WIRED
SUVs Are Worse for the Climate Than You Ever Imagined
3 min · · But if you drive one, you can still reduce your carbon footprint—and you can vote for climate change policies with even bigger impact. · Shared by 68, including Matthias Lampe, Tim, Brooks Rainwater, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Brent Toderian
The Guardian
Impact of air pollution on health may be far worse than thought, study suggests
3 min · · Results chime with earlier review indicating almost every cell in the body may be affected by dirty air · Shared by 67, including fnord, Matthias Lampe, Tom Raftery
New Scientist
Plastic tea bags shed billions of microplastic particles into the cup
1 min · · Making a cup of tea with a plastic teabag releases around 11.6 billion microplastic particles in a single cup · Shared by 65, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Maurizio Tondolo, Jane, Antonio Vieira Santos
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
Climate crisis is greatest ever threat to human rights, UN warns
2 min · · Rights chief Michelle Bachelet highlights climate’s role in civil wars, saying: ‘The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope’ · Shared by 64, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Enrique Dans, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Hendrik Epe, Graham Brown-Martin, Claudia Sommer
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
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
The New York Times
A Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crises, Study Says
4 min · · Around the world, 17 countries are currently facing extremely high water stress. Climate change is making the problem worse. · Shared by 62, including Mike Butcher, NYTimes Communications, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, 瑞拿頭, publici, scott belsky, Katja Evertz, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
NPR
How To Talk To Kids About Climate Change
8 min · · Today's kids are bombarded with the realities of climate change — whether through extreme weather or in the news. These tips will help you and your kids cope with the overwhelming feelings to move… · Shared by 60, including Thomas Power, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, swissmiss
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, 瑞拿頭, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Johannes Dornisch, Dominik Grolimund, Claudia Sommer, Katja Evertz, Vala Afshar
The Intercept
How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts
12+ min · · Audio obtained by The Intercept reveals how the Coca-Cola’s “green” philanthropy helped squelch an important tool in fighting the plastic crisis. · Shared by 55, including Hiroko Tabuchi, mrbrown, Liv 😷, Akshat Rathi
CNN
The Amazon is burning because the world eats so much meat
3 min · · The Amazon fires are no accident. Many of them are being set by ranchers to clear land for cattle -- a traditional practice emboldened by Brazil's pro-business president, who is backed by the… · Shared by 52, including Impossible Foods, Katja Evertz, Joel Bez, Matthias Lampe, Sara Usinger, Carly, Dov, Thomas Power, ⎝Stéphan Lam⎠💬
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
The Guardian
No flights, a four-day week and living off-grid: what climate scientists do at home to save the planet
11+ min · · What changes have the experts made to their own lives to tackle the climate emergency? · Shared by 48, including Katja Evertz, Alexandra Wong, Jane, Thomas Power
The Guardian
One climate crisis disaster happening every week, UN warns
3 min · · Developing countries must prepare now for profound impact, disaster representative says · Shared by 47, including Belén Kayser, Thomas Power
VICE
Climate Change Will Create 1.5 Billion Migrants by 2050
7 min · · The climate crisis has already created millions of invisible refugees and could create up to 1.5 billion more in the next 30 years. But under international law no country is obliged to take them in. · Shared by 40, including Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei