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Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds
The deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, say scientists. Such decline of this ocean circulation will stagnate the bottom of the oceans and generate further impacts affecting climate and marine ecosystems for centuries to come.
The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return, says new study
Equilibrium states of the volume of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) (black dots) with respect to pre-industrial as a function of atmospheric CO2 concentration (top left) and corresponding temperature anomaly (top right).
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Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late
Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert.
The Guardian view on the IPCC warning: a last chance to save the planet
The world is only a few tenths of a degree away from the globally accepted goal of limiting warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. On current trends, we will shoot past the target within a decade.
From climate change ‘certainty’ to rapid decline: a timeline of IPCC reports
We were warned. From the “certainty” of rising greenhouse gas emissions in 1992 to “widespread” and “unprecedented” impacts on humanity by 2014, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been the beacon of climate science for the world. There were earlier warnings.
‘If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate
Every crisis is in part a storytelling crisis. This is as true of climate chaos as anything else. We are hemmed in by stories that prevent us from seeing, or believing in, or acting on the possibilities for change. Some are habits of mind, some are industry propaganda.
‘I am an optimistic person’: the scientist who studies climate catastrophes
Cycling over London Bridge as the dry heat pushed the temperature above 40C and a hot wind gusted down the River Thames, Friederike Otto paused to look at the monument to the city’s great fire more than 350 years earlier.
Opinion: Abigail Disney: 125 billionaires control our climate future
Editor’s Note: Abigail E. Disney is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and activist. Her latest film, “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales,” co-directed with Kathleen Hughes, made its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
ExxonMobil reports record near-$20bn profit, almost matching Apple
Oil company ExxonMobil has reported a quarterly profit of nearly $20bn (£17.3bn), $4bn more than analysts had forecast, almost matching the earnings of tech giant Apple. The US oil giant’s $19.7bn profit for the third quarter smashed analysts’ expectations, and even outstripped the record $17.
Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN
Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions will lead to global heating of 2.5C, a level that would condemn the world to catastrophic climate breakdown, according to the United Nations.
Overconsumption, not overpopulation, is driving the climate crisis
Fixating on overpopulation (Letters, 19 October) places the blame for the climate emergency on the bodies of the most disadvantaged women in the global south, the very people who are most affected by its impact.
Scientists predicted how much higher seas will rise due to ice melt — it's grim
Recent climate research published in Nature Climate Change has confirmed that melting icecaps in Greenland will contribute to a minimum of 27 centimeters rise in ocean levels even if we collectively stop burning fossil fuels immediately. We have reached a “point of no return.
Study: Four major climate tipping points close to triggering
Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping points” are still likely to be triggered with a lot more looming as the planet heats more after that, a new study said.
Where We'll End Up Living as the Planet Burns
While nations rally to reduce their carbon emissions, and try to adapt at-risk places to hotter conditions, there is an elephant in the room: for large portions of the world, local conditions are becoming too extreme and there is no way to adapt. People will have to move to survive.
‘We’re going to pay in a big way’: a shocking new book on the climate crisis
In An Inconvenient Apocalypse, authors Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen style themselves as heralds of some very bad news: societal collapse on a global scale is inevitable, and those who manage to survive the mass death and crumbling of the world as we know it will have to live in drastically transfor
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Why Arctic melting could signal 'full-blown climate catastrophe'
The region had actually been warming four times as fast as the global average between 1979 and 2021, according to analysis published in Communications Earth and Environment.
Why the US is so horribly incapable of meaningful climate action
While the world's climate is hot and getting hotter, the US government is frozen in time.
Supreme Court rules for coal-producing states, limits EPA’s power to fight climate change
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday for the major coal-producing states and sharply limited the Biden administration’s authority to restrict the carbon pollution that is causing global warming.
There’s a simple way to unite everyone behind climate justice – and it’s within our power
It has proved too easy to stop people uniting around the crucial issues of our time. Those who demand better pay and conditions for workers and justice for poor people have been pitched by demagogues and corporate lobbyists against those who demand a habitable planet.
The Collapse of a Major Atlantic Current Would Cause Worldwide Disasters
A shutdown of a major current in the Atlantic Ocean would rapidly transform wind, temperature, and precipitation patterns across the whole globe, according to new research. The current is already slowing, likely at least in part because of human-caused climate change.
The four horsemen of the apocalypse are destroying planet Earth
Climate change and loss of biodiversity are the terrible twins working together to threaten human existence. Unfortunately, their wicked problems are accompanied by two equally important drivers of calamity —population and economic growth.
‘Collapse of Civilisation is the Most Likely Outcome’: Top Climate Scientists
Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activated.
Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows
The Amazon is approaching a tipping point, data shows, after which the rainforest would be lost with “profound” implications for the global climate and biodiversity.
'Delay means death': We're running out of ways to adapt to the climate crisis, new report shows. Here are the key takeaways
Climate change is on course to transform life on Earth as we know it, and unless global warming is dramatically slowed, billions of people and other species will reach points where they can no longer adapt to the new normal, according to a major report published Monday.
How ‘Climate Migrants’ Are Roiling American Politics
Refugees fleeing weather-related disasters are changing the political equation in Florida, Virginia, California, Idaho and beyond. Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter at POLITICO.
COP26: The truth behind the new climate change denial
As world leaders met at the COP26 summit to debate how to tackle climate change, misleading claims and falsehoods about the climate spiralled on social media.
Rain fell at the normally snowy summit of Greenland for the first time on record
For the first time on record, precipitation on Saturday at the summit of Greenland — roughly two miles above sea level — fell as rain and not snow. CNN's Brandon Miller contributed to this report.
The multi-billion dollar giants that are melting away
Glistening rivers of ice that wind their way down mountainsides, scraping and gouging the rock beneath them, there is little doubt that glaciers are aesthetically beautiful. But they also play a critical role in all our lives.
Major Report Warns Climate Change Is Accelerating And Humans Must Cut Emissions Now
Global climate change is accelerating and human emissions of greenhouse gases are the overwhelming cause, according to a landmark report released Monday by the United Nations.
Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse
Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.
Yes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe out Six Billion People
“Carbon emissions may continue to rise, the polar ice caps may continue to melt, crop yields may continue to decline, the world’s forests may continue to burn, coastal cities may continue to sink under rising seas and droughts may continue to wipe out fertile farmlands, but the messiahs of hope
‘Climate change has become real’: extreme weather sinks prime US tourism site
Chaos erupted at Bill West’s business in Page, Arizona, last week when he was forced to tell dozens of paid clients their summer vacations were either canceled or on hold – effective immediately.
The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’
Ihave been fascinated by insects all my life. One of my earliest memories is of finding, at the age of five or six, some stripy yellow-and-black caterpillars feeding on weeds in the school playground. I put them in my empty lunchbox, and took them home.
We’re Right to Worry About Nightmare Climate Scenarios
The economist Martin Weitzman got scientists and politicians to think about the worst-case outcomes of global warming. We’re seeing them happen right now. Sign up to receive the Green Daily newsletter in your inbox six days a week.
Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds
A new study tracking the planet’s vital signs has found that many of the key indicators of the global climate crisis are getting worse and either approaching, or exceeding, key tipping points as the earth heats up.
Yep, it’s bleak, says expert who tested 1970s end-of-the-world prediction
At a UN sustainability meeting several years ago, an economic policy officer came up to Gaya Herrington and introduced himself. Taking her name for a riff on James Lovelock’s earth-as-an-organism Gaia hypothesis, he remarked: “Gaya – that’s not a name, it’s responsibility.”
How heat waves form, and how climate change makes them worse
Heat domes, heat islands, mega-droughts, and climate change: the anatomy of worsening heat waves. The Pacific Northwest is sweltering under a record-breaking heat wave. Portland reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit this week. Seattle reached 108 degrees. Vancouver reached 89 degrees.
Global warming may have already passed irreversible tipping point
After the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic, scientists warn point of no return on global warming may have already been reached. Global warning may have already passed an irreversible tipping point, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic has warned.
Climate tipping points could topple like dominoes, warn scientists
Ice sheets and ocean currents at risk of climate tipping points can destabilise each other as the world heats up, leading to a domino effect with severe consequences for humanity, according to a risk analysis.
The Great Dying: Earth's largest-ever mass extinction is a warning for humanity
Right now our planet is in the midst of what science says is an unprecedented rate of change, unlike anything seen in tens of millions of years.
More than three quarters of ocean shark and ray species are at risk of EXTINCTION
More than three quarters of ocean shark and ray species are at risk of EXTINCTION as overfishing causes numbers to plummet by over 70 per cent in 50 years From great white sharks to giant manta rays, our oceans are full of a range of weird and wonderful creatures.
Global ice sheets melting at ‘worst-case’ rates: UK scientists
Rate of loss rose from 0.8 trillion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tonnes per year by 2017, with potentially disastrous consequences. The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches “worst-case climate warming scenarios”, UK scientists have warned in new research.
How humans are driving the sixth mass extinction
Periodically, in the vast spans of time that have preceded us, our planet’s living beings have been purged by planetary catastrophes so extreme they make your typical Ice Age look like the geological equivalent of a stroll in the park.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.
A climate scientist spent years trying to get people to pay attention to the disaster ahead. His wife is exhausted. His older son thinks there’s no future. And nobody but him will use the outdoor toilet he built to shrink his carbon footprint.
Surging global ice melt suggests sea level rise predictions are far too conservative
The world's ice is melting so fast that sea level rise predictions can't keep up. In the 1990s, the Earth's ice was melting at a rate of about 760 billion tons per year. That has surged 60 percent to an average of 1.
Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the global building industry will have poured more than 19,000 bathtubs of concrete. By the time you are halfway through this article, the volume would fill the Albert Hall and spill out into Hyde Park.
The Great Lakes just set a record for lack of ice
Most years, by January the majority of the Great Lakes are so cold they look like a scene from "Frozen." This year, that's not the case.
Climate change will cause a shift in Earth's tropical rain belt — threatening water and food supply for billions, study says
By 2100, billions of people are at risk of facing more flooding, higher temperatures and less food and water.
Climate Change Could Shift Earth's Tropical Rain Belt, Threatening Food Security For Billions
A new study suggests a potential change in tropical rain belt patterns could threaten the livelihoods and food security of billions of people.
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WEF's top 5 global risks for 2020 are all about the environment
Economic and political polarization will rise in 2020, according to the World Economic Forum's latest Global Risks report, but severe threats to the climate account for all of the top five long-term risks.
'Nature Is Under Siege': Scientists Sound Alarm About Insect Apocalypse
A collection of new scientific papers authored by 56 experts from around the world reiterates rising concerns about bug declines and urges people and governments to take urgent action to address a biodiversity crisis dubbed the "insect apocalypse.
Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption
The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of scientists, who warn people still haven’t grasped the urgency of the biodiversity
“No, Joe, We’re Not In A ‘Climate Crisis'” — A Dangerous Counter Narrative
A counter narrative is a text that presents missing or underrepresented alternative perspectives. It can offer audiences the opportunity to challenge stereotypical assumptions and illustrate the diversity and complexity of our world.
New Report Details How U.S. Can Achieve Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
A new report from Princeton University released yesterday details five pathways for achieving net zero emissions in the U.S. by 2050, with "priority actions" the U.S. should take before 2030. A highlight across all pathways is total or near total electrification of energy use across the U.S.
Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave off climate change, UN says
This year's economic shutdowns have done little to reduce the world's carbon emissions. While pollution has dipped, greenhouse gases keep accumulating in the atmosphere, locking in future decades of climate disruption and extreme weather.
To Cut Emissions to Zero, U.S. Needs to Make Big Changes in Next 10 Years
If the United States wants to get serious about tackling climate change, the country will need to build a staggering amount of new energy infrastructure in just the next 10 years, laying down steel and concrete at a pace barely being contemplated today.
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A $7 trillion climate change warning to the stock market from its biggest shareholder
The evidence of climate change — from global temperature records to Arctic ice melt, wildfires, hurricanes and flooding — is accelerating. So is investment pressure on corporations.
How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks. With its lively parks and colorful bungalows, Hialeah, Fla., has been the gateway to the American middle class for thousands of Cuban immigrants.
Extinction Rebellion launches campaign of financial disobedience
Extinction Rebellion is launching a campaign of financial civil disobedience aimed at exposing the “political economy’s complicity” in the unfolding ecological crisis.
Deep Frozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up
In August 2019, Iceland held a funeral for the Okjökull Glacier, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change. The community commemorated the event with a plaque in recognition of this irreversible change and the grave impacts it represents.
The climate crisis is looming large on Wall Street
For all their environmental overtures, banks are still pumping billions of dollars into fossil fuel companies. That could become a high-priced habit, as regulators move to tighten rules around how lenders reflect climate-related risks in their accounts.
Greenland Is Melting, And a New Model Suggests We've Greatly Underestimated Its Impact
Greenland is the largest island in the world and on it rests the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere. If all that ice melted, the sea would rise by more than 7 metres.
An earth system model shows self-sustained thawing of permafrost even if all man-made GHG emissions stop in 2020
The risk of points-of-no-return, which, once surpassed lock the world into new dynamics, have been discussed for decades. Recently, there have been warnings that some of these tipping points are coming closer and are too dangerous to be disregarded.
Georgia Senator Dismisses Climate Change While Enjoying Protected Beachfront Mansion
If Sen. David Perdue wins reelection in Georgia’s runoff in January, the Republican Party will almost certainly maintain its Senate majority.
'Past a point of no return': Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero still won't stop global warming, study says
Humanity is beyond the point of no return when it comes to halting the melting of permafrost, a new study says. To stop the warming, "enormous amounts of carbon dioxide have to be extracted from the atmosphere." Some experts are skeptical of the computer model used in the study.
The world's largest wetlands are on fire. That's a disaster for all of us
The world watched as California and the Amazon went up in flames this year, but the largest tropical wetland on earth has been ablaze for months, largely unnoticed by the outside world.
