World Economic Forum
4 climate tipping points the planet is facing
2 min · · From Arctic permafrost to warming oceans, man-made climate change is pushing parts of the planet to the point of no return. · Shared by 57, including Thomas Power, Tom Connor, ç‘žæ‹¿é , Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Johannes Dornisch, Dominik Grolimund, Claudia Sommer, Katja Evertz, Vala Afshar
New Scientist
The fake burger test: Could meat made of plants ever fool you?
2 min · · If you like meat, but don’t want a side of animal cruelty and environmental destruction, there’s something new on the menu – and it tastes surprisingly good · Shared by 12
spiked-online.com
Don’t ban meat – grow it in a lab
2 min · · Innovation is key to fighting climate change.
nature
Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet
4 min · · The report on global land use and agriculture from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes amid accelerating deforestation in the Amazon. · Shared by 62, including redjotter, Glenn Greenwald, Martina Grolimund, Carly, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Gabriele, Ray Monk, Thomas Power, Jörgen Camrath, Research Stash, Katja Evertz, Belén Kayser, Robert Lepenies
Project Syndicate
The Danger of Climate Doomsayers
4 min · · We need to solve climate change, but we also need to make sure that the cure isn’t more painful than the disease. Abandoning fossil fuels as quickly as possible, as many environmental activists… · Shared by 7
euronews
Greenland: rising temperatures risk releasing atomic waste from Cold War US base
1 min · · There are fears nuclear waste buried underneath the ice in Greenland could escape because of rising global temperatures.
Futurism
See how ice-making submarines could help refreeze the Arctic
1 min · · Here's a bold idea for addressing climate change. · Shared by 7
Futurism
New research: human civilization will likely collapse by 2050
1 min · · The paper calls for "society-wide, emergency mobilization of labor and resources." · Shared by 16, including Jeremiah Owyang
Gizmodo
Microplastics Are Airborne, Polluted Arctic Snow Reveals
2 min · · Microplastic pollution has become so ubiquitous, it’s almost easier to find places covered in the stuff than not. High peaks, low valleys, and even the air we breathe is filled with microscopic bits… · Shared by 5
BBC Future
How Western civilisation could collapse
11+ min · · Some possible precipitating factors are already in place. How the West reacts to them will determine the world’s future. · Shared by 49, including François-Oli Devaux, Chung, platzh1rsch, Stephen C Sanders, Andrzej Jóźwik
Outside
This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry
9 min · · Alt meat isn't going to stay alt for long, and cattle are looking more and more like stranded assets · Shared by 160, including dunschtig, Katja Evertz, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Gerrit Eicker, Arnie Kuenn, Jane, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, dankim@androiddev.social, MrChad 🔮, Howard Getson, Rajesh Kasturirangan
uk.news.yahoo.com
Bill Gates backing plan to stop climate change by blocking out the sun
8 min · · It sounds like a wacky idea out of science fiction - but it’s backed in part by billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates and top scientists from Harvard. The researchers believe that a fleet of…
ecowarriorprincess.net
The Gendered and Ideological Politics of Meat
5 min · · When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) announced the details of her Green New Deal, its mention of the beef industry inspired some of the most ire from her critics. The policy suggests that our…
The Sun
Genius plan to save Arctic sees 'freezer' boats create Lego-style icebergs to replace melted ones
3 min · · RE-FREEZING the Arctic is being proposed by designers who have revealed a bizarre iceberg-making vessel concept that sinks underwater to produce Lego blocks of frozen water. The team behind the wac…
rt.com
‘Feels wrong?’ Elites’ darling Greta Thunberg poses next to German ‘eco-extremist’
2 min · · The young Swedish environmentalist, Greta Thunberg, who has found attentive audiences among Western elites and media alike, has flabbergasted a German politician and police by posing with a masked…
BBC News (World)
Are we on the road to civilisation collapse?
9 min · · Studying the demise of historic civilisations can tell us about the risk we face today, says collapse expert Luke Kemp. Worryingly, the signs are worsening. · Shared by 44, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, DonDahlmann, Stephen C Sanders