ADAPTATION

    Can We Really Walk Away From Empire?

    Can We Really Walk Away From Empire?

    Carolyn Baker
    After The Floods, Stand By For Spiders, Slugs And Millipedes
    After The Floods, Stand By For Spiders, Slugs And Millipedes
    by Caitlyn Forster, University of Sydney et al
    Humans aren’t the only ones in trouble. Many of the animals that live with and around us are also…
    It'll Be Hard, But We Can Feed The World With Plant Protein
    It'll Be Hard, But We Can Feed The World With Plant Protein
    by Richard Trethowan
    A UN report released last week found a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions come from the food…
    How To Cope With Extreme Heat Days Without Racking Up The Air Conditioning Bills
    How To Cope With Extreme Heat Days Without Racking Up The Air Conditioning…
    by Emma Power, et al
    Summer in Australia is getting hotter. Extreme heat events, with daytime temperatures over 35…
    Protecting Mangroves Can Prevent Billions Of Dollars In Global Flooding Damage Every Year
    Protecting Mangroves Can Prevent Billions Of Dollars In Global Flooding…
    by Michael Beck and Pelayo Menéndez
    Hurricanes and tropical storms are estimated to cost the U.S. economy more than US$50 billion…

    IMPACT

    Great Lakes Flooding: The Warning Signs That Homes Must Be Moved

    Great Lakes Flooding: The Warning Signs That Homes Must Be Moved

    Daniel Macfarlane
    These Glaciers May Team Up And Cause Faster Melting
    These Glaciers May Team Up And Cause Faster Melting
    by InnerSelf Staff
    A large and potentially unstable Antarctic glacier may be melting farther inland than previously…
    Food security at risk as web of life unravels
    Food security at risk as web of life unravels
    by Tim Radford
    Biodiversity, the web of life, is on the decline. That includes the natural ecosystems that…
    Natural Flood Management Would Be Overwhelmed By Britain's Winter Super-floods
    Natural Flood Management Would Be Overwhelmed By Britain's Winter…
    by Robert Wilby and Simon Dadson
    As large swathes of the UK endure the worst floods in living memory, hearts and minds are rightly…
    Climate Change May Change The Way Ocean Waves Impact 50% Of The World’s Coastlines
    Climate Change May Change The Way Ocean Waves Impact 50% Of The World’s…
    by Mark Hemer, et al
    The rise in sea levels is not the only way climate change will affect the coasts. Our research,…

    POLITICS

    Can The Paris Agreement On Climate Change Succeed Without The US?

    Can The Paris Agreement On Climate Change Succeed Without The US?

    Henrik Selin
    Will Billionaire Climate Philanthropists Always Be Part Of The Problem
    Will Billionaire Climate Philanthropists Always Be Part Of The Problem
    by Heather Alberro
    Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and the richest man alive, recently made headlines after pledging to donate…
    To Really Engage People, The Media Should Talk About Solutions To The Climate Crisis
    To Really Engage People, We Should Talk About Solutions To The Climate…
    by Dimitrinka Atanasova and Kjersti Fløttum
    Days after the British parliament declared a “climate emergency”, The Guardian announced that it…
    Investors Fight Back Against Climate Wreckers
    Investors Fight Back Against Climate Wreckers
    by Paul Brown
    Investors are using their shareholdings to force polluting companies to change their ways and cut…
    Extinction Rebellion Uses Tactics That Toppled Dictators – But We Live In A Liberal Democracy
    Extinction Rebellion Uses Tactics That Toppled Dictators – But We Live In…
    by Oscar Berglund
    After occupying parts of central London over two weeks in April, Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) summer…

