Climate Change

‘We’re Here’: Extinction Rebellion Bloodies New York as Part of Global Week of Protests

The climate strike movement has left the world on a new plateau of awareness about the climate crisis and the urgency to act on it. Now, it’s time to explore what this landscape looks like and ensure that the climate movement doesn’t go tumbling back down from its new perch on high. It’s against this…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 7

Report: University of Iowa Faculty Told Not to Promote Greta Thunberg Visit on School Social Media

University of Iowa officials have told faculty at the school that they should not promote 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s surprise appearance at a Friday climate strike in Iowa City on its social media channels, according to a report in the Gazette. UI civil and environmental engineering professor Michelle Scherer, who is also the…

Climate Change Tom McKay Oct 5

The World Just Had Another Month of Record Heat

The summer of shocking global heat has continued into the fall. New data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the European Union’s climate agency, shows that last month tied for the hottest September on record. This adds to the stunning string of record or near-record heat the world has been dealing with since…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 4

The Most Polluting State in the Northeast Just Took a Key Step Toward Curbing Its Dirty Ways

Thursday was a momentous day for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a carbon market that governs power plant emissions in nine states. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order entering the state into the agreement. In doing so, he immediately doubled the amount of carbon emissions regulated under the agreement. The order will…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 3

The Federal Attack on Science Has Reached a ‘Crisis Point,’ Damning Report Shows

Presidents have taken steps to breakdown the integrity of the science federal agencies produce, according to a new report. Under President Donald Trump, however, the situation has gotten a whole lot worse, reaching what the report calls “a crisis point.” New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice published the 72-page report Thursday, offering proposals for…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Oct 3

Trump Administration Takes the Axe to Federal Marine Life, Invasive Species Advisory Boards

Donald Trump’s administration is moving to kill off two federal advisory boards dealing with the protection of marine life and management of invasive species, the Hill reported on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, the government defunded both the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the Interior Department’s…

Climate Change Tom McKay Oct 1

We May Have Been Thinking About a Carbon Price All Wrong

Putting a price on carbon is a key element of climate policy. The idea is simple: Carbon pollution is making the Earth uninhabitable, but companies have no incentive to stop polluting because they’re sociopathic. So slap a fee on every ton emitted, and it should (in theory) cause companies to find other, less polluting ways…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 1

Worrying Report Shows Global Energy-Related Emissions May Increase Through 2050

During a pivotal moment in human history when we should be reducing global carbon emissions, a new report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that energy-related emissions will rise through 2050. The federal agency doesn’t expect most emission increases to come from countries like the U.S., though. In a report released Monday, it projects…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Oct 1

What Would It Be Like to Live in an Era of Geoengineering?

Geoengineering is the bogeyman of climate policy, a word that calls to mind skies bleached sulphur white, dessicated crop fields, and dead zones expanding across the oceans. Humanity has a garbage track record when it comes to manipulating the environment so it’s not as if these fears are unfounded, but the reality is a little…

Climate Change Rebecca McCarthy Sep 30

Your Favorite Snacks May Be Driving Deforestation in Ancient Indonesian Peatlands

Do you love Oreos? How about Pop-Tarts? Instant ramen? All these snacks—often staples in the American household—have become targets in the Rainforest Action Network’s (RAN) latest campaign against palm oil plantations. The organization published an investigation Sunday calling out major snack companies for their role in Indonesia’s deforestation crisis fueled by rising demand for palm…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 30

Massive Climate Strikes Erupt Worldwide for the Second Week in a Row

Last Friday, an estimated 4 million people turned out for a global climate strike. This week, millions more are at it again. What began last August with 16-year-old Greta Thunberg striking alone in front of the Swedish parliament has ballooned into a worldwide jolt of unrest. Young adults have mobilized, telling leaders that now is…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Sep 27

Nine Million Cubic Feet of Ice May Soon Collapse in the Alps

A glacier is on the verge of collapsing in the northwestern Italian Alps. This is yet another reminder of why global leaders need to take action to stop climate change. Now. Scientists monitoring the Planpincieux Glacier on the Grandes Jorasses Mountain sounded the alarm about the glacier Wednesday. Nine million cubic feet of ice is…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 25

‘There Is Not a Climate Crisis’: Trump Administration Spouts Brazen Bullshit to Justify Arctic Drilling