Joe Biden’s Victory is Still a Loss for Humanity
The Biden-Harris administration is good news for corporations, cops, war profiteers and banks too big to fail, but offers nothing to save the people and planet from multiple rises.
Humans May Have Passed the 'Point of No Return' in Climate Crisis, Says Study—But That Doesn't Mean All Hope Is Lost
Humanity may have passed the "point of no return" in the climate crisis—even if everyone on the planet stopped emitting all greenhouse gases at this very moment, according to a study published Thursday.
What a Republican Senate really means for the climate
Climate advocates rejoicing at Joe Biden’s presidential victory are also quietly absorbing the blow of Republicans possibly keeping control of the US Senate – which would kneecap significant efforts to fight globe-heating pollution.
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"Insanely Warm" Arctic Ocean Waters Are Delaying Freeze-Up and Pouring Heat Into the Atmosphere
In September, Arctic sea ice reached its second lowest extent on record. Now, in one significant way, the situation has only gotten worse.
Warming of 2 C would release billions of tons of soil carbon
Global warming of 2°C would lead to about 230 billion tons of carbon being released from the world's soil, new research suggests.
I've Reported On Climate Disasters For 38 Years. Here's What We Need To Do ASAP.
"You no longer have to travel far to report on a climate disaster, as one will soon come to a neighborhood near you.
Arctic methane deposits 'starting to release', scientists say
Scientists say they have found evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean have started to be released over a large area of the continental slope off the East Siberian coast, the Guardian can reveal.
ExxonMobil misled the public about the climate crisis. Now they're trying to silence critics
In 2017, we published the first peer-reviewed analysis of ExxonMobil’s 40-year history of climate change communications. We found that the company and its parents, Exxon and Mobil, misled the public about climate change and its severity.
If Past Is a Guide, Arctic Could Be Verging on Permafrost Collapse
Buried in frozen soil across the Arctic, billions of tons of carbon lies trapped in the ground. Just a few degrees of warming could unleash it into the atmosphere. At least, that’s what the past would suggest. According to a new study, it’s happened before.
Disintegration Fears Grow As Worsening Rifts and Fractures Spotted at Two of Antarctica’s Most Important Glaciers
Satellite imagery has revealed that two of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica are fracturing and weakening faster than ever – the first step towards the glaciers disintegrating and causing sea levels to rise dramatically.
‘High likelihood of human civilisation coming to end’ by 2050, report finds
Human civilisation as we know it may have already entered its last decades, a worrying new report examining the likely future of our planet’s habitability warns.
Portrait of a planet on the verge of climate catastrophe
On Sunday morning hundreds of politicians, government officials and scientists will gather in the grandeur of the International Congress Centre in Katowice, Poland. It will be a familiar experience for many.
The Arctic is in a death spiral. How much longer will it exist?
At the end of July, 40% of the 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf, located on the north-western edge of Ellesmere Island, calved into the sea. Canada’s last fully intact ice shelf was no more.
‘God intended it as a disposable planet’: meet the US pastor preaching climate change denial
Every so often you come across a piece of writing so extraordinary that you cannot help but share it. One such piece is a sermon on global warming by American pastor John MacArthur.
Where Can You Move to Avoid the Climate Crisis?
As the Gulf states get pummeled by intense hurricanes and California burns in record-breaking wildfires, many in regions like these have contemplated moving to places projected to fare better in the face of the climate crisis.
U.S. Public Facing Huge Bill to Clean Up After Oil and Gas Industry
The American public is facing a potential bill of $280 billion for the cleanup of 2.6 million unplugged oil and gas wells, according to Billion Dollar Orphans, a new report from London-based think tank Carbon Tracker. While this number is alarming, it does not even include an estimated 1.
Opinion: Dramatic changes in the Arctic suggest climate change could return Earth to Pliocene conditions of 3 million years ago
Florida and California’s Central Valley would be under water, and it would be too hot to grow corn and wheat in the Midwest and Great Plains Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.
Melting Antarctic ice will raise sea level by 2.5 metres – even if Paris climate goals are met, study finds
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will cause sea level rises of about two and a half metres around the world, even if the goals of the Paris agreement are met, research has shown.
How the oil industry made us doubt climate change
As climate change becomes a focus of the US election, energy companies stand accused of trying to downplay their contribution to global warming.
'Yet Another Alarm Bell': Ice Chunk Twice Size of Manhattan Breaks Off Greenland Glacier Amid Record Arctic Warming
A chunk of ice nearly twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenland's largest remaining glacier and fallen into the ocean, a frightening phenomenon that researchers and environmentalists attributed to record-breaking Arctic warming driven by the human-caused climate crisis.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration
Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, but if the people there move, where will everyone go?
'Where Will Everyone Go?' New Report Documents How Climate Migration Could Reshape US
Potentially millions of people in the U.S. will be displaced as the climate crisis makes certain regions increasingly uninhabitable, prompting new migrations that will reshape the country, a new report shows.
Washington Post: NOAA taps climate change skeptic to help lead agency
CNN's Drew Kann contributed to this report.
Ice shelves propping up two major Antarctic glaciers are breaking up and it could have major consequences for sea level rise
Satellite images show that two important glaciers in the Antarctic are sustaining rapid damage at their most vulnerable points, leading to the breaking up of vital ice shelves with major consequences for global sea level rise.
Trump Scoffs at Plea to Take Climate Change Seriously Amid Fires, Mocks Science Instead
Donald Trump laughed during a briefing on the deadly wildfires in California on Monday, refusing to take seriously the scientific consensus that climate change is a major factor in the blazes currently making it hard to breathe along the entire west coast of the United States.
Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA
Updated at 6:15 p.m. David Legates, a University of Delaware professor of climatology who has spent much of his career questioning basic tenets of climate science, has been hired for a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
We Live On Another Planet Now
Wildfires are good. They are necessary for new growth of trees and for the health of ecosystems. We need fire, but not like this. As I type this, the bright white blue light of my laptop looks like a false beacon next to the dark orange haze outside my window.
Faced With Rising Seas and Other Consequences of Climate Crisis, Low-Lying Delaware Sues 31 Fossil Fuel Companies
Joining the trend of city, county, and state governments trying to make polluters pay for their significant contributions to the climate crisis, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings on Thursday announced a lawsuit against 31 fossil fuel companies on behalf of her state's residents and businesses
'Apocalypse on their mind': Bay Area transfixed by foreboding, orange, smoke-choked skies
Others said it was like a solar eclipse, but longer, or the apocalypse, but less biblical. Some called the darkness a metaphor for life in the days of global warming, of the pandemic, of social unrest, of endless electioneering. Strange and foreboding it was.
Oregon Evacuation Map, Update as Half a Million Forced to Flee, 'Militia Checkpoints' Patrol Roads
Over half a million people have been evacuated statewide in Oregon due to wildfires, authorities have confirmed. According to the Associated Press (AP), The Oregon Office of Emergency Management reported that over "10 percent of the state's 4.
The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you and me
Let’s stop calling this the Sixth Great Extinction. Let’s start calling it what it is: the “first great extermination”.
How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
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What’s causing climate change, in 10 charts
Different ways of looking at the problem. With heat waves, wildfires, intense hurricanes, and other extreme weather events in the headlines, the ravages of climate change have become undeniable and unavoidable. Who or what is responsible for this?
Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows
Sixty-six million years ago, after a massive asteroid hit Earth with the explosive energy of roughly 1 billion nuclear bombs, a shroud of ash, dust and vaporized rock covered the sky and slowly rained down on the planet.
Climate change may wreck economy unless we act soon, federal report warns
The ever-worsening climate crisis is already causing waves of human suffering—both internationally and here in the United States.
The Consequences of Climate Change Are Already Visible in Siberia
The word “Arctic” is seldom associated with images of sweltering heat. Yet in recent months, popular perceptions have changed. Everyone has heard about the record-breaking heatwave burning through Siberia.
How Fast Is the Climate Changing?: It’s a New World, Each and Every Day
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Air pollution is much worse than we thought
Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone.
The global coffee crisis is coming
It’s getting harder and harder to grow coffee. Nearly 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed every year, making it easily one of the most popular goods in the world. It’s cultivated in dozens of countries by nearly 25 million farmers who depend on it to make a living.
E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected in the coming days to lift Obama-era controls on the release of methane, a powerful climate-warming gas that is emitted from leaks and flares in oil and gas wells.
Climate crisis: Out-of-control wildfires in Arctic circle released more CO2 in two months than whole of 2019
Out-of-control wildfires north of the Arctic Circle have released more dangerous greenhouse gases in two months than all of the fires last year combined, scientists have said.
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Baghdad sets record with 125-degree day
Baghdad, Iraq, has seen high temperatures before, but not like this. The city recorded its two hottest days ever Tuesday and Wednesday at 125 and 124 degrees, respectively.
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun
Today, 1% of the world is a barely livable hot zone. By 2070, that portion could go up to 19%.
After 40 years, researchers finally see Earth’s climate destiny more clearly
It seems like such a simple question: How hot is Earth going to get? Yet for 40 years, climate scientists have repeated the same unsatisfying answer: If humans double atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from preindustrial levels, the planet will eventually warm between 1.5°C and 4.
As Planet Edges Closer to Multiple Climate Tipping Points, Scientists Identify First Active Methane Gas Leak in Antarctica
Scientists have for the first time identified an active leak of methane gas from the sea floor in Antarctica, increasing the possibility that the planet is close to one of the "tipping points" that would put the impacts of global heating out of humans' control.
The Trump administration cooks the climate change numbers once again
In its campaign against action on greenhouse gas emissions, one of the more subtle moves by the Trump administration is its manipulation of the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). This number is used to represent the damage resulting from emitting an additional ton of carbon.
Why I don't have a child: my climate crisis anxiety
My partner and I live in a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto. We both work in creative industries in an increasingly unaffordable city, but we get by. So far, we’ve been insulated from the harsher effects of our warming planet. We’re victims of neither floods nor fires.
Global temperatures could exceed crucial 1.5 C target in the next five years
There is an increasing chance that annual global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, new climate predictions from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) say. CNN's Vasco Cotovio contributed reporting.
The law that could make climate change illegal
Imagine this: it’s 2030 and a country has just missed its target for cutting carbon emissions, that was set back in 2020. People are frustrated, but several governments have come and gone since the goal was set. “Don’t blame us,” the current government says.
House Democrats just put out the most detailed climate plan in US political history
A new select committee report is perfectly in tune with the growing climate policy alignment on the left around standards, investments, and justice. A worker installs a photovoltaic panel for the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy South project in the Imperial Valley west of El Centro, California.
Why are fossil fuels so hard to quit?
Samantha Gross Samantha Gross is a fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings.
Arctic Hits Hottest Temperature on Record at 100.4 Degrees Fahrenheit
A small Siberian town north of the Arctic Circle reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday, a figure that — if verified — would be the highest temperature reading in the region since record-keeping began in 1885. “This scares me, I have to say,” environmentalist and 350.
A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington’s Rank and File
WASHINGTON — Efforts to undermine climate change science in the federal government, once orchestrated largely by President Trump’s political appointees, are now increasingly driven by midlevel managers trying to protect their jobs and budgets and wary of the scrutiny of senior officials, accordi
A brazen attack on the environment, Trump's order puts public health at risk
WASHINGTON ----- On June 4, President Trump issued an executive order that dramatically reduces environmental protections for infrastructure and other major projects. The Bill of Rights for the environment is poised to be shredded by Trump administration.
Borrowed time: Climate change threatens U.S. mortgage market
U.S. taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in climate-related property losses as the government backs a growing number of mortgages on homes in the path of floods, fires and extreme weather.
'Not Just Bad, It's Pathological': While Pushing Big Oil Bailouts, Trump Slaps Wind and Solar Industry With $50 Million in Old Rent Bills
While giving fossil fuel companies access to relief funds ostensibly meant for small businesses struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Monday slapped solar and wind power firms with retroactive rent bills dating back two years.
'Milestone Moment' as JPMorgan Chase Announces Former Exxon CEO to No Longer Be Lead Director of Bank's Board
Author and climate activist Bill McKibben welcomed Friday evening what he called "a milestone moment in the history of climate action" after JPMorgan Chase announced it was ousting former Exxon Mobil CEO Lee Raymond from his longtime leadership position on the bank's board of directors.
The Lab That Discovered Global Warming Has Good News and Bad News
Nestled in the forest behind a guard house just north of the border between New York and New Jersey off Route 9W is one of the world’s greatest meccas for climate change research.
The Analogy Between Covid-19 and Climate Change Is Eerily Precise
For a brief moment there, it looked as though the coronavirus pandemic might escape the muck of partisanship. It’s true that President Donald Trump, wary of a recession during a reelection year, had first tried to talk the virus into submission.
Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds
The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims. The wealthiest tenth of people consume about 20 times more energy overall than the bottom ten, wherever they live.
Greenland and Antarctica are now melting six times faster than in the 1990s, accelerating sea-level rise
If the current melting trend continues, the regions will be on track to match the "worst-case" scenario. All total, Greenland and Antarctica have lost 6.4 trillion tons of ice since the 1990s. "Every centimeter of sea-level rise leads to coastal flooding and coastal erosion.
Oil and Gas May Be a Far Bigger Climate Threat Than We Knew
Oil and gas production may be responsible for a far larger share of the soaring levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, in the earth’s atmosphere than previously thought, new research has found.
A Biden Presidency Would Be a 'Death Sentence,' Climate Activists Warn
Joe Biden backed one of the first climate bills in US history, has a relatively strong score from the League of Conservation Voters, and calls fighting global temperature rise “a matter of survival.
A psychotherapist explains why some adults are reacting badly to young climate strikers
Young climate strikers I spoke to recently are confused and distressed about the things adults are doing.
Stony Corals Seem to Be Preparing for a Mass Extinction, Scientists Report
Stony corals provide habitat for an eye-popping one-fourth of the ocean's species. They serve as the centerpiece of a rich and diverse ecosystem, which is why their recent behavior has scientists concerned.
