Older people like me need to start protesting for our planet | Bill McKibben

The brutal truth is that last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report didn’t have the effect it should have had, or that its authors clearly intended. Produced by thousands of scientists who synthesized the work of tens of thousands…

Rho Ophiuchi is filled with glorious color

One of the most colorful regions of the sky, Rho Ophiuchi showcases clusters and nebulae galore. This region is a great target for August nights.

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Housing solutions are climate solutions – The Seattle Times

I have news for my fellow card-carrying climate advocates in Washington: If you are standing in the way of policies that allow more homes in our cities, it’s time to turn in your environmentalist bona fides.   Seriously. If you’re blocking…

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…

Wash. State’s New Climate Law Is Causing Gas Prices To Skyrocket

Gas prices in the state of Washington have surged 40 cents since the new year when a new law designed to penalize greenhouse gas emissions went into effect, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). Washington…

Hotter temperatures will change what trees thrive in Seattle – Axios

Illustration: Megan Robinson/Axios Seattle tree lovers have long relied on historical success and “hardiness” maps specific to our region to know what species to plant where and when. A new map based on U.S. Forest Service data and climate predictions…

Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict – Nature.com

Abstract Climate change and human–wildlife conflict are both pressing challenges for biodiversity conservation and human well-being in the Anthropocene. Climate change is a critical yet underappreciated amplifier of human–wildlife conflict, as it exacerbates resource scarcity, alters human and animal behaviours…

Where more people will die — and live — because of hotter temperatures – The Washington Post

But that wasn’t all that was happening. A month later, the same research group, which is based out of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine but includes scientists from dozens of countries, released another peer-reviewed study that told…

Is your partner worried about climate change? You might be surprised. – The Washington Post

She’s from Florida. He’s from Michigan. He’s vigilant about recycling and turning off the lights. She’s not as consistent. She accepts climate change is caused by humans. He doesn’t. They have been married for nearly 15 years. “I’d say that…

Phys.org Claims Atmospheric Rivers And Hurricanes Getting Worse. Data Says No

A recent article at Phys.org, originally published by the Chicago Tribune, says that climate change is behind the recent atmospheric river events in California, as well as an alleged increase in Category 4 and 5 hurricanes. This is false. Atmospheric…