Climate Change
UN report concludes that changing climate imperils world's food supply
08/08/2019
A quarter of humanity faces looming water crises
08/07/2019
Climate change and the global economy
07/08/2019
The Washington Post reports that Moody's Analytics says climate change could cost $69 trillion by the year 2100.
Reforestation to help absorb carbon emissions
07/05/2019
NYT report on Swiss study indicating that restoring forests will help slow global warming.
A heat wave in Europe
07/01/2019
Better get used to it, scientists say. NY Times article.
Climate change rock stars AOC and Greta
06/29/2019
"Hope is contagious." Story in The Guardian.
UN report lists one million plant and animal species on verge of extinction
05/08/2019
Greenhouse gases have affected gap between rich and poor countries
04/24/2019
NY Times story here.
"Extinction rebellion" protests against climate change
04/23/2019
Around the world, over 1000 people were arrested. Washington Post story.
A moving depiction of the consequences of glacial melting on the natural world
04/17/2019
Climate projections matter if you're deciding where to live
04/15/2019
In blow to climate, coal plants emitted more than ever in 2018
03/26/2019
Kids' lawsuit alleges government has known of climate change risk for 50 years
03/04/2019
The TV show Sixty Minutes ran a segment this weekend on a lawsuit making its way through the courts in the Pacific Northwest. Titled "Juliana vs. United States," the suit seeks to have the government stop supporting fossil fuel use. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by Oregon lawyer Julia Olson on behalf of 21 children —the "climate kids" — that she recruited from environmental groups around the country. The plaintiffs submitted evidence indicating that as early as 1965 the government had information on the cumulative dangers of fossil fuel usage, and ignored it.
Here's some background on the program.
Interactive map shows what your city will feel like in 60 years
02/15/2019
Mostly, it will feel a lot warmer.
Here's the map, courtesy of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
Oceans are heating 40% faster than scientists estimated just five years ago
01/10/2019
From a new report in Science magazine, via The New York Times.
Impact of climate change: more extreme weather events
12/12/2018
NY Times article summarizing just-published research study.
Climate experts concluding that carbon capture and storage will be a necessity
12/12/2018
As experts gather at the U.N. climate talks in Poland, they are considering measures that had been previously dismissed. Carbon capture and storage is one of them.
NOAA issues dismal 2018 Arctic Report Card
12/11/2018
NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agency, just issued its 2018 Arctic Report Card, showing persistent warming in the region.