Trump admin writes itself a permission slip to ignore climate change and wreck the environment
The new Trump overhaul would put limits on public comment and environmental analysis, constricting the definitions and timelines for review of projects and allowing many projects to escape review altogether.
Nearly All Coral Reefs Will Disappear Over The Next 20 Years, Scientists Say
Over the next 20 years, scientists estimate about 70 to 90% of all coral reefs will disappear primarily as a result of warming ocean waters, ocean acidity, and pollution.
Colonialism, The Hidden Cause Of Our Environmental Crisis
PARIS — They may only be a few short sentences, but they have sparked strong reactions among critics of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became a figurehead for the climate movement. On Nov.
Sabotaged Science in the Arctic Refuge: Interior Department Works to Undermine Its Own Scientists
It’s been a long, tough road for scientists during the Trump administration—particularly those at the sprawling Department of the Interior.
Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
In a joint declaration, climate scientists, physicists, biologists, engineers and others from at least 20 countries broke with the caution traditionally associated with academia to side with peaceful protesters courting arrest from Amsterdam to Melbourne.
Climate change could be a 'catastrophic' national security threat, report warns
No region of the world will be left unaffected. Climate change is a pressing risk to national and global security. The report recommends "quickly reducing and phasing out greenhouse gas emissions.
Former UN Climate Chief Calls For Civil Disobedience
In a book out tomorrow, the woman who led the negotiations for the Paris Agreement calls for civil disobedience to force institutions to respond to the climate crisis. Figueres served as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010-16.
Inside Australia's climate emergency: the dead sea
There are few places in the world where you can dive among giant kelp forests like those that used to flourish along the Tasmanian east coast.
NASA satellite images reveal dramatic melting in Antarctica after record heat wave
Earlier this month, temperatures in Antarctica appeared to reach a record-breaking 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit, matching the temperature in Los Angeles that day.
Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots
The social media conversation over the climate crisis is being reshaped by an army of automated Twitter bots, with a new analysis finding that a quarter of all tweets about climate on an average day are produced by bots, the Guardian can reveal.
Study: Bots Are Fueling Online Climate Science Denialism
The troubling finding comes by way of a yet-to-be-published study from Brown University that was obtained by The Guardian.
Trump budget calls for slashing funds to climate science centers
President Trump’s budget proposes closing a network of climate science centers, prompting concerns the administration will hamstring climate change research while booting employees from the federal workforce.
Mulvaney Says GOP Won't Act on Climate Crisis Because the Party Doesn't Want Taxes to Go Up
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said in a speech Wednesday night that Republicans won't act on the climate crisis because the party doesn't want to raise taxes or ask people to change their "lifestyle.
Fish All Gone! Gulf of Alaska Fishery to Close for the First Time Ever: No More Cod: Salmon All but Gone: Millions of Small Sea Birds Died Since 2015
November 2019, thousands of short-tailed shearwaters birds migrating from Alaska were washing up dead on Sydney’s iconic beaches. Extremely low cod numbers have lead feds to close the Gulf of Alaska fishery for the first time ever.
Jeff Bezos says he's giving $10 billion — about 7.7% of his net worth — to fight climate change
Jeff Bezos said on Monday that he's giving $10 billion to fight climate change. The Amazon CEO and richest man in the world announced in a post on Instagram that he'd start the Bezos Earth Fund. He said he expects to start giving out grants this summer.
Temperature in Antarctica Soars Past 69°F as NOAA Reports Last Month Was World's Hottest January on Record
As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday announced that last month was the hottest January ever recorded, the Guardian reported that Brazilian scientists logged a new record-breaking temperature of 20.75°C, or 69.35°F, at Seymour Island in Antarctica on Feb. 9.
Video Reveals Threat of "Wholesale Transfer and Privatization of America's Public Lands" on Trump's Agenda, Says Watchdog Group
Watchdog group Western Values Project said Friday that audio it obtained of a June 2019 event at Trump's Interior Department provides more evidence that public lands are under threat of being privatized by the former reality star and his crew of "anti-public land zealots.
Geneva-on-the-Lake park eroding 3 feet a day, because of high water, lack of ice in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Geneva Township Park has lost 45 feet of land in the last 10 days because of erosion of high water and waves on Lake Erie. About 600 feet of the park’s 916 feet of lakefront is affected, said Geneva-on-the-Lake village administrator Jeremy Shaffer.
Antarctic temperature rises above 20C for first time on record
The Antarctic has registered a temperature of more than 20C (68F) for the first time on record, prompting fears of climate instability in the world’s greatest repository of ice. The 20.
Trump oil and gas leases could equal half of China’s annual climate emissions, new report
Federal oil and gas leases sold under the Trump administration are set to dramatically impact the nation’s ability to fight climate change, and the administration continues to keep the American people in the dark about it, according to a new report from The Wilderness Society.
‘Overwhelming and terrifying’: the rise of climate anxiety
Over the past few weeks Clover Hogan has found herself crying during the day and waking up at night gripped by panic.
Get ready for a year of climate emergency declarations
Last month, the cities of Barcelona, San Diego, Boston, and Nottingham all officially declared climate emergencies. They kick off a year that is likely to explode with similar civic pronouncements as cities grapple with responding to and mitigating the consequences of a warming world.
The Wuhan Coronavirus, Climate Change, and Future Epidemics
A previously unknown strain of coronavirus has dominated headlines in recent weeks, and alarmed public health officials with its rapid spread and virulent nature.
2,000 years of Earth's climate in one simple chart – and the copycat that isn't what it seems
What were global temperatures the year Jesus was born, during the 12th century when Genghis Khan ruled the Mongol Empire, and in 1503 when Leonardo da Vinci started painting the Mona Lisa — and how do they compare with temperatures in our modern world? There's now a chart for that.
5 Things You Should Know About the Earth’s Warming Ocean
Part of Joellen Russell’s job is to help illuminate the deep darkness — to shine a light on what’s happening beneath the surface of the ocean. And it’s one of the most important jobs in the world right now. Russell is a professor of biogeochemical dynamics at the University of Arizona.
Climate-Crisis Fueled Locust Swarms Pose 'Unprecedented Threat to Food Security and Livelihoods' in East Africa
A massive invasion of desert locusts—partly fueled by the climate crisis—seriously threatens food security in already-vulnerable communities across East Africa and has increasingly alarmed United Nations experts in recent weeks.
2020 Environmental Voter Guide
The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund evaluated each candidate on four key environmental issue areas: saving wildlife, protecting public lands, ensuring environmental justice and, ending the climate crisis.
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We have 10 years to save Earth's biodiversity as mass extinction caused by humans takes hold, UN warns
Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet's sixth era of mass extinction, according to a United Nations agency.
Coalition forms to back Trump rollback of major environmental law
GOP operative Phil Cox is the chairman of the coalition, named Building a Better America. The former executive director of the Republican Governors Association also led Trade Works for America, a pro-trade group that pushed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Earth's oceans are hotter than ever — and getting warmer faster
The world's oceans hit their warmest level in recorded history in 2019, according to a study published Monday that provides more evidence that Earth is warming at an accelerated pace.
Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits
In early 2018, a few months after the cities of Oakland and San Francisco sued several major oil companies over climate change, attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice began a series of email exchanges and meetings with lawyers for the oil companies targeted in the litigation.
Editorial: Trump’s proposed new environmental reviews rules are as bad as you’d expect
In what could be the administration’s broadest attack yet on federal environmental regulations, the Trump administration on Thursday proposed making it easier to approve major energy and infrastructure projects, including new highways and pipelines, without full consideration of their environmenta
Ecuador To Sell A Third Of Its Amazon Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies
The report comes as oil pollution forced neighboring Peru to declare an environmental state of emergency in its northern rainforest. Ecuador owed China more than $7 billion — more than a tenth of its GDP — as of last summer.
Experts Say The Magna Carta Of American Environmental Law Is Under Siege
The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, headwaters for one of the largest and most costly Superfund cleanup sites in America and product of unregulated industry.
It is absolutely time to panic about climate change
Author David Wallace-Wells on the dystopian hellscape that awaits us. That was was the first line of David Wallace-Wells’s horrifying 2017 essay in New York magazine about climate change.
Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies
The e-commerce giant warned workers who participated in environmental protests that future comments regarding company business practices could lead to termination.
Trump Moves to Open 1.5 Million Acres of Alaskan Refuge for Oil Drilling By End of the Year
The Trump administration has initialized the final steps to open up nearly 1.6 million acres of the protected Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge to allow oil and gas drilling.
European Investment Bank drops fossil fuel funding
The European Union is to stop funding oil, gas and coal projects at the end of 2021, cutting €2bn (£1.7bn) of yearly investments. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU's financing department, will bar funding for most fossil fuel projects.
Why Aren't People in the US Rising Up Like Those Elsewhere in the World?
The waves of protests breaking out in country after country around the world beg the question: Why aren’t Americans rising up in peaceful protest like our neighbors? We live at the very heart of this neoliberal system that is force-feeding the systemic injustice and inequality of 19th century lais
The climate chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific
The fast-warming Sea of Okhotsk, wedged between Russia and Japan, is a cautionary tale of the far-reaching consequences when climate dominoes begin to fall.
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The Shocking Doomsday Maps Of The World And The Billionaire Escape Plans
When I wrote my first article on billionaire bunkers years ago, I never would have imagined how quickly our world was changing. Our lives are in a constant state of flux, the political situation aside, our earth is rapidly changing.
Scientists Want to Make Harming the Environment a War Crime
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The Amazon Is Drying Out Due to Human Activities Making It More Vulnerable to Fires, NASA Scientists Say
The atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has become increasingly dry over the past two decades—and this process is primarily due to human activities, a study involving NASA scientists has found.
Bumblebee Has Officially Been Added To The Ever-Growing List Of Endangered Species
The bumblebee has been officially added to the list of endangered species along with the gray wolf, grizzly bear, the northern spotted owl, and about 700 other extinct animal species.
This is not normal: what's different about the NSW mega fires
I write this piece reluctantly, because there are still possible fire victims unaccounted for; people have lost loved ones; and hundreds of families have lost their homes. My heart goes out to them.
Radio Channel Soon To Inform Farmers About Climate Change
The Maharashtra State Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices is planning to start a dedicated community radio channel to inform farmers about climate change and help in resolving their problems.
A clean and healthy environment should be a basic human right – international law could make it one
Across the street a woman in a car screamed similar sentiments at a convoy of protesters on bicycles who were approaching the main sit-in.
Climate groups can't run ads about global warming on Twitter, but Exxon can
Twitter's new ban on political ads means that environmental advocacy groups won't be able to buy ads on the platform related to climate change given its "legislative importance" — but ads about climate change are currently still fair game for major oil companies like Exxon.
'We're fighting for our lives' – US apple farmers endure major crop and profit losses as climate changes
STONE RIDGE, N.Y. — Elizabeth Ryan was standing among her ruined Golden Supreme apple trees, recalling how they were snapped and toppled by Hurricane Sandy and debating if she should finally replace the remains with plums or grapes. "The weather's been ferocious.
How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong
For decades, most scientists saw climate change as a distant prospect. We now know that thinking was wrong.
Taking a Different Approach to Fighting Climate Change
This article is part of a continuing series on Visionaries. The New York Times selected people from all over the world who are pushing the boundaries of their fields, from science and technology to culture and sports.
A deadly virus is spreading in marine mammals. Scientists say climate change is to blame.
When a deadly virus that killed tens of thousands of European harbor seals in the northern Atlantic Ocean in 2002 began threatening sea lions, seals and otters in the northern Pacific Ocean, scientists were initially puzzled.
The World's Thickest Mountain Glacier Is Finally Melting, and Climate Change Is 100% to Blame
Massive and meaty, the Taku Glacier in Alaska's Juneau Icefield was a poster child for the frozen places holding their own against climate change.
California fires, rising seas: Millions of climate refugees will dwarf Dust Bowl by 2100
“Climate refugee” is likely a new term for most Americans. Also referred to as environmental migrants, climate refugees are people who are now forced to seek refuge from the life-threatening impacts of the climate crisis.
Trump Isn’t a Climate Denier. He’s Worse.
The president is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate change because he just can’t quit carbon. The United States began the formal process of leaving the Paris Agreement on climate change yesterday, withdrawing on the first day it was legally possible.
Defying Trump, Governors Who Represent Over Half the U.S. Population Pledge to Uphold Paris Climate Agreement
A group of two dozen state governors, mostly Democratic but also including Republicans, pledged to uphold the Paris climate agreement despite the Trump administration's withdrawal from it.
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.
Ahead of UN summit, leading scientists warn climate change ‘hitting harder and sooner’ than forecast
The landmark new report, which will be presented to the UN Climate Action Summit, underlines the glaring – and growing – gap between agreed targets to tackle global warming and the actual reality.
Who is holding up the war on global warming? You may be surprised
The good news is that the American public finally appears to accept that global warming is a problem. The bad news is that a substantial percentage of the public is unwilling to pay much to do anything about it. At first glance these may seem to be contradictory messages.
Are these 100 people killing the planet?
Just 100 companies produce 71% of the world's greenhouse gases.This map lists their names and locations, and their CEOs.The climate crisis may be too complex for these 100 people to solve, but naming and shaming them is a good start.
87 Percent of Americans Unaware There's Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Nearly 90 percent of Americans are unaware that there is a consensus within the scientific community that human-caused climate change is real and threatens the planet, a new report says.
Climate impact from loss of tropical forests 600% higher than thought
The amount of carbon released from the loss of intact tropical forests is 626 per cent higher than previously thought, a new study has found. Generally when scientists measure carbon emissions released by forests they look at deforestation.
Facebook Hires Koch-Funded Climate Deniers for ‘Fact-Checking’
It may not come as a surprise that leading climate denier Donald Trump has made more than 10,000 false or misleading claims since he became president, according to fact-checkers at the Washington Post. Much of this tsunami of untruths will get reposted on Facebook as fact.
