In Environment
Climate Crisis & Environmental Issues
This collection a summary of news, insights and background articles on climate change and issues from dying insects to plastic pollution. Follow along on Refind to get notified when they have new links.
Collection by Katja Evertz
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Guardian Environment
Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts, say scientists
Guardian Environment
4 min read · 145 saves · Jan 11th · ‘Frightening’ global decline is ‘tearing apart tapestry of life’, with climate crisis a critical concern
The New York Times
A Global Tour of a Record-Hot Year
The New York Times
3 min read · 109 saves · Jan 14th · Data issued Thursday by NASA confirmed that 2020 has effectively tied the hottest year on record. That means the last seven years have been the warmest since the beginning of modern record-keeping.
In Environment
BBC Future
The state of the climate in 2021
BBC Future
6 min read · 66 saves · Jan 11th · After the turbulent year of 2020, BBC Future takes stock on the state of the climate at the beginning of 2021.
Our World in Data
Do we only have 60 harvests left?
Our World in Data
8 min read · 61 saves · Jan 14th · Claims that the world has only 100, 60, or even 30 years of harvests left often hit the headlines. These claims are overblown, but soil erosion is a problem and we can do something about it.
Scientific American
Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to ‘Inactivism’
Scientific American
4 min read · 51 saves · Jan 12th · Fossil fuel interests are trying to blame climate change on individuals while also sewing division, says Michael Mann, one of their prime targets
Gizmodo
The Climate Crisis Will Be Steroids for Fascism
Gizmodo
4 min read · 47 saves · Jan 7th · The ingredients that stirred extremists to take on the Capitol will only grow more plentiful as the climate crisis worsens. If officials aren’t ready to take a clear-eyed look at that reality, we’ll…
Vogue Magazine
“A Rise of 1.2 Degrees Celsius is Already Hell for Me”: Ugandan Climate Activist Vanessa Nakate Says…
Vogue Magazine
2 min read · 38 saves · Jan 7th · Vanessa Nakate · Nakate, a Ugandan activist and prominent member of the Fridays For Future movement, outlines the ambitious action we need to tackle the climate crisis right now—not in 20 or 30 years.
desmogblog.com
Climate Deniers Moved Rapidly to Spread Misinformation During and After Attack on US Capitol
desmogblog.com
5 min read · 26 saves · Jan 8th · Prominent climate science deniers moved rapidly to spread false and misleading conspiracy theories online during and after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters this week.
The New York Times
It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It’s Solving Ecological Mysteries.
The New York Times
7 min read · 25 saves · Jan 5th · Marion Renault · Imagery from the Cold War’s Corona satellites is helping scientists fill in how we have changed our planet in the past half century.
