therockyfiles

therockyfiles, 9 months ago to climate

Great reporting: extreme heat is killing people around the world. Experts say it will get much worse: “We can say now that people are dying from climate change, and that’s a different kind of statement than we would have made before.” @washingtonpost
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/pakistan-extreme-heat-health-impacts-death/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 6 months ago to climate

Scientists: record ocean heat is an existential threat: “This puts coral reefs and a quarter of the ocean's biodiversity at serious risk of annihilation." ⁦‪@physorg_com‬⁩ https://phys.org/news/2023-12-coral-reefs-peril-record-breaking-ocean.html #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 1 month ago to climate

Why are the oceans heating up so fast? Experts don’t know: “The step-change in ocean temperatures over last year is huge…the fact we can't simulate these step-change increases and understand why it's happening is terrifying." @India_Bourke @bbcnews https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240508-how-record-ocean-warming-is-destabilising-weather-and-climate #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 11 months ago to climate

Report: companies underestimating #climate risks. “Financial institutions often did not understand the models they were using to predict the economic cost of climate change and were underestimating the risks of temperature rises” https://www.ft.com/content/a5027391-41a4-4e21-a72d-f8189d6a7b71 @CamillaHodgson #ClimateChange

therockyfiles, 7 months ago to random

Scientists say new research links glysophate used in herbicides like Roundup to cancer at levels now considered safe: “This is of extreme concern. We couldn’t sit on this data.” @careygillam @thenewledenews https://www.thenewlede.org/2023/10/glyphosate-cancer-findings-of-extreme-concern-as-europe-weighs-reauthorization-of-pesticide/ #herbicide

therockyfiles, 7 months ago to climate

In the Louisiana bayou, locals and environmentalists fight a planned $13 billion methane LNG export plant: “The last thing that people in these communities need is another project of this magnitude shoved down their throats.” @jsdart @DeSmog https://www.desmog.com/2023/10/20/lng-export-facilities-louisiana-mckibben-ferc-venture-global-salt-dome/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 6 months ago to climate

UN report: nations need aggressive action to avoid a climate catastrophe: "Present trends are racing our planet down a dead-end 3C temperature rise…The emissions gap is more like an emissions canyon." @GloriaDickie @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/climate-track-warm-by-nearly-3c-without-greater-ambition-un-report-2023-11-20/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 7 months ago to climate

End of the lobster state? Record warm waters push lobsters north to Canada as fishermen seek alternatives. "People are posting fish they catch on Facebook and asking 'What’s this?' And they’re tropical fish.'" usatoday.com/story/news/nat… @TrevorHughes @usatoday https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/30/maine-lobster-industry-at-risk-climate-change/70361283007/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 2 months ago to random

The microplastics-human health connection: "heart surgery patients whose arteries were clogged with microplastics were more than twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, or death from any cause, within three years” @thenewledenews https://www.thenewlede.org/2024/03/postcard-from-california-the-global-plastics-crisis-is-a-threat-to-human-health/ #plastics

therockyfiles, 28 days ago to climate

Great reporting: is LNG the next carbon bomb? Experts say massive LNG export facilities present new climate threats: “It is grossly misleading to state that US LNG is good for the climate.” @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled https://drilled.media/news/May2024Hearing-LNG #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 2 months ago to climate

A march towards extinction: "Levels of the three most important human-caused greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – continued their steady climb during 2023, according to NOAA scientists.” @NOAAClimate https://research.noaa.gov/2024/04/05/no-sign-of-greenhouse-gases-increases-slowing-in-2023/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 2 months ago to random

In California oil fields wastewater and oil continue to flow over the past 20 years threatening the environment: “There were places where the earth had literally cracked open and oil was spilling out” @janetwilson66 @desertsunnews @propublica https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2024/03/21/chevron-oil-spills-13-million-dollar-settlement/73047701007/

therockyfiles, 4 months ago to climate

EPA proposes pollution standard that experts say would save thousands of lives: “reducing soot pollution would especially benefit poor and minority communities, which are disproportionately located near industrial facilities.” @maxinejoselow https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/02/07/epa-soot-limit-rule/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 4 months ago to climate

