An unusual winter heat wave has brought record high temperatures to cities across Argentina, Chile and Paraguay this week, triggering concerns about the impacts of climate change....
Some workings of the climate system currently — the record-low Antarctic sea ice, for example — are true anomalies that scientists can’t yet currently explain. But most are just what we would expect from a world that has continued to burn fossil fuels. While some developed countries have cut back on the use of coal, oil, and gas, global emissions have only plateaued. And unless global emissions reach zero, the planet will continue to warm.
That’s pretty clear about where we’re at and what the choice we have is.
Or… realizing that it’s possible to limit the damage and taking action to make that happen. It’s pretty clear that the article recognizes that it’s possible.
That only works if nothing else changes as a result. Unfortunately adding CO2 raises temperature, which alters rainfall patterns. So we lose out as CO2 concentrations rise.
We found 410 dead birds collected along 196 km of power lines in four western USA states during 2019–2022. We necropsied these carcasses to test conventional wisdom suggesting that electrocution is the leading cause of death of birds at electrical infrastructure. Of 175 birds with a known cause of death, 66% died from gunshot....
A lot of cases they just found bones or a pile of feathers. Those could have been shot, but we don’t know. That’s why it’s important to look at only the ones which were fresh enough to identify cause of death.
Any chance of limiting global warming to 1.5˚C rests on Joe Biden being elected to a second term. Voters need an accurate accounting of Biden’s climate record ahead of the November 2024 election....
Yeah, it will take structural change, and the way to pull that off is to elect people to state legislatures and to congress who will actually work to make it happen. It doesn’t happen otherwise.
A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy (www.nytimes.com)
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China’s steel sector invests USD 100 billion in coal-based steel plants, despite low profitability, overcapacity and carbon commitments (energyandcleanair.org)
‘The extreme events scare me the most’: climatologist warns of Italy’s vulnerability to climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
I Interrupted the White House Press Secretary Because Climate Can't Wait (www.teenvogue.com)
This Atlanta duo has a theory to drive climate action: Make it cool (www.canarymedia.com)
The original “Climate Barbie” (heated.world)
Bark beetles are eating through Germany's Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse (apnews.com)
Was the Medieval Era Warmer Than Now? New Tree Ring Study Offers Insight (e360.yale.edu)
China’s G-20 Climate Wrecking Tactics Threaten Its Global Role (www.bloomberg.com)
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Royal Bank of Canada, criticized on climate, seeks executive to tackle issue (www.reuters.com)
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Returning to a Climate-Changed Home | Millimeter by millimeter the sea has been creeping up. These Senegalese villagers—allowed home for the first time in 30 years—are feeling the change all at once. (hakaimagazine.com)
Heat Wave Grips Portions of South America in the Middle of Winter (www.nytimes.com)
An unusual winter heat wave has brought record high temperatures to cities across Argentina, Chile and Paraguay this week, triggering concerns about the impacts of climate change....
The world just got its first real taste of what life is like at 1.5 degrees Celsius (wapo.st)
Can we produce more food with less farming? A new book has ideas. (wapo.st)
Campaign Cash For Climate Denial [US] (www.levernews.com)
Fossil Fuel Exec Is Slated to Lead COP28. We Must Decolonize Climate Governance. (truthout.org)
Dudes with shotguns are killing birds, not the powerlines to support renewables (www.cell.com)
We found 410 dead birds collected along 196 km of power lines in four western USA states during 2019–2022. We necropsied these carcasses to test conventional wisdom suggesting that electrocution is the leading cause of death of birds at electrical infrastructure. Of 175 birds with a known cause of death, 66% died from gunshot....
Opinion: clueless voters risk returning Donald Trump to the White House (www.energymonitor.ai)
Any chance of limiting global warming to 1.5˚C rests on Joe Biden being elected to a second term. Voters need an accurate accounting of Biden’s climate record ahead of the November 2024 election....