Not just hot — climate anomalies not seen in recorded history

http://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/31/july-hottest-month-extreme-weather-future/ It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe. July was packed with weather anomalies, but some were so abnormal they sent a wave of consternation through the scientific community By Brady Dennis and Scott Dance Updated July 31, 2023 at 9:05 p.m. EDT|Published July 31, 2023 at 5:51 p.m. EDT A glimpse of a more tumultuous … Continue reading Not just hot — climate anomalies not seen in recorded history →

15 must-see films of all types about the climate crisis

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/30/disaster-movies-films-climate-crisis-documentaries Emergency viewing: 15 must-see films about the climate crisis These unflinching documentaries, indie thrillers and anime fables can help us to understand the climate emergency, and how to respond Guy Lodge, with an introduction by Chris Packham Sun 30 Jul 2023 06.00 EDT We are rapidly becoming the all-star cast of the biggest disaster movie … Continue reading 15 must-see films of all types about the climate crisis →

http://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/magazine/uruguay-renewable-energy.html What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay No greater challenge faces humanity than reducing emissions without backsliding into preindustrial poverty. One tiny country is leading the way. Gauchos at the Pintado wind farm in Corral de Piedra, Uruguay.Credit...Alessandro Cinque for The New York Times By Noah Gallagher Shannon Published Oct. 5, 2022, Updated Oct. 7, … Continue reading Perhaps sustainable living might look like Uruguay →

http://www.wsj.com/articles/to-treat-extreme-heat-ice-packed-body-bags-and-wet-gowns-7c35c5c9 [click thru for fascinating graphics showing exactly what these extreme temperatures do to human bodies] Extreme Heat Sends Nauseated, Comatose Patients to Hospitals Around U.S. Ice, water and fans among the remedies for symptoms caused by high body temperatures Placing sick people in body bags packed with ice can be used to lower their … Continue reading This extreme heat can kill →

https://apple.news/APnKu6XkfTpWdFX99P5bUdA by AARIAN MARSHALL for Wired, published APR 14, 2023 8:00 AM The US Wants to Close an ‘SUV Loophole’ That Supersized Cars A new proposal from the EPA would make it less attractive for automakers to build big vehicles. TOUGH NEW RULES on pollution from vehicles, proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency this week, … Continue reading EPA finally to close the “SUV loophole” that supersized cars →

http://www.wired.com/story/the-heat-wave-scorching-the-us-is-a-self-perpetuating-monster/? MATT SIMON, SCIENCE, JUL 14, 2023 7:00 AM The Heat Wave Scorching the US Is a Self-Perpetuating Monster The current record highs in the US are thanks to a heat dome—and it’s expected to get worse through the weekend. JUST WEEKS AFTER a third of the US population was hit with air-quality alerts thanks to smoke from climate-change-fueled … Continue reading Why is this punishing heat feeding on itself and apt to get worse? →

https://apple.news/ADShAUc8sTHag_A2daLt48w MATT SIMON for Wired APR 28, 2023 7:00 AM An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis. TO CALL WHAT’S happening in the oceans right now an anomaly is a bit of an … Continue reading An ominous heating event is unfolding in the ocean →

http://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/another-city-is-drowning-and-we-cant-look-away? Another City Is Drowning, and We Can’t Look Away In Bangkok and around the world, live updates about hurricanes and floods are turning us into climate voyeurs. By Pitchaya Sudbanthad October 4, 2022 Last summer, when remnants of Hurricane Ida raged through New York City and flooded parts of all five boroughs, my relatives in … Continue reading The city most likely to drown next →

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/monday-was-hottest-day-for-global-average-temperature-on-record-as-climate-crisis-bites Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites Heatwaves sizzled around the world from the US south and the north of Africa to China and Antarctica Guardian staff and agencyTue 4 Jul 2023 14.37 EDT This Monday, 3 July 2023, was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according … Continue reading Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record →

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/04/sea-urchin-die-off-source-ciliate/673817/ The Sea-Urchin Murderer Has Finally Been Apprehended Most such mysteries go unsolved. But in this case, a crack team of scientists quickly found a culprit.By Ed Yong Photo illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Ian Hewson / Cornell University. APRIL 24, 2023, 8 AM ET When Mya Breitbart heard that something was killing off sea urchins … Continue reading Scientists triumph by finding killer of sea urchins →

http://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/groundwater-earth-spin-axis.html? Something Was Messing With Earth’s Axis. The Answer Has to Do With Us. Scientists knew the planet’s centerline could move. But it took a sharp turn sometime around the start of the 2000s. Though you can’t feel it, Earth’s rotation is nowhere near as smooth as that of the globe on your desk.Credit...Norman Kuring, … Continue reading Climate crisis is affecting the earth’s axis which determines seasons and more →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/25/great-salt-lake-mormons-water/ [click thru for photos] Its promised land drying, Mormon Church works to save the Great Salt Lake By Karin Brulliard, published June 25, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT SALT LAKE CITY — The valley here was shades of brown, its vast saline lake shimmering, when Brigham Young first surveyed the landscape in 1847 and recognized … Continue reading Mormons take first baby steps to protecting the Great Salt Lake that waters their promised land →