Editorial: Climate change has set California on fire. Are you paying attention?
California is in a state of emergency. Since early October, millions of people in the northern and southern parts of the state have had their electricity shut off to prevent downed power lines from setting off deadly fires, like the ones that ravaged the state last year.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
In 2005, at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the National Association of Evangelicals was on the verge of doing something novel: affirming science.
What the World Would Look Like if All the Ice Melted
The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and inland seas.
Antarctica warning: Researchers make worrying discovery deep beneath ice
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Opinion: Vote like your life depends on it – because it does
I’m an oil and gas veteran with over 30 years in the business. I want you to know this upfront because my history has shaped me profoundly even as I now walk a different path. This election is a snapshot of our daily lives.
'An Ecological Abomination': Trump Moves to Open Largest Protected Forest in US to Logging Industry
The environmental law non-profit Earthjustice said Tuesday it would challenge a Trump administration proposal to open up more than half of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to the logging industry—threatening wildlife and indigenous populations as well as one of the world's greatest carbon sinks.
Greenland's ice wasn't supposed to melt like last week until 2070
The Greenland ice sheet covers an area the size of Alaska with enough ice to raise global sea level by more than 20 feet. Greenland gains ice each winter from compacting snow accumulation and loses ice from melt water and icebergs discharged to the ocean.
Climate Impacts on Agriculture and Food Supply
Agriculture is an important sector of the U.S. economy. The crops, livestock, and seafood produced in the United States contribute more than $300 billion to the economy each year.
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Tiny changes might seem insignificant. But they are how we save the planet
There is a celebrated line in Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive, his bestselling study of ecocide and sudden social implosion.
Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
In a joint declaration, climate scientists, physicists, biologists, engineers and others from at least 20 countries broke with the caution traditionally associated with academia to side with peaceful protesters courting arrest from Amsterdam to Melbourne.
Latest data shows steep rises in CO2 for seventh year
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by the second highest annual rise in the past six decades, according to new data. Atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas were 414.8 parts per million in May, which was 3.
Arrested at 15: 'Screw it, school is not as important as the climate'
Micah Geiringer's mother gave him just two don'ts: Don't get arrested and don't Super-glue yourself to anything. Micah is walking, talking, freakishly-eloquent proof that teenage rebellion is alive and well in Wellington, New Zealand, in October 2019.
Billions face food, water shortages over next 30 years as nature fails
As many as five billion people, particularly in Africa and South Asia, are likely to face shortages of food and clean water in the coming decades as nature declines.
Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement
The overwhelming majority of climate scientists, international governmental bodies, relevant research institutes and scientific societies are in unison in saying that climate change is real, that it's a problem, and that we should probably do something about it now, not later.
'American Soil' Is Increasingly Foreign Owned
American soil. Those are two words that are commonly used to stir up patriotic feelings. They are also words that can't be taken for granted, because today nearly 30 million acres of U.S. farmland are held by foreign investors.
National climate debate cancelled after Conservatives refuse to participate
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The Trump administration scrubs climate change info from websites. These two have survived.
Reports of climate science being scrubbed from U.S. government websites arrived early in President Donald Trump’s tenure. And the hits keep coming.
EPA Keeps Scientists From Speaking About Report on Climate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Environmental Protection Agency kept three scientists from speaking at a Monday event in a move condemned by researchers and Democratic members of Congress as an attempt by the agency to silence a discussion of climate change.
Gutting of two USDA research agencies is warning to all federal agencies, ex-employees say
The Trump administration announced in June that it would move two Department of Agriculture research agencies — the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture — and their 547 employees from Washington, D.C.
With Greenland’s Extreme Melting, a New Risk Grows: Ice Slabs That Worsen Runoff
Meltwater pools form on Greenland's surface as temperatures rise and feed into rivers that funnel water toward the ocean. New research shows ice slabs are now forming in areas where water used to sink into the snow layer, increasing runoff.
The Climate Justice Movement Must Include Decolonization and Anti-Imperialism
Over the past month, millions of people all over the world have mobilized to call attention to the climate disaster. Young people are demanding action to confront climate change, many of them inspired by 15-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'
Scientists studying the consequences of methane emissions from underwater permafrost in the Arctic Ocean announced this week that they found a 50-square-foot area of the East Siberian Sea "boiling with methane bubbles.
Water bodies running dry at alarming rate due to groundwater depletion, reveals study
Bengaluru: Groundwater around the world is depleting at a rapid rate and is, in turn, affecting the flow of rivers and streams, a new study has found. The study collected data beginning from 1960 and made projections on the impact of unfettered groundwater pumping until the year 2100.
Scientists Discover Record Methane Emission in the Russian Arctic
Researchers were able to see the greenhouse gas bubbling through the seawater.
Ghost Forests Are Visceral Examples of the Advance of Climate Change
As Matt Kirwan walks through Maryland’s Blackwater National Refuge, his rubber boots begin to squish. With each step the land beneath him turns from dry ground to increasingly soggy mud. The trees around him go from tall and full of leaves or needles to short, bare and pale white.
As EPA preps coal ash rollback, study finds heightened risks of water, soil contamination
The research finds that health-threatening compounds "can be leached out from coal ash under oxidizing conditions, similar to what one would expect from uncontrolled placement of coal ash on soil, or even buried in soil," Duke Earth and Ocean Sciences Professor and author of the study Avner Vengosh
Ocean ecosystems take two million years to recover after mass extinction
Around 66m years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species. The asteroid was equally devastating at a microscopic level, driving ocean plankton to near-extinction.
Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke To Protest Obama And Environmentalists
"Coal Rollers" are diesel trucks modified with chimneys and equipment that can force extra fuel into the engine causing dark black smoke to pour out of the chimney stacks.
Climate change now irreversible due to warming oceans, UN body warns
Climate change is now irreversible, thanks to ocean warming crossing a “tipping point”, UN experts have warned.
Shocking Study Shows Fracking Is Depleting US Drinking Water Sources at a Catastrophic Rate
According to a recent study conducted at Duke University revealed that Hydraulic fracking is having a catastrophic impact on water supplies throughout the US.
Greta Thunberg became a climate activist not in spite of her autism, but because of it
The 16-year-old climate activist’s radical approach to autism. Reading Greta Thunberg’s speech addressing the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday, it’s hard not to think of Cassandra, the brash young warrior of Greek myth who beseeched Apollo for the gift of prophecy.
7 arrested during climate protest that blocked streets in SF’s Financial District
Seven people were arrested and released as more than a hundred climate activists closed a section of San Francisco’s Financial District with a rally Wednesday to demand financial institutions and government agencies in the region divest from fossil fuels and invest in green alternatives.
Heading for Extinction and What to do About it | Extinction Rebellion
This talk by Dr. Gail Bradbrook of Extinction Rebellion will cover two main things: The ecological crisis - the latest science on what risks there are and our current trajectory which includes the possibility of abrupt (i.e. near term dramatic climate change) and human extinction. Understanding ou
The World’s Oceans Are in Danger, Major Climate Change Report Warns
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Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN
Greta Thunberg has excoriated world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people through their inertia over the climate crisis at a United Nations summit that failed to deliver ambitious new commitments to address dangerous global heating.
Twenty-five years before Greta, there was Severn and we ignored her
‘Coming up here today, I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future. Losing my future is not like losing an election, or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come . . . We hear of animals and plants going extinct every day, vanishing forever . . .
We're headed for 'climate apartheid,' in which the poor will suffer while the rich save themselves, warns a chilling UN report
Global inaction on climate change is creating a catastrophic 'climate apartheid' in which human rights as we know them — especially those of the world's most vulnerable people — are themselves threatened with extinction, a United Nations (UN) official warns.
Australia horse deaths: Wild animals perish at dried-up waterhole
An extreme heatwave in Australia has led to the deaths of more than 90 wild horses in the outback, authorities say. Rangers found dead and dying animals in a dried-up waterhole near Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, last week.
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Hundreds of thousands of Australians strike to protest climate inaction
Hundreds of thousands of students and workers across Australia have taken to the streets to demand stronger action on climate change. The Global Strike 4 Climate took place in 110 towns and cities across the country on Friday - three days before the UN Climate Change Summit.
America’s Great Climate Exodus Is Starting in the Florida Keys
Mass migration begins as coastal homes are bulldozed in the state facing the biggest threat from climate-driven inundation. Her bedroom is still a no-go zone so she sleeps in the living room with her cat and three dogs.
35 vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was regulated
Don't let the soft, sepia tones fool you. The United States used to be dangerously polluted. Before President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, the environment and its well-being was not a federal priority.
As Global Youth Demand Climate Action, Trump Heaps Praise on Coal-Obsessed Aussie Leader
The pro-coal message from the White House Friday couldn't have offered a clearer contrast to young people across the world taking part in global strikes to demand bold and swift climate action.
For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth
It is not quite true that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Musicians and novelists, for example, can become extremely rich by giving other people pleasure. But it does appear to be universally true that in front of every great fortune lies a great crime.
'They're forming like roaches.' The 6 tropical storms whirling at once have tied a record
Sure, it's the middle of hurricane season. But this is ridiculous. The six named storms whirling at once this week in the Atlantic and Pacific hit a record first set in 1992, forecasters reported.
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Greta Thunberg Just Delivered Her Testimony to US Lawmakers: It Was a Landmark UN Climate Report
Rather than delivering prepared remarks, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg submitted a landmark United Nations report on global warming as testimony at a U.S.
Editorial: Climate change is already here. 2020 could be your last chance to stop an apocalypse
The world is drifting steadily toward a climate catastrophe. For many of us, that’s been clear for a few years or maybe a decade or even a few decades. But others have known that a reckoning was coming for much longer.
This chart shows just how abnormally hot it's been in 2019
July 2019 was the warmest month ever recorded on Earth. According to NASA data, the average temperature over the past month was 2.34°C above the average temperature calculated for the years from 1980 to 2015 and used as a reference period for the chart.
Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene
The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. Driving into Iraq just after the 2003 invasion felt like driving into the future.
As inequality soars, the nervous super rich are already planning their escapes
With growing inequality and the civil unrest from Ferguson and the Occupy protests fresh in people’s mind, the world’s super rich are already preparing for the consequences.
This Is Not the Sixth Extinction. It’s the First Extermination Event.
From the “insect apocalypse” to the “biological annihilation” of 60 percent of all wild animals in the past 50 years, life is careening across every planetary boundary that might stop it from experiencing a “Great Dying” once more.
US and Brazil agree to Amazon development
The US and Brazil have agreed to promote private-sector development in the Amazon, during a meeting in Washington on Friday. They also pledged a $100m (£80m) biodiversity conservation fund for the Amazon led by the private sector.
This Land Is the Only Land There Is
1. There is no shortage of scary facts in the major new report on climate change and land, a summary of which was released today by a United Nations–led scientific panel. Chief among them: For everyone who lives on land, the planet’s dangerously warmed future is already here.
Jonathan Franzen’s Climate Pessimism Is Justified. His Fatalism Is Not.
Residents of the Bahamas boarding a cargo ship for evacuation after Hurricane Dorian. Nine months ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, “The world is going to end in 12 years if we do not address climate change.
As Earth faces climate catastrophe, US set to open nearly 200 power plants
Powerful hurricanes. Record-breaking heatwaves. Droughts that bring ruin to farmers. Raging forest fires. The mass die-off of the world's coral reefs. Food scarcity. Instead, utilities and energy companies are continuing to invest heavily in carbon-polluting natural gas.
What If We Stopped Pretending?
“There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive for ostensibly reachable goals and, tragically or amusingly, never manage to get any closer to them.
Scientists predicted climate change 40 years ago, so why didn't we act sooner?
This month the world has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon. But this week sees another scientific anniversary, perhaps just as important for the future of civilisation.
'Definition of Insane Greed': Investing Billions in New Projects, Fossil Fuel Corporations Undermining World's Climate Targets
Despite outward claims from the fossil fuel industry that it shares the public's concern over the rapidly warming planet, a new study shows that oil and gas companies are actively and aggressively undermining climate targets agreed to by world governments.
Climate change: Greenland's ice faces melting 'death sentence'
Greenland's massive ice sheet may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists have warned. During this year alone, it lost enough ice to raise the average global sea level by more than a millimetre.
Island of 50,000 People in the Bahamas Is 70% Under Water
An island in the Bahamas that’s home to 50,000 people is 70% under water after Hurricane Dorian battered it with record force for two days, according to the government.
Alaska’s Sea Ice Completely Melted for First Time in Recorded History
The country of Iceland has held a funeral for its first glacier lost to the climate crisis. The once massive Okjökull glacier, now completely gone, has been commemorated with a plaque that reads: “A letter to the future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier.
'Sociopathic Disregard for Our Future': Trump EPA Set to Gut Restrictions on Planet-Warming Methane Emissions
Amid dire scientific warnings that the international community must act immediately to slash greenhouse gas emissions, President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly set to take another step in the opposite direction Thursday by unveiling a rule that would gut restrictions on
When Will The Planet Be Too Hot For Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.
To read an annotated version of this article, complete with interviews with scientists and links to further reading, click here. Peering beyond scientific reticence.
Will Antarctic Ice Doom Us All?
For years, scientists have struggled to figure out exactly how much methane is trapped under the ice at the north and south poles and what it would mean for global temperatures if climate change melted enough ice to release that methane into the atmosphere.
With Amazon in Flames, Trump Moves to Open 16.7 Million-Acre Alaskan Rainforest to Corporate Exploitation
The government had already promised to plant more trees as part of a climate action plan released in June, which aims to make Ireland carbon neutral by 2050 by investing in renewable energy, instituting a carbon tax and changing land use, HuffPost explained.
