Tag: Climate Change
The Arctic’s sea ice cover reached its minimum extent on Sept. 16. While it wasn’t a record low, a look back through the melt season offers some insight into the relentless decline of Arctic sea ice in the face of climate change #arcticseaice
A new study released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago showed that air pollution is cutting short the average global citizen’s life by more than two years, with people in parts of the world dying as many as eight years earlier than they would without exposure to pollution. #airpollution
The IPCC released the first part of its much anticipated Sixth Assessment Report on Aug. 9, 2021. In it, 234 scientists from around the globe summarized the current climate research on how the Earth is changing as temperatures rise and what those changes will mean for the future.#IPCCReport #climatechange
A new assessment of climate change in the two national parks and surrounding forests and ranchland warns of the potential for significant changes as the region continues to heat up. #climatechange #YellowstoneNationalPark
Shiva calls Gates’ book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” which pushes for the elimination of age-old farming traditions and widespread adoption of fake meat, “rubbish” #billgates #vandanashiva
The Group of 7 leaders last week ended their summit without a firm and clear commitment on how they’re going to deliver on the annual $100 billion climate finance pledge they made over a decade ago, sparking criticism from United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa. #climatechange #G7Summit2021
The atmospheric scientist that led a major year-long Arctic research expedition said Tuesday that the world may have already hit one of the so-called climate “tipping points.” #climatecrisis
Researchers say part of the Central-Western Greenland ice sheet has reached a tipping point after more than a century of studying its rate of melting. #GreenlandIceSheet #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
Saudi officials have announced a massive initiative aimed at protecting the Middle East from climate change by taking on the world’s largest tree-planting effort—50 billion across the Arab state #treeplanting #climateaction #SaudiArabia
The waters surrounding the equator are one of the most biodiverse areas on the globe, rich in marine life. However, rampant rises in temperate have led to a mass exodus of marine species from the sensitive #MarineLife #MassExtinction
A misguided technological revolution is about to sweep through food systems, but civil society and social movements can stop it in its tracks. #longfoodmovement
A new report from Navdanya International calls for rejecting Bill Gates’ fake solutions and instead supports an ecological approach to food and agriculture which can provide a long-lasting solution to climate change. #climatechange
Anyone with even a passing interest in the global environment knows all is not well. But just how bad is the situation? Our new paper shows the outlook for life on Earth is more dire than is generally understood. #earthfuture
Melting icebergs in the Antarctic are the key, say the team from Cardiff University, triggering a series of chain reactions that plunges Earth into a prolonged period of cold temperatures. #iceage #climatechange
Two reports detail how failure to reduce fossil fuel use and curb emissions are driving catastrophic global warming. #nature #waronnature
