The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. A global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out.”
Silicon Valley VC John Doerr has published an interesting and unusual new book about it—Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now. (Much of the book is free to read on its website.)
Over the past 20 years, directors have increasingly put out movies that help viewers process a crisis of existential proportions.
This beautiful interactive, multimedia piece by the New York Times, vividly displays how climate change is impacting 193 countries. Here are some examples:
Netherlands. Skating the canals […]
Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers.
The Director of National Intelligence warned that “climate change will increasingly exacerbate risks to U.S. national security interests.”
The States cut back once in 2019, but they needed to cut back even further in 2021 to keep Lake Mead from falling to dangerously low levels.
A powerful letter from Dr. Hansen: “The eyes of history may see 2021 as a turning point for human-made climate change. Hyperbole? Maybe not.”
Want some good news? Greenhouse gas emissions pledges at COP26 imply warming or 1.9º C!
Great summary of methane’s power as a GHG and what the “Methane Pledge” at COP 26, Glasgow, means.
The Homeland Security, Defense Department and CIA collectively communicated the climate risks they face.
Owing to climate system momentum and 40 years of failed GHG reductions, things are much worse than known. We’ve passed some tipping points, but new ones loom before 2025 that are geometric, not linear.