The Messiahs of Hope Assure Us Everything Will Be OK in the End. But It Won't
There is nothing new to our story. The flagrant lies and imbecilities of the inept and corrupt leader. The inability to halt the costly, endless wars and curb the gargantuan expenditures on the military. The looting of a beleaguered populace by the rich. The destruction of the ecosystem.
The Misogyny of Climate Deniers
Climate skeptic Bjørn Lomborg has built his global brand on keeping his cool. “Cool it,” his best-selling book told those worried about the warming planet.
Dissent Is Being Criminalized Right Under Our Noses
Many of us are deeply concerned about the recent wave of mass shootings and hate crimes that have taken place across the United States. As the Department of Justice reported, in 2018 alone there were 25 race-based terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, each committed by an alleged white supremacist.
Oil Companies Persuade States to Make Pipeline Protests a Felony
After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from happening again. They made it a crime.
Amazon fires: Angola and DR Congo 'have more blazes'
The severity of fires in the Amazon has prompted a global outcry. But, amid the protest, some are questioning how this compares with the rest of the world, with surprising results. The issue has got people checking out Nasa's maps of fires around the world.
A Major Coal Company Went Bust. Its Bankruptcy Filing Shows That It Was Funding Climate Change Denialism.
The bankruptcy of one of the largest domestic coal producers in the country has revealed that the company maintains financial ties to many of the leading groups that have sowed doubt over the human causes of global warming.
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Climate Change
After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.
We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says
The level of carbon now in the atmosphere hasn't been seen in 12 million years, a Harvard scientist said in Chicago Thursday, and this pollution is rapidly pushing the climate back to its state in the Eocene Epoch, more than 33 million years ago, when there was no ice on either pole.
These are the 130 current members of Congress who have doubted or denied climate change
Over 97% of scientists agree that human activity is to blame for the steady warming, and without regulation to curb emissions, the Earth could face disastrous conditions.
Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it?
Climate change activism is increasingly the domain of the young, such as 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, the unlikely face of the school strike for climate movement, which has seen many thousands of children walk out of school to demand that their parents’ generation takes responsibility for leaving t
'Everything Is at Stake': Global Extinction Rebellion Kicks Off Week of Civil Disobedience to Demand Climate Action
The Extinction Rebellion movement kicked off a week of marches, demonstrations, and peaceful civil disobedience across the U.S. and around the world on Monday to demand "systemic changes to stop global warming while there's still time left."
How humans derailed the Earth's climate in just 160 years
For 11,500 years, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations hovered around 280 ppm (the preindustrial “normal”), with an average surface temperature around 15°C. Since the Industrial Revolution, this level has been rising continuously, reaching 410 ppm in 2018.
Sen. Mike Lee says we can solve climate change with more babies. Science says otherwise.
At least one GOP senator believes that to fight climate change, all you need is love. During floor debate ahead of a vote on the Green New Deal, Sen.
Oil And Gas Giants Spend Millions Lobbying To Block Climate Change Policies [Infographic]
Every year, the world's five largest publicly owned oil and gas companies spend approximately $200 million on lobbying designed to control, delay or block binding climate-motivated policy.
The End of Our World Order Is Imminent
Once upon a time in America, we could all argue about whether or not US global power was declining. Now, most observers have little doubt that the end is just a matter of timing and circumstance.
Scientists Are 99.9999 Percent Sure Humans Caused Climate Change
New analysis of 40 years’ worth of satellite data shows that it’s a near-certainty that humanity is actively causing global climate change.
Evidence for man-made global warming hits 'gold standard': scientists
OSLO (Reuters) - Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of certainty, adding pressure for cuts in greenhouse gases to limit rising temperatures, scientists said on Monday.
Scientists slam report of White House climate change review panel
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rallyin Charleston, West Virginia on August 21, 2018. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Scientist who resisted censorship of climate report lost her job
This story was originally published by Reveal and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For several years, climate change scientist Maria Caffrey led a trailblazing study outlining the risks of rising seas at national parks. After Friday, she’ll be out of a job.
Article from 1912 warns the world about climate change
In the March 1912 edition of Popular Mechanics, an article on the balmy year of 1911 and the ability of humans to change the climate includes a single line that has shocked some modern readers. The caption for a photograph of a coal plant explains that:
How lobbyists buy climate change legislation
What is the relationship between lobbying and the way our government views climate change? A comprehensive new study says it’s like anything else that lobbyists spent egregious amounts of money on - the truth gets buried somewhere deep under the money.
No Secrets: Musk Releases All Tesla Patents to Help Fight Climate Change, Save the Earth
Elon Musk announced Thursday he had released all of the electric carmaker Tesla's patents, as part of an effort to fight climate change.
What Are Some Of The Biggest Climate Change Myths People Still Believe?
What are the biggest myths about climate change that people still believe? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by , Ph.D.
Climate Change, Not Border Security, Is the Real National Emergency
The shutdown might be over for now, but President Donald Trump’s threat to declare a national emergency still looms.
Corporate America Is Getting Ready to Monetize Climate Change
Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney Co. is concerned its theme parks will get too hot for vacationers, while AT&T Inc. fears hurricanes and wildfires may knock out its cell towers. The Coca-Cola Co.
This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.
This conversation was originally published in 2017 and has been lightly updated. By now, the looming dangers of climate change are clear to anyone who’s been paying attention, covered extensively in both academic literature and the popular press.
78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
Since his first days in office, President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority.
Five myths about climate change
What’s happening isn’t natural — and almost all scientists agree.
The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal
Like so many others, I’ve been energized by the bold moral leadership coming from newly elected members of Congress like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley in the face of the spiraling climate crisis and the outrageous attacks on unarmed migrants at the borde
U.S. impacts of climate change are intensifying, federal report says
A massive report issued by the Trump administration on Friday emphasizes the dire threat that human-caused global warming poses to the United States and its citizens.
Climate change will be devastating for US, hurting health and costing billi
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America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation.
Weather 2050 America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation. By , Eliza Barclay, and Kavya Sukumar July 19, 2019 1:19 pm Our world is getting warmer. This we know.
E.P.A. to Disband a Key Scientific Review Panel on Air Pollution
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UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That.
Just two years ago, amid global fanfare, the Paris climate accords were signed — initiating what seemed, for a brief moment, like the beginning of a planet-saving movement.
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The Climate Change Report Should Make You Worry
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Shell and Exxon's secret 1980s climate change warnings
One day in 1961, an American economist named Daniel Ellsberg stumbled across a piece of paper with apocalyptic implications.
GCAS 2018 Contest: Visualizing the Effects of Climate Change
Are you under 30, passionate about climate change, and eager to try your skills at developing a powerful data visualization using satellite imagery? If so, this challenge is for you!
Big oil asks government to protect its Texas facilities from climate change
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile "spine" of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas
Roy Scranton Calls for Acceptance of a Future Defined by Climate Change
Iraq War veteran and climate change philosopher Roy Scranton doesn't mince words. His new collection of essays on war and climate change, out this week from Soho Press, is titled We're Doomed.
Will Washington State Voters Make History on Climate Change?
The state could be the first in the union to adopt a carbon price by ballot. Updated on August 15 at 4:30 p.m. ET
“Hothouse Earth” Co-Author: The Problem Is Neoliberal Economics
By shifting to a “wartime footing” to drive a rapid shift toward renewable energy and electrification, humanity can still avoid the apocalyptic future laid out in the much-discussed “hothouse earth” paper, a lead author of the paper told The Intercept.
Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the crisis.
Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”
The novella-length piece represents the kind of media commitment that the climate crisis has long deserved but almost never received.
Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map'
In 1890, just over six thousand people lived in the damp lowlands of south Florida. Since then the wetlands that covered half the state have been largely drained, strip malls have replaced Seminole camps, and the population has increased a thousandfold.
78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
Since his first days in office, President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority.
E.P.A. Prepares to Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars to Be Cleaner and More Efficient
The Trump administration is expected to launch an effort in coming days to weaken greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for automobiles, handing a victory to car manufacturers and giving them ammunition to potentially roll back industry standards worldwide.
FEMA Strips Mention of ‘Climate Change’ From Its Strategic Plan
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for dealing with the effects of disasters like hurricanes and floods, has stripped the words “climate change” from the document meant to guide its actions over the next four years. FEMA on Thursday released its strategic plan for 2018-2022.
Column: Study indicates that climate change will wreak havoc on California agriculture
The California we know is the breadbasket of the nation, producing more than two-thirds of the country’s fruits and nuts, including almonds, pistachios, oranges, apricots, nectarines and prunes, and more than a third of its vegetables, including artichokes, broccoli, spinach and carrots.
FEMA Drops 'Climate Change' From Its Strategic Plan
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the federal government's first responder to floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters, has eliminated references to climate change from its strategic planning document for the next four years.
From North Dakota to Puerto Rico, Controversial Security Firm Profits From Oil Protests and Climate Disasters
TigerSwan, the mercenary security company best known for its efforts to suppress indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access oil pipeline, is stepping up its pursuit of profits in areas hit by climate change-driven natural disaster.
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GOP Pushes 80 Anti-Environment Riders, Dark Money Rule Changes in Spending Bill
Congressional Republicans are planning a two-fisted assault on climate and other environmental policies as they push a must-pass spending package for the current fiscal year, which is already half over.
This is what America will look like if we follow Trump’s climate policies
The United States faces a choice between manageable warming and unmanageable catastrophe, according to a leaked draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies.
Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show
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The Year Climate Change Began to Spin Out of Control
For decades, scientists have warned that climate change would make extreme events like droughts, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires more frequent, more devastating, or both.
Arctic temperatures are soaring, and scientists are freaking out
It was the warmest December on record in the Arctic, and 2018 has already set a string of records for lowest Arctic sea ice. Unfortunately for America and the rest of the planet, the best science makes clear that what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.
Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Ice Age
Alley, R. B. Ice-core evidence of abrupt climate changes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97, 1331-1334 (2000).Alley, R. B. et al. Abrupt climate change. Science 299, 2005-2010 (2003). Birchfield, G. E. & Broecker, W. S.
Idaho lawmakers decide to approve state curriculum with climate science intact
After a year of back and forth between educators, scientists, and lawmakers, climate science might once again be part of the statewide curriculum for public schools in Idaho.
Study: "Amplified Warming" Has Ended the Era of Stable Climate
(Image: Johner Images / Getty Images) A study recently published in the journal Nature brings grim news: anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) has officially ended the era of stable climate that has made possible the development of modern civilization.
The Military Takes Climate Change Seriously. Why Won’t the Commander-in-Chief?
As we all know by now, the Trump administration is rife with climate deniers. Defense Secretary James Mattis, however, isn’t one of them.
White House to ask for 72 percent cut in renewable energy programs: report
President Trump’s administration is reportedly seeking a 72 percent cut to the budget of Department of Energy programs related to energy efficiency and renewable energy. Draft budget documents obtained by The Washington Post show the Trump administration will ask for $575.
Dangerously Low on Water, Cape Town Now Faces ‘Day Zero’ - The New York Tim
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New emails reveal Scott Pruitt was personally involved in erasing climate data from EPA website
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was personally involved in the purging of information from the agency’s website in the early months of the Trump administration, according to documents obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
Trump Names BP Oil Spill Lawyer, Climate Policy Foe as Top DOJ Environment Attorney
Jeffrey Bossert Clark, a lawyer who has repeatedly challenged the scientific foundations of U.S.
200+ Scientists Want Trump-Backer and Climate Denial Funder Rebekah Mercer Kicked Off Natural History Museum Board
More than 200 scientists have called on the American Museum of Natural History to cut ties with board member Rebekah Mercer, the billionaire backer of President Donald Trump who has also funded "climate denial" groups in order to protect the fossil fuel industry's pollution-causing extraction of oi
Fighting Climate Change? We’re Not Even Landing a Punch
In 1988, when world leaders convened their first global conference on climate change, in Toronto, the Earth’s average temperature was a bit more than half a degree Celsius above the average of the last two decades of the 19th century, according to measurements by NASA.
Global Warming’s Worst-Case Projections Look Increasingly Likely
Global warming’s worst-case projections look increasingly likely, according to a new study that tested the predictive power of climate models against observations of how the atmosphere is actually behaving.
Climate change is turning 99 percent of these baby sea turtles female
For every young male turtle, there are more than 100 females.
As New York City Declares War on the Oil Industry, the Politically Impossible Suddenly Seems Possible
The T-shirts and stickers were nice, but I have to admit that I never really felt it. Bigger than fossil fuels? With their bottomless budgets? Their endless capacity to blanket the airwaves and bankroll political parties? The slogan always made me kind of sad.
New York City sues Shell, ExxonMobil and other oil companies over climate change
But one oil company spokesman called the suit “factually and legally meritless."
Interior rescinds climate, conservation policies because they’re ‘inconsistent’ with Trump’s energy goals
The move wipes away guidance for department employees on how to minimize the environmental impact of activities on federal land and in federal waters.
Trump administration plan would widely expand drilling in U.S. continental waters
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As Trump’s Climate Denial Continues, Experts Take Flight to France
Many East Coasters will be returning to work today in bitter cold conditions after the second-coldest New Year on record. “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record.
On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming
It was a typical November day in New York City. The year: 1959. Robert Dunlop, 50 years old and photographed later as clean-shaven, hair carefully parted, his earnest face donning horn-rimmed glasses, passed under the Ionian columns of Columbia University’s iconic Low Library.
How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches
Want the latest climate news in your inbox? You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter. Type the words “climate change” into Google and you could get an unexpected result: advertisements that call global warming a hoax.
2017 was a terrible year of climate disasters -- and too many media outlets failed to tell the story
From hurricanes to heat waves to wildfires and beyond, 2017 has been a terrifying year of disasters in the U.S. And too many media outlets have missed a key part of the story: These aren't just natural disasters; in many cases, they're climate disasters.
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Arctic Refuge Just the Start of Trump’s Move to Unlock Alaska Oil
Drilling for crude in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may be just the start as President Donald Trump seeks to revive Alaska’s beleaguered oil industry.