It’s no secret that the Trump administration is full of climate deniers. The Bureau of Land Management, however, has taken this denial to a new level by including language that both dismisses the climate crisis and even tries to paint it as positive in the final environmental impact statement to open the Arctic National Wildlife…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 25

‘Unprecedented Conditions’ Will Rule the Oceans This Century, Striking New Report Finds

Humans live on land, but it’s the watery parts of the planet that dictate our fate. The frozen ice at the poles and in high mountains and the vast swath of ocean that covers nearly three-quarters of the planet mean this place is primarily earth in name only. The ice—dubbed the cryosphere by scientists—and the…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Sep 25

This Isn’t About Greta, Cowards

Greta Thunberg changed everything on Monday: She lit into the United Nations and then joined 15 other kids in filing a complaint against the world for screwing her life. What followed has been a predictable right-wing backlash. A Fox News guest called her a “mentally ill Swedish child” (she was diagnosed with Asperger’s, which she describes…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Sep 24

Hot Oceans Are Raising the Risk of Coral Bleaching Around the Globe

Seemingly every region of the world has been breaking temperature records these days. The oceans absorb much of this heat, and it’s threatening the world’s corals. Climate change is largely responsible for this crisis—or ourselves because, y’know, we caused this mess. Hawaii, in particular, is seeing its corals suffer this summer. Large parts of the…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 24

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second Lowest Extent in Satellite Record

Arctic sea ice has reached its annual minimum. And according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), this year’s extent—1.6 million square miles—is the second lowest extent on record, trailing only 2012 when sea ice dropped to 1.37 million square miles. This year is tied with the minimums we saw in 2007 and…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 23

Trump Endures Nearly 15 Whole Minutes of UN Climate Summit

President Donald Trump showed up to the United Nation’s Climate Action Summit Monday—for about 15 minutes. The president wasn’t expected to show up at the international meetings at all, so his appearance was a surprise. Even if it was for 15 minutes, max. At least one journalist on Twitter said the president stayed as little…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 23

It’s Kids vs. the World in a Landmark Climate Complaint

UNITED NATIONS—On Monday, Greta Thunberg and 15 other young people filed a potentially world-changing climate complaint. On an abnormally steamy day in New York, when sweat built on the brows of the dark-suited diplomats funneling into the United Nations for a major climate summit, the group of teens cranked up the heat even further. They…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Sep 23

The Swiss Just Held a Funeral for a Dead Glacier

With the second mourning ceremony for a melted glacier this year, perhaps 2019 will go down as the year of funerals for glaciers murdered by climate change. On Sunday, hundreds held a funeral for the Pizol glacier in Switzerland’s Glarus Alps. This is the first glacier in Switzerland to be removed from GLAMOS, the nation’s…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Sep 23

‘We’re Here’: Extinction Rebellion Bloodies New York as Part of Global Week of Protests

Report: University of Iowa Faculty Told Not to Promote Greta Thunberg Visit on School Social Media

The World Just Had Another Month of Record Heat

The Most Polluting State in the Northeast Just Took a Key Step Toward Curbing Its Dirty Ways

The Federal Attack on Science Has Reached a ‘Crisis Point,’ Damning Report Shows

Trump Administration Takes the Axe to Federal Marine Life, Invasive Species Advisory Boards

We May Have Been Thinking About a Carbon Price All Wrong

Worrying Report Shows Global Energy-Related Emissions May Increase Through 2050

What Would It Be Like to Live in an Era of Geoengineering?

Your Favorite Snacks May Be Driving Deforestation in Ancient Indonesian Peatlands

Massive Climate Strikes Erupt Worldwide for the Second Week in a Row

Nine Million Cubic Feet of Ice May Soon Collapse in the Alps

‘There Is Not a Climate Crisis’: Trump Administration Spouts Brazen Bullshit to Justify Arctic Drilling

‘Unprecedented Conditions’ Will Rule the Oceans This Century, Striking New Report Finds

This Isn’t About Greta, Cowards

Hot Oceans Are Raising the Risk of Coral Bleaching Around the Globe

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second Lowest Extent in Satellite Record

Trump Endures Nearly 15 Whole Minutes of UN Climate Summit

It’s Kids vs. the World in a Landmark Climate Complaint

The Swiss Just Held a Funeral for a Dead Glacier

First Statewide Data Center Ban Passed by Maine Legislature

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

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