nature
Climate tipping points — too risky to bet against
8 min · · The growing threat of abrupt and irreversible climate changes must compel political and economic action on emissions. · Shared by 238, including Christopher Mims 🤌, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Matthias Lampe, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, George M 🇪🇺, Anita Leirfall, Carl Zimmer, Prof Steve Keen, Katja Evertz, Tara Imani, AIA, pkashwan.bsky.social, Roger Highfield, Dr Jordan B Peterson, Marcel Hänggi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Fabrizio Bianchi, Faik Ersoy, Robert Lepenies, Thomas Power, Philipp Laurim
The Guardian
Oxford Dictionaries declares 'climate emergency' the word of 2019
2 min · · Usage of the term increased 100-fold in the space of 12 months, dictionary says · Shared by 74, including Belén Kayser, Katja Evertz, fantastic ms., pkashwan.bsky.social
WIRED
How the Climate Crisis Is Killing Us, in 9 Alarming Charts
8 min · · A new report from over 100 experts paints a devastating picture of how climate change is already imperiling human health. · Shared by 55, including Thomas Pleil, Katja Evertz, Matthias Lampe, Faik Ersoy, Thomas Power
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
11,000 scientists warn: climate change isn’t just about temperature
3 min · · What if the nightly news had regular updates on forest clearing, ocean temperatures and fossil fuel consumption? These indicators sit alongside temperatures as signs of climate change. · Shared by 74, including Katja Evertz, Keith Keller, Vala Afshar, Ines Bieler, Ian M Calvert
nature
How climate change is melting, drying and flooding Earth — in pictures
4 min · · This month’s instalment of Nature’s pick of the best science images is dedicated to climate change — and the researchers who study it. · Shared by 49, including Thomas Power, pkashwan.bsky.social, Roger Highfield, Katja Evertz, Belén Kayser, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Sébastien Bonset, Peter Schmidhuber
The Guardian
Why are people striking? The climate crisis explained in 10 charts
2 min · · From the rise and rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to possible solutions · Shared by 43, including Thomas Power, Ray Monk, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Remo Uherek, Dr Jim Walsh, Katja Evertz
Futurism
A new bioreactor captures as much carbon as an acre of trees
1 min · · Shared by 94, including Tom Connor, Thomas Power, John Hagel, Matthias Lampe
BBC News (World)
Global warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years
3 min · · The speed and extent of global warming exceeds any similar event in the past two millennia, researchers say. · Shared by 6
Forbes
Implementing The One Viable Solution To Climate Change
15+ min · · We need to launch a massive effort in basic research to find new technology to deal with climate change · Shared by 21, including Philanthropy News Digest, Christina
BBC News (World)
Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...
7 min · · There's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures. · Shared by 133, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Charles Baldwin, Nils Hitze, Fabrizio Bianchi, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭, Liv 😷, Tauno, Sébastien Bonset, Klaus Eck, Amber Mac, Claudia Sommer, Niklaus Gerber, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz
The Guardian
Scientific consensus on humans causing global warming passes 99%
3 min · · Extensive historical data on temperature changes shows ‘there is no doubt left’ · Shared by 90, including Liv 😷, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Hans Bickhofe, Christian Hernandez, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Mary Annaïse Heglar, 瑞拿頭, Nils Hitze, ❤️ Umair, Yvette Dubel, Fern, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Azeem Azhar, Guy Kawasaki
United Nations
United Nations announces 2019 Climate Action Summit ‘Clean Air Initiative’, calls on governments at all levels to join
3 min · · United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet · Shared by 5
The New York Times
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
· We knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts. · Shared by 423, including Jane, Katja Evertz, Claudia Sommer, Matthias Sala, Azeem Azhar, Stacy H Smedley, Gavin Schmidt, Helmut Adam, Inês Silva, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, adrianoesch, Twila Moon, PhD, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️, Nils Hitze, DonDahlmann, Dominik Grolimund
Fast Company
This map shows how hot you’re going to get without climate action
2 min · · If we continue business as usual, by the middle of the century the average number of days that feel hotter than 100 degrees will more than double. · Shared by 7
MIT Technology Review
Planting more trees could suck up a huge share of carbon emissions
2 min · · Reforestation may be a far more important tool against climate change than previously believed.The findings: The planet could support nearly 1 billion hectares of additional trees, covering roughly… · Shared by 24, including Tom Connor, Ward Plunet
Datawrapper
The only chart we should be looking at
2 min · · Greta Thunberg says the only thing we should be looking at is the emission curve. And we think she’s right. So here it is: a global emission chart for you to look at and panic. · Shared by 39, including Tim O'Reilly, Katja Evertz, Dominik Grolimund, Till Quack, adrianoesch