EPA Head Pruitt on Climate Change: Dead Wrong. Three Fundamental Scientific Facts He Needs to Know.
This morning EPA administrator Scott Pruitt got the facts dead wrong on climate change. Here are his remarks and a quick recap of three fundamental facts that scientists at NASA, NOAA, NSF, EPA, and beyond have established over decades.
Phoenix Will Be Almost Unlivable by 2050 Thanks to Climate Change
Sorry to put such a fine point on this, but even without climate change, Phoenix, Arizona, is already pretty uninhabitable.
The Justice Department moves to dismiss youth climate lawsuit
A group of 21 youths is suing the US government for its failure to protect their future by preventing harmful global warming impacts, but the Trump administration says the case should be dismissed.
'It's a Monster': California's Thomas Fire Now Largest in State History
California's Thomas Fire has been raging for just over two weeks in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and it has already torn through hundreds of homes, more than a thousand structures, and over 273,400 acres of land.
Ice Apocalypse
In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2,500 miles from the tip of South America, two glaciers hold human civilization hostage.
Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again
Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made a startling declaration: The Arctic as we once knew it is no more.
E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency’s Direction, Are Leaving in Droves
This article was written through collaboration between The New York Times and ProPublica, the independent, nonprofit investigative journalism organization.
Checkmate: how do climate science deniers' predictions stack up?
When the global temperature readings are in for 2017, it’s going to be a very hard sell for climate-science deniers: 2017 will likely be ranked either side of 2015 as the second or third hottest year on record, with 2016 still in top spot.
Donald Trump to drop climate change from list of national security threats
Donald Trump is to remove climate change from the global threats listed in his National Security Strategy, due to be released on Monday.
Cashing Out From the Climate Casino
It’s hard to be optimistic about climate action, not in a week when federal scientists reported that “the Arctic shows no sign of returning” to the “reliably frozen region of recent past decades.
Study: Fracking Can Stunt the Growth of Your Baby
The practice of drilling into the ground to release natural gas—known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking—first made national headlines in 2011 when drinking water taps in fracking towns in Pennsylvania began catching fire because flammable methane was seeping into water supplies.
Seas may rise by 8 feet this century, inundating land that's home to 236 million people
The amount of sea level rise that many of us will experience in our lifetimes may be more than double what was previously anticipated, unless we sharply curtail greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study that factors in emerging, unsettling research on the tenuous stability of the Antarctic
Scientists Thought an Alaskan Weather Station Was Broken, But It Was Just Climate Change
That climate change is rapidly warming the Arctic is a given, but apparently the news hasn’t reached our algorithmic overlords. Scientists monitoring U.S.
World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas extraction
The World Bank will end its financial support for oil and gas extraction within the next two years in response to the growing threat posed by climate change.
The United States of Petroleum
To ensure a steady flow of fuel, petroleum executives met regularly with federal officials in Standard Oil’s oak-paneled boardroom on Wall Street. The same industry broken up as an illegal monopoly in 1911 had become a quasi-arm of government.
Commuters lose transit, parking, biking benefits in tax bill
WASHINGTON — Count commuters among the losers in the Republican tax bill that the House and Senate are expected to vote on next week.
Zinke reprimanded park head after climate tweets
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‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off
The Earth is ridiculously, burstingly full of life.
Final GOP tax bill would allow Arctic refuge drilling
A tax cut compromise reached Wednesday by GOP negotiators contains a plan to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Sen.
'No More Climate Tweets': Zinke Scolds Head of National Park for Tweeting About Scientific Reality
Back in November, the official Twitter account of Joshua Tree National Park sent out a series of tweets that included facts about climate change in general and how it's affecting the immense park in southern California.
The Alps Are Melting. Climate Change Is to Blame
It took a long time for the Earth to create the Alps—a lot longer than it’s taking humans to wreck them. The Alpine mountain range first rose an estimated 44 million years ago, when the great African plate began creeping northward, breaking and upthrusting the European plate.
This city in Alaska is warming so fast, algorithms removed the data because it seemed unreal
If climate change is a fiery coal mine disaster, then Barrow is our canary.
Some cities are going to lose their perfect weather to climate change. How'd you do?
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Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch Have Set Our Future on Fire
The fires and storms ravaging the planet are only going to get worse, especially if we don’t end the power of climate deniers. This post originally first appeared at The Nation.
France Is Poaching US Scientists With $70 Million Anti-Trump Climate Grants
Just before the opening of a major climate summit in the French capital, President Macron awarded 18 climate change-focused research grants to researchers from all over the planet.
EPA chief says public climate debate may be launched in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could launch a public debate about climate change as soon as January, Administrator Scott Pruitt said on Thursday, as the agency unwinds Obama-era initiatives to fight global warming.
Katharine Hayhoe: 'The true threat is the delusion that our opinion of science somehow alters its reality'
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says that scientists have no option but to fight against the politicisation of science
Trump Administration Issues Report Confirming Global Warming
The Trump Administration released a sweeping federal climate report concluding that the Earth is warming at an alarming rate due to human activity.
Democrats Are Letting the Climate Crisis Go To Waste
What should be a sparkling opportunity to push forward an ambitious agenda on climate — to condemn Republicans for not just ignoring but fueling a crisis with increasingly human and economic consequences — is going quite literally up in smoke.
EPA yanks scientists’ conference presentations, including on climate change
Two staff members and a contractor were instructed not to speak as planned at a Narragansett Bay program.
90 Companies Helped Cause the Climate Crisis—They Should Pay for It
Pacific Northwest forests are on fire. Several blazes are out of control, threatening rural towns, jumping rivers and highways, and covering Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and other cities in smoke and falling ash. Temperatures this summer are an average of 3.
Conservatives Don’t Deny Climate Science Because They’re Ignorant. They Deny It Because of Who They Are.
For many years, the US National Science Foundation, more recently with the help of the General Social Survey, has asked the public the same true or false question about evolution: “Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.
Trump Names Former Texas Regulator as White House Environmental Adviser
Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s pick to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality, at Trump Tower in Manhattan last November.Credit...
78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
Since his first days in office, President Trump has made eliminating federal regulations a priority.
The E.P.A.’s Smoke and Mirrors on Climate
The Trump administration has mangled the costs and benefits of one of the most significant climate regulations of the Obama years in an effort to justify its repeal, which Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced on Monday.
EPA To Kill Off Obama's Signature Plan To Fight Climate Change
Update: On the morning of October 9, the EPA officially confirmed that it will repeal the Clean Power Plan this coming Tuesday.
Trump Nominates a Coal Lobbyist to Be No. 2 at E.P.A.
Unloading coal at a power plant in Kentucky. The nominee, Andrew R. Wheeler, has worked as a lobbyist for Murray Energy, one of the largest coal companies in the United States.Credit...Nicholas Kamm/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPresident Trump on Thursday nominated Andrew R.
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The Pentagon is ignoring Trump's mandate to treat climate change as a hoax
REUTERS/Mike SegarThe Department of Defense has circumvented a mandate by President Donald Trump to stop preparing for climate change and, under Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ leadership, is moving forward with an Obama-era plan to address global warming as a serious threat to national security, Mi
If Humanity Doesn't Turn Back from Climate Abyss, Says Pope, 'We Will Go Down'
Speaking with reporters as Hurricane Irma barreled up Florida's Gulf Coast on Sunday, Pope Francis bolstered his reputation as an outspoken advocate of addressing man-made global warming when he said aboard the papal plane that "history will judge" climate change deniers.
EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn’t now
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told CNN in an interview about Hurricane Irma on Thursday that the time to talk about climate change isn’t now.
Irma Won’t “Wake Up” Climate Change-Denying Republicans. Their Whole Ideology Is on the Line.
He gathered his cabinet at Camp David and said there was no time to waste. With Hurricane Irma set to potentially devastate huge swaths of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, now was the time, he said, to rush through massive … tax cuts. Yes, that’s right.
Yes, the climate has always changed. This comic shows why that’s no comfort.
Randall Munroe, the author of the webcomic XKCD, has a habit of making wonderfully lucid infographics on otherwise difficult scientific topics. Everyone should check his take on global warming. It’s a stunning graphic showing Earth’s recent climate history. Take some time with it.
10,853 out of 10,855 scientists agree: Global warming is happening, and humans are to blame
By Lindsay Abrams (Salon): As geochemist James Lawrence Powell continues to prove, the only people still debating whether or not climate change is “real,” and caused by human activity, are the ones who aren’t doing the actual research.
As Scott Pruitt Denies, People Die
At the moment, Hurricane Irma is poised to come right up the center of Florida like a big old rusty catheter. Out on the ocean blue, Jose has beefed up to Category 4 status and, in the Gulf of Mexico, Katia, the runt of the current litter, is up to a Category 2 her own self.
As Planet Rages With Fires and Storms, Ire Aimed at Murderous Climate Denialism
As Houston begins its long recovery from Hurricane Harvey, epic wildfires burn throughout the western U.S.
Those 3% of scientific papers that deny climate change? A review found them all flawed
Reuters/StringerHard to deny.From our ObsessionLife as LaboratoryBy Health and science reporterPublished Last updated on September 8, 2017This article is more than 2 years old.
Column: A new study shows how Exxon Mobil downplayed climate change when it knew the problem was real
Big corporations are known for being two-faced — presenting a nurturing, maternal face to the outside world while ruthlessly pursuing profit on the inside.
House Republican introduces measure to defund key climate research
Refineries: As of yesterday afternoon, 10 refineries in the Corpus Christi and Houston area are offline, with a combined capacity of roughly 2.2 million barrels per day, or roughly 12 percent of the U.S total, according to an Energy Department report.
Exxon researched climate science. Understood it. And misled the public.
New research shows the company gamed the public for years with things its own climate scientists knew were false. The world’s largest oil company has been under some scrutiny lately.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/climate-change-government-draft-review-usa-environment-spd/
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Study Confirms ExxonMobil Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago, And Deliberately Misled Public
Nowadays, ExxonMobil – one of the foremost energy giants in the world – is attempting, slowly, to move on from its oil-guzzling past.
Trump disbands federal advisory panel on climate change: report
The Trump administration will push ahead with disbanding a federal advisory panel that reported on climate change, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The group worked on the National Climate Assessment, the mandated quadrennial report that was leaked last month as a draft.
Major Climate Change Denial Think Tank Admits To Using False Data
Does a bear shit in the woods? Is the Pope a Catholic? These questions are as rhetorical as this one: Are climate change deniers talking out of their backsides? The answer, plainly, is yes – and now a major group spreading false claims about climate science has at least come out and admitted just
Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report
WASHINGTON — The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration.
9 Takeaways From the National Climate Report
Climate NADJA POPOVICHA scientific report on climate change , part of a regular federal climate assessment, shows that warming is already having a large effect on the United States.obtained by The New York Times 1. It’s hot out there.
Fossil fuel subsidies are a staggering $5 tn per year
Fossil fuels have two major problems that paint a dim picture for their future energy dominance. These problems are inter-related but still should be discussed separately. First, they cause climate change.
The American South Will Bear the Worst of Climate Change’s Costs
Climate change will aggravate economic inequality in the United States, essentially transferring wealth from poor counties in the Southeast and the Midwest to well-off communities in the Northeast and on the coasts, according to the most detailed economic assessment of the phenomenon ever conducted.
Methane Seeps Out as Arctic Permafrost Starts to Resemble Swiss Cheese
Global warming may be unleashing new sources of heat-trapping methane from layers of oil and gas that have been buried deep beneath Arctic permafrost for millennia.
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Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the crisis.
The Uninhabitable Earth, Annotated Edition
We published “The Uninhabitable Earth” on Sunday night, and the response since has been extraordinary — both in volume (it is already the most-read article in New York Magazine’s history) and in kind.
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988, according to a new report.
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The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here
Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit really started hitting the fan. Some snapshots: In just the past few months, record-setting heat waves in Pakistan and India each killed more than 1,000 people.
New study confirms the oceans are warming rapidly
As humans put ever more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, the Earth heats up. These are the basics of global warming. But where does the heat go? How much extra heat is there? And how accurate are our measurements? These are questions that climate scientists ask.
Climate Change Will Lead to the Largest Transfer of Wealth in the Country's History
A groundbreaking study estimates the real economic consequences that climate change would bring to the U.S. by the end of the 21st century. Economic disparity will grow, hitting the American South the worst, while the country’s wealth will shrink.
World has three years left to stop dangerous climate change, warn experts
Avoiding dangerous levels of climate change is still just about possible, but will require unprecedented effort and coordination from governments, businesses, citizens and scientists in the next three years, a group of prominent experts has warned.
Louisiana Is Sinking More Rapidly Than Anyone Thought Due To Climate Change
Researchers from Tulane University in New Orleans have released a new study on the sinking of the Louisiana coast and things are not looking good for the Child of the Mississippi. Its sinking rate is greater than previous estimates for the state.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry says carbon emissions not main driver for climate change
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Monday he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus but in line with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Scott Pruitt Bails on the G7 Climate Talks Just Hours After His Arrival
The world would be laughing at us, if it weren’t for the fact that climate change is a global problem. EPA head Scott Pruitt traveled to Italy to represent the US in the Group of Seven climate talks yesterday.
Breitbart misrepresents research from 58 scientific papers to falsely claim that they disprove human-caused global warming
Five scientists analyzed the article and estimated its overall scientific credibility to be ‘very low’. more about the credibility rating A majority of reviewers tagged the article as: Cherry-picking, Derogatory, Flawed reasoning, Inaccurate, Misleading.
DeVos is Questioned About Campaign to Influence Climate Change Education
Four Democratic senators are sharply criticizing a conservative think tank’s efforts to bring climate change skepticism into the nation’s public schools as “industry funded” and “possibly fraudulent” and demanding to know whether federal education officials have been in contact with the
Exxon May Have Erased 7 Years of Tillerson’s ‘Wayne Tracker’ Emails, Witness Says
While U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the CEO of Exxon, he had an email account under the name "Wayne Tracker". The account was set up to provide anonymity where top executives could address sensitive business matters, an Exxon technology officer said. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty
France is offering US scientists 4-year grants to move to the country and do research
If you are an American scientist, student, teacher, or business person working on climate change solutions, France would love for you to stay awhile.
