The rise of ‘doomers’: The people who think climate change can’t be stopped – The Washington Post
When Sean Youra was 26 years old and working as an engineer, he started watching documentaries about climate change. Youra, who was struggling with depression and the loss of a family member, was horrified by what he learned about melting…
Decline of more than 500 species of marine life on Australian reefs ‘the tip of the iceberg’, study finds
More than 500 common species of fish, seaweed, coral and invertebrates that live on reefs around Australia have declined in the past decade, a study has found, as experts warn “not all is well in the ocean”. Global heating was…
UN report: Window for limiting global warming is closing – Axios
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios A stark new U.N. climate change report warns that humanity stands at the precipice of a more dangerous world, but says it has the tools needed to pull back from the brink. Driving the news: The final…
Earth to Hit Critical Global Warming Threshold by Early 2030s – The New York Times
A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes. Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming…
8th Annual Ocean Conference Raises $20 Billion, And Pledges For Marine Protection
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans. Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors. Previous Our Ocean conferences have generated more than 1,800 commitments […]
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Destroying Australia’s Economy With Fake Renewables And Big Batteries
We are destroying our economy by shutting down baseload power whilst subsidizing fake renewables, big batteries, and the incredible energy-gobbling pumped hydro ‘Snowy 2.0’ scheme. With a tunneling machine buried near the entry of a difficult tunnel, this imitation of…
Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather? – The Conversation
The final months of New Zealand’s summer carried a massive sting, bringing “unprecedented” rainfalls several times over, from widespread flooding in Auckland at the end of January to ex-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle dumping record rains and causing devastating floods across the…
The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future – Al Jazeera English
Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a “liveable” future at risk. So concludes the United Nations Intergovernmental…
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…
La Nina is over, National Weather Service declares – The Washington Post
An extended episode of the global climate pattern known as La Niña is over, and scientists suspect a “rapid evolution” to El Niño — known for accelerating planetary warming and inducing extreme weather — could occur this summer. That is…
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