It's truly sad that even Russia has changed its stance on whether there's a climate crisis. Meanwhile, the U.S. government and its fossil fuel-related businesses are ignoring even the medium-term problems that the climate crisis present. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-09-29/climate-change-russia-s-oil-and-gas-heartlands-are-under-threat Why Vladimir Putin Suddenly Believes in Global Warming Russia was happy that global warming opened up Arctic oil, but … Continue reading Why even Russia now knows there’s a climate crisis
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How scientists are beginning to get thru to U.S. doubters about the reality of climate change
The change in thinking is still not fast enough or focused enough on action. Moreover, a good percentage of our legislators rely so heavily on fossil fuel-related contributions, that it's difficult to see the likelihood of meaningful change at the federal level https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-01/americans-are-finally-worried-about-climate-change? How Scientists Finally Got Americans to Worry About the Climate Public opinion … Continue reading How scientists are beginning to get thru to U.S. doubters about the reality of climate change
Another feedback loop from microbes in heated soil
Physical objects are not as unchangeable as we've always thought partially because many contain life albeit of a very small size. Microbes, being alive, change their behavior when living in a hotter environment, and not favorably. https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/09/as-soils-warm-microbes-pump-more-carbon-dioxide-to-the-atmosphere/ Audio As soils warm, microbes pump more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere It's a dangerous feedback loop. 01 … Continue reading Another feedback loop from microbes in heated soil
New UN report warns of even worse flooding, extreme weather than predicted without radical reductions in greenhouse gases
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/25/world/un-ipcc-report-oceans-and-ice-climate-change/index.html Landmark UN report warns sea levels will rise faster than projected by 2100 By Drew Kann, CNN Updated 5:29 AM ET, Wed September 25, 2019 (CNN)Cities from New York to Shanghai could see regular flooding, as sea levels rise faster than previously thought. Glaciers and ice sheets from the Himalayas to Antarctica are rapidly melting. And the … Continue reading New UN report warns of even worse flooding, extreme weather than predicted without radical reductions in greenhouse gases
Greta Thunberg is the anti-Trump
This is a fine article contrasting the two people who really couldn't be much more of polar opposites. Greta thinks globally, in terms of right or wrong, has empathy, relies on science, tells the truth, and lives her principles. Trump? Well.... She could not have appeared at a better time. https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/greta-thunberg-is-the-anti-trump Greta Thunberg Is the … Continue reading Greta Thunberg is the anti-Trump
How has the fossil fuel industry done so well at blocking effective action about the climate crisis
The fossil fuel industry, notably Exxon, has known for decades that there was an impending climate disaster due to the production and use of fossil fuels. They have actively presented information denying what they knew to be true. How did they get away with it? Read on. A somewhat long article but eye opening and … Continue reading How has the fossil fuel industry done so well at blocking effective action about the climate crisis
Venus might have been our Planet B once
For once, a mystery about a disaster that isn't on this planet. Since we may eventually desperately need either a Planet B or at least a better understanding about how even a barely habitable planet can destroy itself, this is an article worth reading. Do click thru for some beautiful photographs. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/world/venus-habitability-scn/index.html Venus was potentially … Continue reading Venus might have been our Planet B once
10 charts that explain the climate crisis visually and briefly
I'm always looking for a fresh way to show how dire the situation is with our climate and the globe's capacity for supporting human life. This article has just ten charts -- great for those who prefer them to words. Take a glance, please. You can add to this articles from any source from the … Continue reading 10 charts that explain the climate crisis visually and briefly
Books to read for background and facts about the climate emergency
I've read three out of these five books -- "The Uninhabitable Earth," "This Changes Everything" and "Drawdown" provide solid, usable information on not only what's happening and why, but on what you individually and governments can and should do about the climate crisis. "Drawdown," in particular, is available in a large format with lots of … Continue reading Books to read for background and facts about the climate emergency
Greenland’s ice sheet is changing its behavior in a way that’s speeding up the runoff from melted areas
Greenland's ice sheet has always had a fairly porous texture where melting ice and snow could trickle down into the center of the glacier where it might refreeze. Now much of the surface is forming a hard, smooth layer of firm ice and the melting liquid is able to and does run off the ice … Continue reading Greenland’s ice sheet is changing its behavior in a way that’s speeding up the runoff from melted areas
And here’s part 3 of the Los Angeles Times forcefully stated editorial on what must be done NOW for the future of the planet
The third part of this wonderfully concise but persuasive editorial from the LA Times points out that the entire planet will have to move off fossil fuels abruptly and more or less totally. Further, the editorial acknowledges that doing so will require changes in the way we live -- particularly in the developed countries that … Continue reading And here’s part 3 of the Los Angeles Times forcefully stated editorial on what must be done NOW for the future of the planet
Part 2 of Los Angeles Times editorial on what must be done NOW about the climate crisis
This is the issue sometimes called environmental or climate justice. Those people who don't already have all of the toys and excess of the developed world are never going to be able to have them if human life on the globe is to survive. But can the "have's" simply say no? Or is there an … Continue reading Part 2 of Los Angeles Times editorial on what must be done NOW about the climate crisis
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