Why Climate Skeptics Are Wrong
At some point in the history of all scientific theories, only a minority of scientists—or even just one—supported them, before evidence accumulated to the point of general acceptance.
Map: These are the cities that climate change will hit first
New York and D.C. will hit the climate change tipping point in 2047 – just 34 years from now.
Making Ignorance Great Again
Donald Trump just took us out of the Paris climate accord for no good reason. I don’t mean that his decision was wrong. I mean, literally, that he didn’t offer any substantive justification for that decision.
What's Really Warming the World?
Methodology NASA's Model Researchers who study the Earth's climate create models to test their assumptions about the causes and trajectory of global warming. Around the world there are 28 or so research groups in more than a dozen countries who have written 61 climate models.
Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students
WELLSTON, Ohio — To Gwen Beatty, a junior at the high school in this proud, struggling, Trump-supporting town, the new science teacher’s lessons on climate change seemed explicitly designed to provoke her. So she provoked him back.
Paris Disagreement Donald Trump's Triumph of Stupidity
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other G-7 leaders did all they could to convince Trump to remain part of the Paris Agreement. But he didn't listen. Instead, he evoked deep-seated nationalism and plunged the West into a conflict deeper than any since World War II.
22 GOP senators signed a letter urging Trump to pull out of the Paris agreement
The GOP senators sent a two-page letter Thursday to President Donald Trump. The letter says remaining in the international agreement to reduce carbon emissions could fuel legal challenges to the administration's plans to roll back environmental regulations.
French President Emmanuel Macron Offers Refuge to American Climate Scientists
Updated: June 2, 7:23 a.m. EDT
Trump may doubt climate change, Pentagon sees it as a looming ‘threat multiplier’
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement puts him at odds with the Pentagon, which has been warning for years that climate change poses a critical national security threat.
Trump’s Stupid and Reckless Climate Decision
People say, if all you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail. We should be so lucky. President Trump has a hammer, but all he’ll use it for is to smash things that others have built, as the world looks on in wonder and in fear.
Climate Pact Pullout Reveals Trump's True Base
They came from Exxon, Apple, Unilever. Titans of industry. They begged. They pleaded. They cajoled and threatened: Elon Musk said he would quit advising the president.
Republican Congressman Says God Will 'Take Care Of' Climate Change
Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg said during a town hall in Coldwater, Mich., on Friday that while he believes climate change is real, it is not something for humans to solve. “I believe there’s climate change. I believe there’s been climate change since the beginning of time,” Walberg said.
Quitting the Paris climate agreement is a moral disgrace
President Trump is selling out our kids to give false hope to coal workers. No laid-off coal miners will get their jobs back from President Trump pulling the United States from the Paris accord on climate change. No extra oil rigs will sprout in the Gulf.
More Alternative Energy Resources
The film begins with what world weather would be like if the Earth's overall temperature rose by one degree. The film paints both a frightening yet compelling vision of a world dying under the heat of its own excesses.
Scientists Say It Could Already Be "Game Over" For Climate Change
There's no doubt our planet is getting hotter and hotter, but the long-term outlook could be even worse than we thought. Scientists are now saying it might already be too late to avoid a temperature rise of up to 7.36 degrees Celsius (13.25 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by 2100.
Game over? Will global warming be even worse than we think?
The Arctic is running a severe fever, global sea ice is at record low levels, and could climate change get even worse than we thought as global temperatures rise? It's What's Up in Climate Change!
Scientists just published an entire study refuting Scott Pruitt on climate change
Pruitt wrote that satellite data show a 'leveling off of warming.' Scientists say that's not true.
Climate scientists: It’s basically too late to stop warming
If you like cool weather and not having to club your neighbors as you battle for scarce resources, now’s the time to move to Canada, because the story of the 21st century is almost written, reports Reuters.
Have We Passed the Point of No Return on Climate Change?
Dear EarthTalk: What is the best way to measure how close we are to the dreaded "point of no return" with climate change? In other words, when do we think we will have gone too far? — David Johnston, via EarthTalk.org
NASA Climate Scientist Says "We're Toast"
Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action.
23 Environmental Rules Rolled Back in Trump’s First 100 Days
President Trump, with help from his administration and Republicans in Congress, has reversed course on nearly two dozen environmental rules, regulations and other Obama-era policies during his first 100 days in office. Citing federal overreach and burdensome regulations, Mr.
India and China Are Emerging as Climate Icons
Donald Trump is trying his best to ensure that America burns coal, whatever the implications to the planet. While that’s unpalatable for many U.S.
'False sense of security': Global warming looks set to accelerate, study finds
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The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it
After 200,000 years of modern humans on a 4.5 billion-year-old Earth, we have arrived at new point in history: the Anthropocene. The change has come upon us with disorienting speed. It is the kind of shift that typically takes two or three or four generations to sink in.
EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
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These Images Carry a Dire Warning About Climate Change
Polar photographer Paul Nicklen is capturing some of Earth's most remote places before they disappear. Meltwater gushes from an ice cap on the island of Nordaustlandet, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. (Photo courtesy of Paul Nicklen)
Sea level rise could send U.S. 'climate migrants' fleeing to these cities
Sea level rise is typically thought of as a coastal problem, with cities from New York to San Francisco pondering new coastal defenses such as sea walls and sturdier buildings. However, by making large swaths of the U.S.
Where climate change is threatening the health of Americans
As President Donald Trump looks to curb the government’s enforcement of climate regulations, experts are concerned about how the action might impact public health.
Democrats Condemn Climate Change Skeptics for Targeting Teachers
Three top Democrats have urged a libertarian think tank to stop mailing climate change skeptical classroom materials to teachers across America.
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Over the past 171 years, human activities have raised atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by 48% above pre-industrial levels found in 1850. This is more than what had happened naturally over a 20,000 year period (from the Last Glacial Maximum to 1850, from 185 ppm to 280 ppm).
Climate change could destroy far more Arctic permafrost than we thought — which would worsen climate change
Thawing of Arctic's frozen soil could have big effects on global climate
EPA shutting down climate adaptation program
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is shutting down a program at its headquarters that helps states and localities adapt to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels.
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What the optimists get wrong about Trump’s climate policies
After just three months, Donald Trump’s presidency certainly looks like a disaster for climate policy.
Climate change having wide array of effects on Michigan forests
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Climate Catastrophe Will Hit Tropics Around 2020, Rest Of World Around 2047, Study Says
The first study to integrate all prior scientific research in order to project approximately when climate change will produce permanent catastrophic consequences has been accepted and will soon be published in the scientific journal Nature, and it finds that things will start going haywire
Republican Senator Claims Human Body Heat Causes Climate Change
Earlier this month, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that he doesn’t think carbon dioxide is the primary driver of climate change. (Spoiler alert: it definitely is.
Jane Goodall calls Trump's climate change agenda 'immensely depressing'
The leading conservationist Jane Goodall has condemned Donald Trump’s bid to rip up America’s climate change policies as “immensely depressing” and flying in the face of scientific evidence.
Exxon Mobil Urged White House To Stick With Paris Climate Accord
Less than a week before President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back major elements of the Obama administration’s climate change policies, one of the largest gas and oil companies in America advised the White House to remain a participant in the Paris climate agreement.
Why global warming could lead to a rise of 100,000 diabetes cases a year in the U.S.
If the average temperature rises by 1 degree Celsius, sea levels will rise, crop yields will fall and vulnerable species will see their habitat shrink or disappear. And, a new study suggests, the number of American adults suffering from diabetes would rise by more than 100,000 a year.
Trump’s Climate Rollback Will Hurt the Economy, Not Help It
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle President Obama’s climate legacy and policies. The White House claims that these actions will help the economy in general, and coal workers in particular. It’s wrong.
A Scientist Just Spent 2 Hours Debating the Biggest Global Warming Deniers in Congress
At a congressional hearing on climate science Wednesday, Michael Mann lamented that he was the only witness representing the overwhelming scientific consensus that manmade global warming poses a major threat.
“Irrational,” “Reckless,” “Irresponsible”: The EPA Just Accidentally Told the Truth About Trump’s Climate Plan
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump visited the Environmental Protection Agency, where he signed an executive order dismantling key Obama-era policies aimed at fighting climate change.
Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’
The Office of International Climate and Clean Energy is the only office at DOE with the words ‘climate’ in its name, and it may be endangered as Trump looks to reorganize government agencies.
Donald Trump Rewards Fossil Fuel Industry By Signing Climate Denial Executive Order
Trump’s executive order issued Tuesday doesn’t just knock over the centerpiece of Obama administration’s efforts to prevent the worst effects of climate change, the Clean Power Plan.
Why Some Biologists Are Abandoning Their Faith In Total Conservation
Gregor W. Schuurman has a long beard, blue eyes, and the ruddy look shared by scientists who spend a great deal of time outside.
I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations
As an Arctic researcher, I’m used to gaps in data. Just over 1% of US Arctic waters have been surveyed to modern standards. In truth, some of the maps we use today haven’t been updated since the second world war.
Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record
A presidential order on Tuesday instructs federal regulators to rewrite key rules curbing U.S. carbon emissions.
Earth's worst-ever mass extinction of life holds 'apocalyptic' warning about climate change, say scientists
Researchers studying the largest-ever mass extinction in Earth’s history claim to have found evidence that it was caused by runaway global warming – and that the “apocalyptic” events of 250 million years ago could happen again.
The State Department Rewrote Its Climate Change Page
Within a day of Rex Tillerson's swearing in as secretary of state, the State Department's climate change website began to change. The changes signal a shift away from leading international climate actions that the Obama administration pursued and a pivot toward a more passive role.
Lamar Smith, unbound, lays out political strategy at climate doubters’ conference
Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX) rarely expresses his true feelings in public. But speaking yesterday to a like-minded crowd of climate change doubters and skeptics, the chairman of the science committee in the U.S.
Trump ally calls for US to roll back climate commitment
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who was an energy adviser and public ally for Trump's campaign, made arguments for a revised commitment in a letter outlining three conditions he wants Trump to abide by if he decides to stay in the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Scientists made a detailed “roadmap” for meeting the Paris climate goals. It’s eye-opening.
Back in 2015, the world’s governments met in Paris and agreed to keep global warming below 2°C, to avoid the worst risks of a hotter planet. See here for background on why, but that’s the goal. For context, the planet’s warmed ~1°C since the 19th century.
'Extreme and unusual' climate trends continue after record 2016
In the atmosphere, the seas and around the poles, climate change is reaching disturbing new levels across the Earth. That's according to a detailed global analysis from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Donald Trump's budget director calls efforts to combat climate change 'waste of money'
President Trump’s proposed budget plan calls for a $100 million cut in funding for climate change programmes. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget is proposed to be cut by 31 per cent, but the $100 million reduction in spending will target climate change programmes across agencies.
Fighting climate change isn’t a ‘waste of money’ — it’s a good investment
Scientists say that climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. But if you ask policy makers, you might hear them argue that combatting it is just too expensive a battle to fight.
The Crazy Theory About Smog That’s Gaining Ground in the White House
This story was originally published by The New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was known as the Great Pea Soup. In 1952, a thick, greenish-yellow fog smothered London, halting traffic and daily life.
Republicans Break Ranks With Pledge to Fight Climate Change
Seventeen conservative Republican members of Congress—10 of them in their first or second terms—are bucking long-time party positions and the new occupant of the White House.
Trump to drop climate change from environmental reviews: Bloomberg
The order, which could be signed this week, aims to reverse former Democratic President Barack Obama's broad approach for addressing climate change, the report said. (bloom.bg/2nkDvKo) The directive will urge the U.S.
Trump’s Defense secretary calls climate change a national security risk
According to a report, Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he believes in climate change and recognizes it as a threat. The statement came in unpublished written testimony associated with Mattis’s confirmation hearing.
The fossil fuel industry's invisible colonization of academia
On February 16, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center hosted a film screening of the “Rational Middle Energy Series.
E.P.A. Head Stacks Agency With Climate Change Skeptics
WASHINGTON — Days after the Senate confirmed him as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference and was asked about addressing a group that probably wanted to eliminate his agency. In the days since, Mr.
Leashes Come Off Wall Street, Gun Sellers, Polluters and More
WASHINGTON — Giants in telecommunications, like Verizon and AT&T, will not have to take “reasonable measures” to ensure that their customers’ Social Security numbers, web browsing history and other personal information are not stolen or accidentally released.
Canada’s permafrost is collapsing thanks to climate change
The climate-driven collapse of Canada’s Arctic permafrost is much more widespread than previously thought, according to new research that presents a dire picture of the changing northern landscape.
Chicago Records No Snow in January and February for the First Time in 146 Years
Chicago—a city well known for its windy and snowy winters—is experiencing some unusually warm weather. For the first time in 146 years, there was no documented snow on the ground in January and February, according to the local National Weather Service.
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Watch Bill McKibben Talk Climate Change Battle on 'Real Time'
On a particularly bad day for Earth's wellbeing – the EPA revealed massive budgetary cuts while the Trump administration waffled on the Paris Agreement on climate change – environmentalist and 350.
White House seeks 17 percent budget cut for climate agency
The White House is proposing to cut the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a leading government agency on climate science, by a reported 17 percent.
Yale Climate Opinion Maps – U.S. 2016
Model estimates in the maps were derived from public responses to the following survey questions. The response categories for many questions were collapsed into a single variable for mapping.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson snubs UN request for climate change meeting
The US Secretary of State, former oil industry mogul Rex Tillerson, has not responded to a request from the United Nations’ most senior climate change official for a face-to-face meeting amid concern about the Trump administration’s stance on global warming.
