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
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Lack of enough fresh water to grow food to be severe problem by 2030
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/16/global-water-crisis-food-production-at-risk? Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water Fiona Harvey Environment editor Wed 16 Oct 2024 18.01 EDTShare More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within … Continue reading Lack of enough fresh water to grow food to be severe problem by 2030
Sample ICN newsletter — superb content
A twice-a-week digest of the most pressing climate-related news, released every Tuesday and Friday, written by Kiley Price.Supercharged by Climate Change, Western Megafires Explode SimultaneouslyIn western North America, wildfire season is in full swing—and well on its way toward setting records. Over the past two weeks, infernos have been tearing through parts of California, Oregon … Continue reading Sample ICN newsletter — superb content
Monday was the hottest temperature ever recorded for the globe, surpassing Sunday
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/hottest-day-ever-record-monday-sunday-rcna163408 Monday was the world's hottest day ever recorded — breaking Sunday's short-lived record Global temperature records have been broken twice in a row this week. A man jumps into a pool during the heat wave Monday in Tehran, Iran. Majid Asgaripour / via Reuters July 24, 2024, 1:05 PM EDT By Elysee Barakett and Evan Bush The Summary Monday … Continue reading Monday was the hottest temperature ever recorded for the globe, surpassing Sunday
Not every solution to beach erosion has been tried yet
https://apple.news/AQOLQKLcITKu8j7FcW2f-GQ How $400 worth of rocks saved a beach community from being washed away Harriet Alexander, Washaway Beach, July 1 2024, The Times A cranberry farmer turned the tide on creeping erosion after refusing to accept the authorities’ decision to leave North Cove, Washington, to its fate It was the “hell no” meeting that sparked … Continue reading Not every solution to beach erosion has been tried yet
‘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
How mega-hurricanes have developed and how prevalent they’ll be
apple.news/A3mYJW6YFRYGURWLTzKDHFgSTORM WARNING by Joe Phelan for BBC Science Magazine, June 2024 The effects of climate change are already being felt all around the planet. In coastal areas those effects are manifesting in the form of storms with unprecedented destructive potential – storms that fall outside of our current classification system. Welcome to the era of … Continue reading How mega-hurricanes have developed and how prevalent they’ll be
Are books or e-readers like Kindles, better for the climate?
http://www.npr.org/2024/05/25/1252930557/book-e-reader-kindle-climate What’s better for the climate: A paper book, or an e-reader? MAY 25, 20245:00 AM ET Chloe Veltman for NPR The summer reading season is here. Some people will opt for paperbacks because they're easy to borrow and share. Others will go for e-readers, or audiobooks streamed on a phone. But which is the … Continue reading Are books or e-readers like Kindles, better for the climate?
DIY Climate Changers who aren’t standing still as our world heats up
I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm – now I feed the neighborhood Read more from The DIY Climate Changers, a new series on everyday people’s creative solutions to the climate crisis Victoria NamkungWed 15 May 2024 10.00 EDTShare Beverly Lofton’s home in south Los Angeles used to have a water-guzzling grass lawn. Today, it’s a verdant … Continue reading DIY Climate Changers who aren’t standing still as our world heats up
Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet
apple.news/AWen-ip2wSiWXqXsKy-rRRQAustralia's Great Barrier Reef runs along the Queensland coast. CNN ‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson and Tom Booth, CNN Published 5:00 PM EDT, Sat May 4, 2024 Great Barrier Reef, AustraliaCNN — As the early-morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, its light pierces the … Continue reading Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet
Globe hits 11th straight month of record heat
apple.news/A9mzSW2ItRymaoUU8jdBfIQ 11th Straight Record Month, NOAA And NASA Found by Jonathan Erdman Another month, another heat record. Here's what newly-released data from April showed. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. April was Earth's warmest on record, the latest in a stretch of … Continue reading Globe hits 11th straight month of record heat
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
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