suggest the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, with temperatures exceeding those of the coldest summer in the same period by 7 degrees Fahrenheit (3.9 Celsius). A photo taken in May 2024 shows three women shielding themselves […]
Al Gore Said the Ice Caps would be Gone by 2014 – Yes 2014!
Al Gore Said the Ice Caps would be Gone by 2014 – Yes 2014! The Press REFUSES to hold all of these failed Climate Change forecasts to test. All they do is keep moving the date for our doom, all due to CO2. In fact, the real crisis is the continued weakening of the magnetic field, […]
Future Gas Strategy is a betrayal of promised Climate and Environmental Policies
Future Gas Strategy is a betrayal of promised Climate and Environmental Policies Climate scientists reveal data that earth’s heating is accelerating, heat extremes are increasing and 1.5C has been breached faster than forecast. We are failing to treat climate change as the single greatest threat to humanity. At the same time our government has announced […]
Will sucking carbon from air ever really help tackle climate change?
Will sucking carbon from air ever really help tackle climate change? The direct air capture industry got a boost last week with the opening of Mammoth, the largest plant yet for sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but questions remain about whether the technology can scale up. Humanity has spent the past few centuries […]