Study Shows Massive Global Permafrost Melt Underway While Trump Mentions Climate Not Once
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Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release
Huge slabs of Arctic permafrost in northwest Canada are slumping and disintegrating, sending large amounts of carbon-rich mud and silt into streams and rivers.
Just who are these 300 'scientists' telling Trump to burn the climate?
If you read my articles regularly, you may have noticed multiple times I have stated that the scientific argument is over; there are no longer any reputable scientists that deny the overwhelming human influence in our climate.
Investors with $2.8 trillion in assets unite against Donald Trump’s climate change denial
Bank of England governor Mark Carney holds the new £10 Jane Austen note issued into circulation. The Pride and Prejudice novelist only made £684 in her lifetime for publishing her books, approximately £50,000 in today's money
Wisconsin Tribe Votes to Evict Oil Pipeline From Its Reservation
The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin voted not to renew an easement for a major oil and gas pipeline that passes through its reservation.
Republican Panel: Air Pollution Doesn’t Kill People And Climate Change Is “Fake News”
On Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, a panel which called itself “Fake climate news camouflaging an anti-capitalist agenda—and what President Trump plans to do about it,” made some pretty interesting claims about the environmental movement.
Without One Mention of Climate Change, Scott Pruitt Greets EPA Employees
Newly sworn-in EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, whose nomination was ardently opposed by environmentalists and who is poised to roll back major climate and clean water regulations, addressed his employees for the first time Tuesday afternoon. Environmentalists were not impressed.
Trump to roll back Obama’s climate, water rules through executive action
President Trump is preparing executive orders aimed at reversing Obama-era policies on climate and water pollution, according to individuals briefed on the matter.
‘Fast-forward spring’: America’s February warmth is extreme, and it’s just getting started
The groundhog's Feb. 2 declaration of six more weeks of winter was fake news.
Climate Change Denial Is the Original Fake News
The great struggle of our era will be fact versus deliberate fiction.
Oxygen Levels In The Ocean Have Dropped Due To Climate Change
We know that climate change is having a drastic impact on the ice caps and glaciers, but it is also changing the chemical make-up of the oceans. While the levels of carbon dioxide are increasing, a new paper has documented how the concentration of oxygen in the oceans is decreasing.
What Scott Pruitt’s confirmation means for the EPA
Of all Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, it’s hard to find anyone who’s been more overtly hostile toward the agency he’s about to lead than Scott Pruitt has been toward the Environmental Protection Agency.
Scientists' Group Launches Website to Help Federal Whistleblowers
Many of President Donald Trump's words and actions have federal scientists worried their work will be politicized or suppressed. Now, one advocacy group is responding with a step-by-step guide for scientists to securely share information about any foul play.
Idaho lawmakers vote to remove climate information from science curriculum
Last week, the Idaho House Education Committee voted to approve new statewide science standards for K-12 education for the first time since 2001.
It’s about 50 degrees warmer than normal near the North Pole, yet again
The warmth, compared to normal, is again nearly off the charts.
Australian Heat Wave Raises Concern for Country's New, Sizzling Normal
A summer heatwave scorched the most populated parts of Australia over the weekend, with temperatures topping 107 degrees Fahrenheit in Sydney and 96 degrees in Melbourne, with readings up to 117 degrees farther inland.
Well, This Might Be The Most Artistic Climate Change Ad You've Ever Seen
WHAT: "A Love Song", a poetic tribute to Earth from a group of U.K. charities and organizations committed to tackling climate change. WHY WE CARE: When Charles Dance’s says, darkly, "I’ve heard talk of a quiet violence waiting at the water’s edge," one sits up and pays attention.
Anthropocene Math in the Age of Trump: Humans Are Running Out of Time to Save the Climate
As the Trump administration and Republicans in power in Congress set to work destroying environmental regulations, scientists have added urgency to the resistance with a simple new equation that shows the staggering effect human activity has had on the climate.
Looming Climate Catastrophe: Extinction in Nine Years?
Reports from the Arctic are getting pretty grim.
Ebell: Purge Necessary at EPA to Rid 'Scientists Who Believe the Global Warming Alarmist Agenda'
In various interviews on Thursday, former U.S.
Here’s how America will change as soon as Donald Trump takes office
The process of making America great again will start with a bang. Donald Trump reportedly told Fox News’s Andrew Napolitano that he plans to issue as many as 200 executive orders by the Monday after his inauguration.
The Smoking Gun of Arctic Warmth Leads To A Stunning Indictment
It normally takes many months to get a paper through peer review and into a journal, but a group of scientists has released their detection and attribution study early, and it’s a stunning indictment. We now know the culprit for the astonishing Arctic warmth of November and December.
I’m a scientist who has gotten death threats. I fear what may happen under Trump.
Researchers brace for an anti-science administration and a public receptive to fake news.
Watch: CNN Anchor Informs Trump Transition Official That Climate Change Science Isn't A Matter Of Opinion
CHRIS CUOMO (ANCHOR): Well, you’ve got different conversations. You have “Do you accept the science of man's impact on the warming of the planet?” And then you have “Well, what policy considerations do you make in light of that science?” That's one discussion.
Fossil Fuel Divestments Now Represent $5.2 Trillion
Investing heavy weights are moving their assets and funds out of fossil fuels at a record pace. The Block Island Offshore Wind project. Renewable investments set a record last year, reaching $288 billion. Credit: NREL/flickr
Ties to Putin Are Nothing Compared to Rex Tillerson's Vast Climate Crimes
In a scene straight from a "dystopian movie script," President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday officially tapped Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his Secretary of State, thus elevating someone whose "lifelong mission is to crash the climate" to one of world's most influential and powerful governme
Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real
The president-elect said he is “studying” whether the United States should withdraw from the Paris agreement.
Trump Picks Climate Denialist Currently Suing The EPA To Head The EPA
As reported by the Washington Post, President-elect Donald Trump wishes to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Leaked Document: Trump Wants to Identify Officials Who Worked on Obama Climate Policies
Donald Trump aides are attempting to identify Department of Energy staffers who played a role in promoting President Barack Obama’s climate policies, according to details of a leaked transition team questionnaire published by Bloomberg Thursday night.
Note to Breitbart: Earth Is Not Cooling, Climate Change Is Real and Please Stop Using Our Video to Mislead Americans
Global warming is not expected to end anytime soon, despite what Breitbart.com wrote in an article published last week.
Economists agree: economic models underestimate climate change
It's fairly well-established at this point that there's a robust scientific consensus about the threat of climate change.
How Does ExxonMobil Attack Climate Science? Let Me Count the Ways
ExxonMobil currently scores at the bottom of the scale—“egregious”—on nearly every metric of involvement with climate disinformation.
Global Warming in the Arctic: A Sensitive Climate Gone Off the Rails
It is polar night in the Arctic—a darkness that lasts from early October to early March. Temperatures rarely escape freezing in that darkness, averaging -30° F until the light begins to return in spring. Right now, however, temperatures across much of the Arctic are 36 degrees F above normal.
The Arctic Is Currently An Astonishing THIRTY SIX DEGREES Warmer Than It Should Be
This October has seen anomalously warm weather in the Arctic, at a period of the year when it should be heading towards its coldest.
Why Trump’s vow to kill Obama’s sustainability agenda will lead business to step in and save it
During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump called climate change a hoax, threatened to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, committed to easing restrictions on drilling and mining on federal lands, and promised to push for oil pipelines and other controversial energy infrastructure.
Climate Trumps Everything, No Matter Who Is President
Of all the potential actions in Donald Trump’s forthcoming presidency, none will have more long-lasting effects than those on climate change. Just four days after the Paris climate agreement went into force—the first comprehensive global deal to reduce heat-trapping pollution—the U.S.
Meet Myron Ebell, the Climate Contrarian Leading Trump’s EPA Transition
President Barack Obama has called climate change a threat to national security and to future generations. As president, he championed the Paris climate agreement, which aims to tackle global warming by committing more than 190 nations to reducing heat-trapping emissions over the coming decades.
Donald Trump's victory isn't the most terrifying news this week. There's something even worse
It is a vision of a future so apocalyptic that it is hard to even imagine. But, if leading scientists writing in one of the most respected academic journals are right, planet Earth could be on course for global warming of more than seven degrees Celsius within a lifetime.
Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition
Donald Trump has selected one of the best-known climate skeptics to lead his U.S. EPA transition team, according to two sources close to the campaign.
DISASTER: Trump Picks Climate Change Denier To Lead His EPA Team
The Republican President-elect just named Myron Ebell to head the campaign’s Environmental Protection Agency transition team.
Breaking the Climate Procrastination Habit: How to Bring on America the Sustainable
A boat lights the water surface as it passes by an iceberg in Jakobshavn Bay, Greenland. Scientists believe that Greenland, with its melting ice caps and disappearing glaciers, is an accurate thermometer of global warming. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Think It’s Hot Now? Just Wait
July wasn’t just hot — it was the hottest month ever recorded, according to NASA. And this year is likely to be the hottest year on record. Fourteen of the 15 hottest years have occurred since 2000, as heat waves have become more frequent, more intense and longer lasting.
Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun
NORFOLK, Va. — Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through. Five hundred miles down the Atlantic Coast, the only road to Tybee Island, Ga.
Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be
Alaskans, stay in Alaska. People in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, sit tight. Scientists trying to predict the consequences of climate change say that they see few havens from the storms, floods and droughts that are sure to intensify over the coming decades.
http://usuncut.com/climate/bill-gates-only-socialism-can-save-us-from-climate-change/
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Millennials love clean energy, fear climate change, and don’t vote. This campaign wants to change that.
Democrats and climate hawks share a dilemma, and that dilemma is millennials. Millennials — people born between 1980 and 2000, give or take, depending on your definition — are, in many ways, an incredibly attractive political target.
Marty Kaplan on Why the Media Ignores Climate Change
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Global Surface Temperature : NASA Global Climate Change
This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. Nineteen of the warmest years have occurred since 2000, with the exception of 1998.
Here's another headline you should probably get used to reading: Warmest winter ever
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Tuesday that this was the warmest winter ever recorded for the 48 contiguous states in the 122 years records have been kept. Alaska had its second warmest winter. This followed the warmest fall ever for the contiguous states.
When climate deniers harass scientists, these guys come to the rescue
When climate change deniers attacked climatologist Michael Mann and tried to discredit him and his scientific work in 2011, making Mann's life a "living hell," the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund rose up to help him.
http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2016/01/marco-rubio-climate-change-florida?utm_content=buffer1aa14&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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In 50-49 vote, US Senate says climate change not caused by humans
WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected the scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change, days after NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared 2014 the hottest year ever recorded on Earth.
America Has a Hidden Climate Denial Network and New Research Maps It Out
A view of the Grangemouth oil refinery on the Firth of Forth on November 17, 2009 in Grangemouth ,Scotland.
Right-Wing Media Deny Link Between Climate Change And Rise Of ISIL
Right-wing media are mocking Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley for stating that a severe drought linked to climate change created a "humanitarian crisis" in Syria leading to the rise of the jihadist organization known as ISIL (or ISIS).
The Relentless Attack on Climate Scientist Ben Santer
Dr. Benjamin D. Santer, who was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for research supporting the finding that human activity contributes to global warming, is currently a climate researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Digging into big coal's climate connections
Have you heard about the group that has abused open records laws to harass climate scientists across the United States? The organization behind North Carolina’s ban on using sea level science to inform coastal planning? The institution attacking renewable energy targets?
Every county in America, ranked by scenery and climate
Ventura County, Calif., is the absolute most desirable place to live in America. The index combines "six measures of climate, topography, and water area that reflect environmental qualities most people prefer." Those qualities, according to the U.S.
Naomi Oreskes: The Hoax of Climate Denial
This post first appeared at TomDispatch. Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol Hill is due to the way the Republican Party has lurched to the right.
When the End of Human Civilization Is Your Day Job
This story was published in the August 2015 issue of Esquire. The incident was small, but Jason Box doesn't want to talk about it. He's been skittish about the media since it happened.
Conservatives Don't Deny Climate Science Because They're Ignorant. They Deny It Because of Who They Are.
For many years, the US National Science Foundation, more recently with the help of the General Social Survey, has asked the public the same true or false question about evolution: "Human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.
Seven More Innovators, Inventors, and Entrepreneurs To Watch In Clean Tech
The developing world solar market is already a huge one, but it’s set to blow up like no other. There are so many innovative leaders in this space that I was hesitant to highlight any individuals. But I couldn’t help myself.
A Psychologist Explains Why People Don't Give a Shit About Climate Change
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last month that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere surpassed 400ppm for the first time in recorded history.
Bark Beetles Are Decimating Our Forests. That Might Actually Be a Good Thing.
They gobble up trees and send politicians into a frenzy. But do the bugs know more about climate change than we do?
19 Young Activists Changing America
A vibrant grass roots progressive movement is winning victories, raising awareness and changing lives in every part of the country, but you might not know that if your main source of information is mainstream media.
Can Climate Change Unite the Left?
This essay first appeared at In These Times, and was adapted from This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein.
Climate Change is Every Mothers Fight
Imagine the place you call “home” is in danger of disappearing. You don’t know when it will happen, but you know how and why. For many people around the world this fear of losing their homes in the not-too-distant future is a constant worry.
What’s Possible, a New Film for World Leaders on the Urgency of Global Warming : Moyers & Company
BILL MOYERS: I've watched the film now two or three times. You made it for the world leaders who have gathered here in New York. How do you move these people with a four-minute film? LYN LEAR: The U.N. was very clear. They wanted a film that was positive, that was inspiring.
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James Lovelock: we should give up on saving the planet – video
James Lovelock has spent his career in science defying the mainstream, with startling results.
What We Know
What We Know The scientists agree. The climate is changing, it’s caused by human behavior, and the risks ahead are real. Learn about the consensus. What We Know Based on the evidence, about 97% of climate scientists agree that human-caused climate change is happening.