Will Steffen, ‘courageous’ climate scientist, dies in Canberra aged 75
Globally renowned Australian climate scientist Prof Will Steffen has died, aged 75, with former colleagues and family remembering him as an inspiring, courageous and gentle human. Steffen died in Canberra hospital on Sunday evening after almost a year of treatment…
‘Recession Resilient’ Climate Start-Ups Shine in Tech Downturn – The New York Times
Tech workers and investors are flocking to start-ups that aim to combat climate change. When Arebeth Pease was laid off from the tech start-up MasterClass last year, she could have had her pick of jobs. But so many tech companies’…
Sonam Wangchuk is right. All is not well with Ladakhâs glaciers
In October 2021, 31 glacial lakes and water bodies showed an increase in area by 20%, found CSE & DTE’s State of India’s Environment 2022: In Figures
Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India
Frost-like conditions occur every year, but an episode like this happens once in three or four years
Climate atlas finds summers, winters in India to get warmer, Kharif season to see more rainfall
Report by thinktank presents historical trends from 1990–2019 and projects future ones
Scientists Report a Dramatic Drop in the Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice – InsideClimate News
The new year started with the familiar refrain of climate extremes, as scientists with the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Jan. 3 that the sea ice around Antarctica dropped to its lowest extent on record for early January….
Climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses – Science Daily
Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses caused by these storms. Better insurance could effectively mitigate the climate change-induced increase in economic losses….
Temporary warming over 2°C may cause cascading tipping events – Earth.com
The target of the United Nations Paris Agreement, signed by 196 parties in 2015, was to limit the global temperature rise to an average of between 1.5 and 2°C. Although some countries have made some progress towards reducing their greenhouse…
2022 too short, too far: Data stories that show the true impact of climate change this year
Did you know that India experienced extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days from beginning of year to November 30?
Climate Misinformation, Factual Errors, And Censorship Pervade Seattle Times
Perhaps I should not read the Seattle Times anymore. During the past weeks, there have been several climate-related stories and opinion/cartoon pieces that are just plain wrong. Clear factual errors, or hyping/exaggerating the impacts of global warming. [emphasis, links added]…
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