Tag: climate

Atlantic Ocean’s currents with huge impact

https://apple.news/A_8f8SMC0SZ-yo9a3R5MRlA ONE OF EARTH’S KEY CLIMATE SYSTEMS IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE Scientists are worried that the Atlantic Ocean’s system of currents may be about to pass a tipping point. And if it does, it’ll have severe consequences for all of us Icy winds howl across a frozen Thames, ice floes block shipping in … Continue reading Atlantic Ocean’s currents with huge impact →

‘Scared as hell’: climate scientists risk jobs, jail to save dying planet

http://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/6/16/what-grief-for-a-dying-planet-looks-like-climate-scientists-on-the-edge-2 ‘Scared as hell’: Climate scientists risk jobs, jail to save dying planet Desperate climate scientists embrace civil disobedience and specialised therapy to deal with their growing anxiety over global warming. Environmental engineer Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick, centre, and energy engineer Richard Cluse, right, began a hunger strike in March in Berlin, Germany, under the motto “starving … Continue reading ‘Scared as hell’: climate scientists risk jobs, jail to save dying planet →

Floods are devastating Europe

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/15/down-to-earth-the-floods I’ve seen how deadly floods are devastating Europe – we are not prepared for what’s next In this week’s Down to Earth newsletter: what the Guardian’s Sirin Kale saw when reporting on environmental disasters in Germany, Belgium and the UK Sirin Kale, dThu 16 May 2024 11.50 EDTShare This is an extract of this … Continue reading Floods are devastating Europe →