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    Stabilising The Global Population Is Not A Solution To The Climate Emergency – But We Should Do It Anyway
    Stabilising The Global Population Is Not A Solution To The…
    by Mark Maslin
    A global coalition of 11,000 scientists has come up with a plan for…
    8 Ways To Halt A Global Food Crisis
    8 Ways To Halt A Global Food Crisis
    by Michael Hamm
    There are serious challenges to global food supply everywhere we look.
    How Electric Cars Can Power Buildings From The Parking Lot
    How Electric Cars Can Power Buildings From The Parking Lot
    by Luke Walton, University of Warwick
    Using energy stored in the batteries of electric vehicles to power…
    How Voter Suppression Laws Are Working
    by Ari Berman, BillMoyers.com
    Margie and Alvin Mueller, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, have been married…
    Make our soil great again
    Why Restoring Soil Fertility Is One Of Humanity’s Best…
    by David R. Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
    Most of us don’t think much about soil, let alone its health. But as…
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    Why Fires Burning Higher In The Mountains Are A Clear Sign…
    by Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University et al
    The Western U.S. appears headed for another dangerous fire season,…
    To Save Honey Bees We Need To Design Them New Hives
    To Save Honey Bees We Need To Design Them New Hives
    by Derek Mitchell
    Honey bees are under extreme pressure. The number of honey bee…
    What a difference a year makes. This time in 2018 the long hot summer was weeks away. Saddleworth Moor was not yet on fire. Greta Thunberg’s climate strike had not begun, let alone brought millions onto the streets.
    Net Zero Emissions By 2050, Says UK Government – Now What?
    by Marc Hudson
    What a difference a year makes. This time in 2018 the long hot summer…

    EVIDENCE

    Edge of the Great Dying: Extinction crisis

    Stop Fossil Fuels
    A Brief History Of Fossil-fuelled Climate Change Denial
    A Brief History Of Fossil-fuelled Climate Change Denial
    by John Cook, The University of Queensland
    The fossil fuel industry has spent many millions of dollars on confusing the public about climate…
    Huge Wildfires In The Arctic And Far North Send A Planetary Warning
    Huge Wildfires In The Arctic And Far North Send A Planetary Warning
    by Nancy Fresco
    The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4…
    Saudi Aramco's $1.5 Trillion IPO Flies In The Face Of Climate Reality
    Saudi Aramco's $1.5 Trillion IPO Flies In The Face Of Climate Reality
    by Mark Shackleton
    The largest oil and gas producer, Saudi Aramco, is due to become the world’s most valuable publicly…
    Research Shows A Revived CO2 Uptake By The Southern Ocean
    Research Shows A Revived CO2 Uptake By The Southern Ocean
    by Peter Rüegg ETH Zurich
    Like a giant lung, the Southern Ocean seasonally absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from…

    WEATHER

    The East Asian Monsoon Is Many Millions Of Years Older Than We Thought

    The East Asian Monsoon Is Many Millions Of Years Older Than We Thought

    Alex Farnsworth
    A New Blob Is Brewing, And It’s Set To Seriously Impact Marine Life Off…
    by CBC News: The National
    A new marine heat wave spreading across a portion of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British…
    Droughts And Flooding Rains Already More Likely As Climate Change Plays Havoc With Pacific Weather
    Droughts And Flooding Rains Already More Likely As Climate Change Plays…
    by Scott B. Power, et al
    Global warming has already increased the risk of major disruptions to Pacific rainfall, according…
    What Is A Derecho? An Atmospheric Scientist Explains These Rare But Dangerous Storm Systems
    What Is A Derecho? An Atmospheric Scientist Explains These Rare But…
    by Russ Schumacher
    The U.S. recently has experienced two rarer events: organized lines of thunderstorms with…
    Are Natural Disasters On The Rise?
    Are Natural Disasters On The Rise?
    by Dale Dominey-Howes
    Natural disasters have filled our news in recent weeks. They wreak havoc in poor and vulnerable…

    SOLUTIONS

    Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs are on the way

    Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs are on the way

    Venkat Viswanathan and Shashank Sripad
    Why South Africa Can't Make A Massive Shift To Renewables
    Why South Africa Can't Make A Massive Shift To Renewables
    by Hartmut Winkler
    There’s a lively debate raging in South Africa about the extent to which renewables should replace…
    Opportunity Costs: Can Carbon Taxing Become A Positive-sum Game?
    Opportunity Costs: Can Carbon Taxing Become A Positive-sum Game?
    by John Quiggin
    Climate change, caused by human activity, is arguably the biggest single problem facing the world…
    Health Care Is A Major Source Of Carbon Emissions
    Health Care Is A Major Source Of Carbon Emissions
    by Mike Cummings
    Climate change presents an unprecedented public health emergency and the global health care sector…
    As Big Business Goes Green, Green Bonds Are Ready For Takeoff
    As Big Business Goes Green, Green Bonds Are Ready For Takeoff
    by Usman W. Chohan, UNSW Australia
    The climate summit in Paris has shown that global big business is now also on board with the…

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