Of Hope, Grief, and Humility: Review
For all of us who pay attention to the steadily worsening climate news, his reflections on hope, grief, and humility are an important part of his message.
For all of us who pay attention to the steadily worsening climate news, his reflections on hope, grief, and humility are an important part of his message.
In this detailed Q&A, Carbon Brief speaks to scientists about the potential connections between Arctic warming and extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, what those theories look like, and how the evidence measures up.
In 2018, a remarkable 29 countries plus Antarctica set individual records for the hottest year ever. Meanwhile, no country saw a record cold year.
Many people are expecting some degree of approaching collapse — be it economic, environmental and/or societal — thinking that they’ll recognize the danger signs in time.
It is what that word “fragility” represents that most scares me, keeps me awake at night. Its implications ripple out and shake history, culture, and that larger unknown, our sheltering climate
Thawing permafrost is an especially dangerous amplifying feedback loop because the global permafrost contains twice as much carbon as the atmosphere does today .
Permafrost thaw and retreating Arctic ice don’t just imperil caribou and bears. People, too, may find the ground shifts beneath their feet.
Indeed, 2018 brought some of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history — many of them linked to climate change, scientists have said.
The climate crisis is looming large and threatens to go beyond our capabilities. In addition, COP24 at Katowice has decided on a rulebook that in parts both lacks in substance and is unjust. The resolutions agreed are not enough to prevent disaster, by a long shot.
The documentary explores the devastating effect of climate change on our world, and our collective resilience in the face of its collapse. A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to complete the film, which is in the final stages of production.
Tis the seaso‘n when food is on most of our minds. What if next year or the year after some of that food was no longer available or even edible?
Cut away the economic niceties and the social cost of carbon is little more than an attempt by a particular hue of economists to put a price on the global scale impacts of climate change from now, throughout this century, and on across centuries to come.