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 Guardian
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
3 min · · Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency · Shared by 238, including fnord, Thomas Power, Future of Life Institute, Carl Zimmer, Christopher Lauer™, DHH, Matteo Fogli, Christian Fauteux, Neuropsychology, Richard Dawkins, John C. Havens (he/him), ❤️ Umair, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Guy Kawasaki, Hendrik Dietrich, Katja Evertz, Sir Ken Robinson, Andrea Walji
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
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 😷
The Guardian
Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new global study
3 min · · Cutting toxic air might prevent millions of people getting depression, research suggests · Shared by 150, including Katja Evertz, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Jake Jackson, Jonathan Kogan, Faik Ersoy, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Thomas Pleil, Loubna Rais, Dr Benjamin Janaway
MIT Technology Review
Sorry—organic farming is actually worse for climate change
3 min · · The practice cuts greenhouse-gas emissions only if you ignore the inconvenient fact that it requires a lot more land. · Shared by 146, including Gustaf Alströmer 🇺🇦, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Roger Highfield, Vincenzo Tremonte, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gianluca Diegoli
The Guardian
Scientists fired by Trump warn particle pollution standards don’t protect people
2 min · · Group was disbanded by the EPA, but continued its work anyway, as Trump agencies roll back environment and health protections · Shared by 98
The Guardian
Climate emissions from tropical forest damage 'underestimated by a factor of six'
2 min · · Scientists say policymakers must better account for climate impacts of damage to forests, and benefits of conserving them · Shared by 94, including CIFOR, Ray Monk, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Carl Zimmer, Cristina “Mitty” Mittermeier
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
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
The Guardian
‘Climate apartheid’: UN expert says human rights may not survive
4 min · · Right to life is likely to be undermined alongside the rule of law, special rapporteur says · Shared by 81, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Yvette Dubel, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Eric Holthaus, CIFOR, Jochen Burkhard, Sébastien Bonset, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz
The Guardian
Revealed: top UK thinktank spent decades undermining climate science
5 min · · UK’s Institute of Economic Affairs has links to 14 members of Boris Johnson’s cabinet · Shared by 80, including Liv 😷, A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Guy Longworth, Charles Arthur, Katja Evertz, Azeem Azhar, Dorothy Bishop, Thomas Power
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
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
Insider Business
Goldman Sachs released a 34-page analysis of the impact of climate change. And the results are terrifying.
3 min · · A Goldman Sachs report on the impact of climate change on cities across the world makes for grim reading. Rising temperatures would lead to changing... · Shared by 74, including Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Gabriele, Bill Johnston, Azeem Azhar, Thomas Power, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Liv 😷, Elrond Burrell (he/him), Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Katja Evertz, Liliane Ferrari ™, Amy Jo Kim
Futurism
UN warning: food is going to get really, really expensive
1 min · · But there are ways to avoid this future food crisis. · Shared by 69, including Thomas Power, Florian Hanke 🍎, Damir Kusar, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 瑞拿頭, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Claudia Sommer