Here Are 6 Tipping Points The UN Warns Could Soon Spell Disaster For Humanity—From Space Junk To Disappearing Water
Debris orbiting Earth could render space “unusable” and many areas could become uninsurable due to the increasing costs of weather-related disasters, UN researchers warned.
‘Tipping points’ of risk pose new threats, UN report warns
No ground water available? No access to satellite data because of where you live or home insurance due to recent natural disasters? A new UN report launched on Wednesday has some useful insights on the “risk tipping points” which are becoming an increasing ch…
In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production
Brad Swanson In the corporation's version of Newspeak, "carbon emissions" means whatever it wants—and any investment in renewables is just a facade. The post In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production appeared first on The …
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #573
It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost [tossed] upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of the castle and to see the battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage groun…
How we know past climate without thermometers
Figuring out the global climate before thermometers involves an understanding of geology and chemistry to decode the temperature of the planet — a study known as paleoclimatology. Scientists use everything from mud to ice to determine climates from thousands …
Are We the Dinosaurs of the 21st Century?
Consider all of this, then, the deepest form of human madness and just hope that somehow, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Beijing to Washington, we can wake up to what we’re doing to ourselves before it’s too late.
How our Petty Wars are Distracting us from the Existential Challenge of Climate Change
( Tomdispatch.com) - Let’s admit it: We are indeed mad creatures. This should truly have been the time of our discontent. The northern hemisphere just experienced the hottest summer in recorded history, including month by month the warmest June, July, August,…
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #42 2023
Open access notables Publishing in the Journal of Hydrometeorology, Rasmus Wuff proposes a new hydrometeorological metric to help track changes in precipitation as we change our climate, "precipitation intensity duration index" or PID. As the title implies, …