Scientists say glaciers are melting so fast critical ice records are washing away with the heat: “The glacier has now been irreversibly destroyed as an archive for recreating important atmospheric aerosol components.” @NatureWorldNews https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/60451/20240129/global-warming-brings-lowering-mountain-glaciers-destroys-climate-records.htm #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 7 months ago to solar

Community #solar: small solar projects are booming, giving more people access to clean energy. That's good for the planet and consumer pocketbooks, industry experts say: "signing up for solar soon might be as easy as subscribing to Netflix." https://washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/10/community-solar-renters-apartments-discounted-electricity/ @MJ_Coren #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 8 months ago to climate

Disturbing information tracking the disintegration of ice sheets and rapid melting in West Antarctica and Greenland, including videos from front line scientists. "How can we demand action if this news is ignored, buried, or banned?" @dailykos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/29/2195755/-Pinning-point-five-collapsed-the-sea-ice-barrier-buttressing-Thwaites-and-Pine-Island-Glacier #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 4 months ago to climate

A climate scientist agrees with experts like former Nasa scientist James Hanson that the rate of global warming is increasing. "I don’t know why it has sped up, but in my opinion it has. And that is not good news.” @TaminoClimate https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/global-warming-picks-up-speed/ #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 9 months ago to climate

Child cancer linked to #fracking: “researchers found that children who lived within 1 mile…of a well had five to seven times the chance of developing lymphoma compared with children who lived 5 miles…or farther from a well.” ⁦@timelywriter @ap #oil #gas #methane #climatechange https://apnews.com/article/fracking-pennsylvania-health-environment-research-79dd7cfb9b3799e628b0c3667f30dcc4

therockyfiles, 4 months ago to climate

UN official: here’s the climate problem.
“…none of the major developed countries, who are the most important historical emitters, have policies that are moving away from fossil fuels, on the contrary, they are expanding” @ninalakhani @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/19/cop28-fossil-fuels-climate-deal-pedro-pedroso-us-uk-canada-pollution #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 5 months ago to climate

Climate scientists warn of extreme temps to continue in 2024, which many researchers expect to be another record hot year. We ignore them at our own peril. #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 4 months ago to random

Scientists see a major threat to ocean life: rapid acidification driven by burning fossil fuels. “This change could pose a threat to whales, penguins, and hundreds of other species living in the Southern Ocean.” @GReportIndia https://groundreport.in/antarctic-coastal-waters-facing-100-increase-in-acidity-study/

therockyfiles, 9 months ago to climate

I’ve reported from the Baja. This will be an unmitigated disaster for people in shantytowns perched in the dry hills: ”If you hear noises, or the ground cracking, it is important for you to check it and get out as fast as possible, because the ground can weaken and your home could collapse,”
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-hilary-mexico-southern-california-7fddeb8c6eaf2e6cb8893dfe4db838fe #climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 5 months ago to climate

Despite a history of corruption cited by the Panama Papers, the birthplace of the oil industry may be its final chapter: "The country that was home to the oil industry’s beginnings...could one day bring the petroleum era to an end.” @manuelaandreoni https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?free_trial=0&paid_regi=1&productCode=CLIM&te=1&nl=climate-forward&emc=edit_clim_20240111&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F420cb29a-56ce-5032-a639-c767ddf60c80 #clomate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 5 months ago to climate

Great piece by @JakeTapper calling out the oil and gas industry for its climate lies: "We know that the oil and gas industry is as credible in their climate skepticism as the tobacco industry was with their skepticism of the risks of lung cancer." https://cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/24/sotu-climate-homily.cnn @CNNSOTU #Climate #climatechange

therockyfiles, 9 months ago to climate

Climate scientists fear their predictions are coming true a lot faster than thought: “I used to think, ‘I’m concerned for my children and grandchildren.’ Now it’s to the point where I’m concerned about myself.” @corinnepurtill @latimes #climate #climatechange https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-08-18/lahaina-yellowknife-hurricane-hilary-climate-scientists-watch-predictions-come-true