We Now Know the Full Extent of Obama’s Disastrous Apathy Toward The Climate Crisis ❧ Current Affairs

Columbia University’s oral history of the Obama presidency consists of interviews with 470 people ranging from administration officials to activists who tried to shape Obama era public policy. It’s the “official” oral history, conducted with funding from the Obama Foundation,…

Arctic sea ice under threat

Letter: Three hard facts about global warming

After sufficient intellectual due diligence to satisfy my own rigorous scientific and philosophical requirements, I can, with earned confidence, state three unquestionable facts about global warming: #1 Over the last one hundred and twenty years or so, since around 1900,…

Weather tracker: Shanghai reports record high May temperature of 36.7C

SDG and climate change | The Express Tribune

Progress and modernity on the back of the industrial revolution came with a high price tag. The consumption of fuel and gas for transportation and to run factories contaminated the atmosphere to the extent that the naturally accumulated greenhouse gases…

Climate change not to blame for triple-whammy cyclones, floods ravaging Italy: researchers

A triple-whammy of cyclones that led to devastating floods across northern Italy is not attributable to climate change, a study by World Weather Attribution found. The event’s rarity, however, is still viewed as cause for concern by researchers. “This is…

‘Farming good, factory bad’, we think. When it comes to the global food crisis, it isn’t so simple | George Monbiot

Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate – Communications Earth & Environment

Abstract Flash drought, characterized by unusually rapid drying, can have substantial impact on many socioeconomic sectors, particularly agriculture. However, potential changes to flash drought risk in a warming climate remain unknown. In this study, projected changes in flash drought frequency…

MP urges colleagues to back voice – as it happened

Montreal Protocol has slowed loss of Arctic sea ice, say scientists – Carbon Brief

The Montreal Protocol – which aims to reduce emissions of ozone-depleting gases – has had the unexpected benefit of slowing Arctic sea ice loss, according to new research. In 1987, nearly 200 countries signed the landmark Montreal Protocol, promising to…