The 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, which killed hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada, was a harbinger of a new generation of climate disasters to come, a new study in Nature Climate Change shows.
This is a long article, but very well-researched and sobering.
A once-unfathomable scenario — Lake Powell dropping to historic lows and shutting down power generators that serve millions — could start as soon as July.
The Washington Post looked at 1,200 possibilities for the planet’s future. These 230 are our best hope. Do-able, but urgent. We can do this!
“It’s hard to find examples of major weather events from last year that aren’t related to the jet stream,” PBS producer and host of “PBS Terra” Maiya May says in a new Yale Climate Connections video, produced by independent videographer Peter Sinclair.
Nations will likely burn through their remaining carbon budget in less than a decade if they do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a new study shows, causing the world to blow past a critical warming threshold and triggering catastrophic climate impacts.
republished from the lasvegassun.com By Joanne Leovy | Oct. 30th, 2022 My clinic schedule was full:a teen was missing summer school due to an asthma flare, a young woman had questions about her early pregnancy, an…
Global temperatures will increase between 2.1 and 2.9C by the end of the century even if all climate promises are kept, according to a UN report.
Despite a high-profile promise to boost ambitions at last year’s U.N. climate summit, nations have shaved just 1 percent off their projected greenhouse gas emissions for 2030, a new United Nations report found — leaving Earth on track to blow past a safe temperature threshold by almost a full degree.
from NYTimes By Raymond Zhong Oct. 5, 2022 Human-caused global warming has made severe droughts like the ones this summer in Europe, North America and China at least 20 times as likely to occur…
from The Guardian The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study. It shows five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due…
tri-cityherald.com Aug. 30th, 2022 Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday, Aug….
New research finds an estimated 25,000 properties in Louisiana could slip below tidal boundary lines by 2050. Florida, Texas and North Carolina also face profound economic risks. The water is…
