Carbon Brief
Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5C and 2C of global warming?
9 min · · Nations pledged to limit global warming to “well below” 2C above pre-industrial levels and also to “pursue” efforts to cap warming at 1.5C under the Paris Agreement. · Shared by 73, including Katja Evertz, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Reto Knutti, Carl Zimmer, Robert McSweeney, Prof Steve Keen
Carbon Brief
Guest post: Investigating climate change’s ‘humidity paradox’
7 min · · The key reasons for the humidity paradox are two-fold: the Earth is warming and warmer air can hold more water vapour. · Shared by 31, including Ed Hawkins
The Guardian
Restore UK woodland by letting trees plant themselves, says report
3 min · · Rewilding Britain charity says natural dispersal of seeds is cost-effective and boosts biodiversity · Shared by 144, including George Monbiot, Damian Carrington, Graham Brown-Martin, Ray Monk, Jane
The Guardian
No-kill, lab-grown meat to go on sale for first time
4 min · · Singapore’s approval of chicken cells grown in bioreactors is seen as landmark moment across industry · Shared by 353, including Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Howard Getson, Ste Davies, Damian Carrington, Rutger Bregman, Dean Burnett (@Garwboy@ohai.social), Microphilosophy | Philosopher 🧠, Hannah Ritchie, jorge-ferrer, William Gibson, Tom Raftery, Matthew Holt, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Nils Hitze, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Max Roser, Matteo Furia, David Pearce, George Monbiot, Patrick Sanwikarja
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The Climate Issue
· The Parametric Press returns · Shared by 37, including Max Roser, Oscar MacDonald, Walter Hickey, Jeffrey Heer, Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase, Matthew Conlen, Marius Bleuer, Tom Connor
The Guardian
'Sleeping giant' Arctic methane deposits starting to release, scientists find
4 min · · Exclusive: expedition discovers new source of potent greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered · Shared by 134, including Damon Young, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Naomi Klein, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), keithwilson@fediphilosophy.org on Mastodon 🦣, Amy Webb 🤷🏻♀️, Sébastien Bonset, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, William Gibson, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., @grzewap@mastodon.social, Plane Stupid, ❤️ Umair, Akshat Rathi
The Guardian
Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record
2 min · · Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say · Shared by 132, including Astrid Caldas, David Wallace-Wells, Tim, Elizabeth Stokoe, Patrick Scheuerer, Katja Evertz, Michael Seemann, Damian Carrington, Liv 😷
youtube.com
The World's Worst Oil Related Disaster You've Never Heard Of
· Deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador lies the "Amazon Chernobyl", a 1,700-square-mile environmental disaster brought on by oil extraction and production....
The Guardian
A second Trump term would be 'game over' for the climate, says one of the world's top climate scientists
5 min · · Michael Mann, one of the world’s most eminent climate experts, says Earth’s future ‘is in the hands of American citizens’ · Shared by 119, including Heather McTeer Toney #Beyondpetrochemicals♻️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Patrick Scheuerer, Katja Evertz, David Wallace-Wells, Prof Michael E. Mann, Alexandria Villaseñor
The Washington Post
The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the only story that…
4 min · · It will take a major transformation for news organizations to give reporting on climate change the coverage it deserves — and needs. · Shared by 313, including Dennis Schvejda, Mario Clemente, Gabriele, Enrique Dans, Mathew Ingram, Mark Little, Thomas Pleil, Dominik Grolimund
The Guardian
The future has arrived. These explosive fires are our climate change wakeup call
4 min · · Scientists have been warning of the growing threat of climate change, and now those projections are a reality · Shared by 189, including Katja Evertz, Tim, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, William Gibson, David Wallace-Wells, Alexandria Villaseñor, Poppytalk, Jerry Saltz, Gabriele, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦
Bloomberg Graphics
It’s a Race Against Heat, and Humanity Is Losing
9 min · · Longer, hotter summers are disrupting trade, roasting cities, devouring energy, and feeding the climate change cycle · Shared by 92, including Tim, Joshua Benton, David Wallace-Wells, Katja Evertz
New York Magazine
The Uninhabitable Earth
20+ min · · Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future. · Shared by 858, including krisdahn.eth, Mike Rundle, Howard Getson, Gerd Leonhard, Jane, Helmut Adam, Claudia Sommer, Reda El Arbi, John Battelle, Mark Kaigwa, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Will Leitch, Tris Hussey, Esther Schindler, Rick Pastoor, Liliane Ferrari ™, Matthias Sala, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Mathew Ingram, Tristan Harris
Gizmodo
Bering Sea Ice Hasn't Been This Low in at Least 5,500 Years
3 min · · The Arctic has seen some weird happenings as the climate crisis reshapes the region, but among the most dramatic was what happened in winter 2018 in the Bering Sea. Despite the inky black days, ice… · Shared by 40, including David Wallace-Wells