Apple TV’s ‘Extrapolations’ and why it’s so hard to make shows about climate change – The Washington Post

In the second episode of Apple TV Plus’s new climate drama “Extrapolations,” a scientist sits in an underwater base, communicating with a humpback whale. The year is 2046 — all of the “Extrapolations” episodes are named after a year in…

Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves – InsideClimate News

In 2016, disturbing footage captured on a sunny beach in Argentina went viral. The video appeared in news outlets around the world under variations of a disquieting headline: “Baby dolphin dies after a mob of tourists pass it around to…

The 50 States of Climate Change – Outside Online – Outside

Since the 1700s, the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has increased by 40 percent, largely from greenhouse gasses released by people burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal. As a result, the climate is becoming more…

Global warming is changing Canada’s boreal forest and tundra – The Conversation Indonesia

Global warming is affecting the boreal forest — what happens will depend on the climate, vegetation and the frequency and intensity of wildfires. Changes in the north include increases or decreases in leaf growth, called Arctic greening and browning, more…

Climate Change: Short On Proof, Drowning In Nonsense

The environmentalist creed in context Environmentalism, more particularly its prevalent global warming strain, dominates politics. It is the fourth such banner raised by the disgruntled that has conditioned politics since Medieval times. Earlier eras saw politics underpinned by a struggle…

We Face a Climate Abyss, But There Are Sparks of Hope, Robert Pollin Says – Truthout

The energy transition from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources is moving slowly, and scores of global conferences on climate change over the past few decades have failed to produce the desired results. From the…

The American climate migration has already begun | Jake Bittle

Over the past decade, the US has experienced a succession of monumental climate disasters. Hurricanes have obliterated parts of the Gulf Coast, dumping more than 50in of rain in some places. Wildfires have denuded the California wilderness and destroyed thousands…

Unhealthy Fat Could Be Turned Into ‘Good Fat’ to Keep Us Youthful and Thinner

Did you know your body actually contains three different kinds of fat? That’s right, humans have brown, beige, and white fat adipose tissues, and a newfound ability to turn one into the other could create a revolution in metabolic disease prevention. By turning a select number of genes in white fat cells off, they reverted […]

The post Unhealthy Fat Could Be Turned Into ‘Good Fat’ to Keep Us Youthful and Thinner appeared first on Good News Network.

World Bank chief resigns after climate stance misstep

The World Bank president, David Malpass, has announced his resignation months after sparking controversy by failing to say whether he accepted that fossil fuels were driving the climate crisis. Malpass, who was appointed to the post by Donald Trump in…

Can giving the ocean an antacid help curb climate change? – NBC News

The strategy is inspired by the natural process of chemical rock weathering, where rain — which is slightly acidic —  “weathers” or erodes the surface of rocks and minerals, and then transfers that alkalinity to the ocean via runoff.  It’s…