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How Are We Going To Explain This? Our Future on a Hot Earth — Jelmer Mommers
3 min · · If climate change is the biggest threat humanity has ever faced, then why are we doing so little? Will the corona pandemic make it worse or better? And where do we go from here? Drawing on the latest… · Shared by 9, including Rutger Bregman, Jelmer Mommers
Fast Company
Our fruits and veggies are sucking up microplastics through their roots
2 min · · Plastic is everywhere—and now it’s in our produce. · Shared by 63, including Katja Evertz, Lukas Stickelberger
National Geographic
The grand old trees of the world are dying, leaving forests younger and shorter
7 min · · The effects on wildlife and the ability of forests to store CO2 from fossil fuels could be enormous. · Shared by 176, including Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz, Jane, Liv 😷
Vox
The meat we eat is a pandemic risk, too
11+ min · · Shared by 64, including Kainaz Amaria, Impossible Foods, Glenn Greenwald, Pixel, Ezra Klein
The Guardian
Insect numbers down 25% since 1990, global study finds
3 min · · Scientists say insects are vital and the losses worrying, with accelerating declines in Europe called ‘shocking’ · Shared by 31, including Jane, @grzewap@mastodon.social
Carbon Brief
Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse
16+ min · · Scientists making climate-change projections have to deal with a number of uncertainties. The amount of... · Shared by 49, including Tom Raftery, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, Daniel Gebregiorgis, Andrew Dessler
WIRED
Solar Power Is Sustainable for the Economy, Too
4 min · · We've been talking about the potential for the sun's energy for decades. Now it can be more profitable to save the planet than to ruin it. · Shared by 20, including Katja Evertz
Phys.org
While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction
4 min · · At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused extreme global warming, prompting the majority of species on Earth to die out. · Shared by 6, including Stefano ₿Ξrnardi 🌲🏴
Rolling Stone
The Green New Deal Is Cheap, Actually
3 min · · Decarbonizing will cost trillions of dollars, but it’s an investment that will have big return — for the economy and the environment · Shared by 74, including David Wallace-Wells, Prof Michael E. Mann, Katja Evertz, Liv 😷, Jochen Burkhard
nature
Rare ozone hole opens over Arctic — and it’s big
3 min · · Cold temperatures and a strong polar vortex allowed chemicals to gnaw away at the protective ozone layer in the north. · Shared by 180, including Roger Highfield, Anita Leirfall, Mark Brandon
The Guardian
Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass coral bleaching event in five years
5 min · · Renowned scientist Terry Hughes says huge swathes of reef have been affected in a ‘severe’ situation · Shared by 84, including Katja Evertz, Marius Bleuer, Neil Hart 💙, Fern
Project Drawdown
Table of Solutions
1 min · · Below we present the individual Drawdown solutions, including their relevant sector(s) and their impact on addressing climate change. We present the results of our analysis for two scenarios: Scenario… · Shared by 19, including Justin Jackson, Dr. Jonathan Foley, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Colin Wright, Gordon
The New York Times
The Fires Are Out, but Australia’s Climate Disasters Aren’t Over
6 min · · Devastating floods came soon after the bush fires. Scientists call it “compound extremes,” as one catastrophe intensifies the next. · Shared by 25, including Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Arie Goldshlager
Our World in Data
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is…
2 min · · ‘Eat local’ is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. But transport tends to account for a small share of greenhouse gas emissions. How does the impact of what you eat… · Shared by 432, including Rob Moffat, Jane IMAGINABLE McGonigal ❤️, René Clausen Nielsen, Elrond Burrell (he/him), Ray Monk, Hannah Ritchie, Philip Junker, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Niko Kommenda, Thomas Power, Joss Fong ❌, George Monbiot, Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Max Roser, Noah Iliinsky vis.social/@noahi, Jonathan Kogan, Jakob Adler, Joe Lencioni
The Intercept
The Pesticide Industry’s Playbook for Poisoning the Earth
20+ min · · Though neonicotinoids are banned in the EU, a sophisticated information war has kept these insecticides — toxic to bees and birds — on the U.S. market. · Shared by 89, including Deborah Blum, Jane, Liv 😷, Matthias Lampe, Rick Powell, Mark Bittman, Dominik Grolimund, Katja Evertz, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙
The Guardian
Climate refugees can't be returned home, says landmark UN human rights ruling
3 min · · Experts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection · Shared by 25, including Jochen Burkhard, John Tasioulas