Climate Change

Scientists Wrote a Eulogy for Iceland’s First Glacier Lost to Climate Change

That may sound like an Onion headline, but alas, it is not. We’ve reached the point in our wild planetary experiment where humans are memorializing the things we’re knowingly wiping out. Iceland has lost its first glacier to rising temperatures. Now, scientists from Rice University and Iceland are planning to install a plaque near the…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 20

The Northernmost Settlement on Earth Cracked 70 Degrees For the First Time This Week

It’s not just the eastern part of the U.S. roasting this week. Much of the planet is on a heat bender, including the northernmost inhabited place on Earth. Alert, Canada cracked 70 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time ever recorded this week. While it’s not the triple digit heat index values awaiting the U.S. this…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 19

Joshua Trees Are Being Wiped Out by Climate Change

Climate change is set to kill off most of our nation’s Joshua trees by the end of the century, according to a recent study. While some Joshua trees will hang on if humans rapidly lower their carbon emissions, if no action is taken to stop climate change we’ll lose nearly all of these iconic spiky…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jul 17

Scientists Propose Pumping 74 Trillion Tons of Artificial Snow Onto to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to Stop Its Collapse

We’ve reached the “what if we just make it snow a lot to save Antarctic’s ice sheets” phase of our time on Earth. Good job, everyone. What sounds like a discussion climate scientists would have after eating a bunch of pot brownies is actually the premise of a new paper out in Science Advances on…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 17

World Hunger Is On the Rise and ‘Climate Shocks’ Are Partly to Blame, UN Says

A staggering 2 billion people around the world don’t have enough nutritious food to eat, and climate shocks like drought, heat waves, and extreme rainfall have played a large role in their plight, according to a new United Nations (UN) report. At the same time, the world also has an increasing number of people who…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 16

Update on Our 2020 Climate Summit

On Friday, The New Republic published an offensive, homophobic attack on Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg. The article was swiftly condemned for being inappropriate, and it was taken down from the site Saturday. In light of these events, The New Republic is withdrawing its participation from our recently announced 2020 Democratic presidential forum on climate change,…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 13

Your Binge-Watching of Netflix and Porn Is Contributing to Millions of Tons of Emissions a Year

Most days when I get home from work, I kick off my shoes and cozy up with some Netflix. Video streaming is kind of my go-to when I want to relax—and I’m far from alone. Each year, our collective video streaming results in carbon emissions equivalent to the entire country of Spain, a new report…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jul 12

Why We’re Challenging the 2020 Democrats to a Climate Summit [Updated]

It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: The first round of Democratic presidential debates failed the planet. In a combined 240 minutes of discussion—at an event held in city poised to sink into the ocean—the moderators devoted a combined 15 minutes of airtime to the biggest existential threat humanity faces. We were hardly surprised.…

Climate Change Brian Kahn and Emily Atkin Jul 11

We Asked Every Member of the House Climate Crisis Committee if They’d Support AOC’s Climate Emergency Resolution

On Tuesday, Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced a resolution in the House calling for a climate emergency. The legislation itself is symbolic in nature but sets out a series of organizing principles for why climate change is an emergency and why Congress should treat it as such. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez immediately threw her support behind it.…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 11

AOC and Bernie Sanders Are Asking Congress to Declare a Climate Emergency

Governments declaring climate emergencies are all the rage these days. On Tuesday, a resolution slated to be introduced in Congress aims to get the U.S. as a whole to join the growing number of towns, states, and countries recognizing that yes, climate change is an emergency. Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced that resolution along with fellow Representative…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 9

How to Keep Your Home Cool Without Wrecking the Planet

Summertime is officially here, baby. You know what that means: long days, beach tans, and wild ass energy bills. Keeping cool don’t come cheap—not for your pocket and definitely not for the planet. That doesn’t have to be the case, though. This summer can be your moment to flex your green muscle. You don’t have…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jul 5

The World’s Second-Largest Rainforest Is Losing the Carbon It’s Held for a Thousand Years

The Congo Basin is the second-largest rainforest on Earth, and like most tropical forests, it’s getting chewed up by humans. That’s a problem for the climate, and not just because trees are a natural sponge helping to mop up humanity’s ever-rising carbon emissions. New research suggests that as trees are replaced with fields for agriculture,…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 3

Americans Love Their Trash and Hate to Recycle, Report Finds

The world has a trash problem, and a new report out Tuesday reminds us just how much Americans contribute. Turns out that while we create the most waste in the world, we’re one of the worst countries at recycling it. The report—published by Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk analysis group—looks at the waste generation and…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jul 3

Last Month Was the Hottest June Ever Recorded, European Satellite Data Shows

The planetary heat bender we’re on just hit a new milestone. Fueled by relentless heat in Europe to end the month, this June was the hottest June ever recorded, according to data analyzed by Europe’s space agency. The planet was more than 1 degrees Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the pre-industrial average and Europe…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 2

The Alaska Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Be a Disaster for U.S. Climate Research

It’s not just the Alaskan landscape that’s on fire right now. The university system could also go up in smoke if the Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget cuts go through. That includes crucial research into how the U.S. Arctic is shifting as temperatures rapidly rise. Last week, Dunleavy took a red pen to a budget…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jul 2

Alaska Is Hot and on Fire

Europe isn’t the only part of the world that’s been roasting and burning of late. So is Alaska. Record and near-record heat swept the Last Frontier over the weekend, with stations across the state’s interior recording daily highs of close to 90 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday. On Sunday, temperatures rose to 92 degrees in Northway…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 1

Everyone Flopped on Climate Change During the First Democratic Debates

If there is one thing glaring clear from this week’s Democratic debates, it is this: We need a goddamn climate debate. Wednesday and Thursday were like an SOS flare fired into the night sky, showing that the political journalists asking the questions and the politicians answering are not prepared to discuss the most serious existential…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jun 28

Wildfire Explodes in Spain as Europe Reels From Record Heat

Fanned by fierce winds and searing temperatures, a wildfire is exploding in size in the Catalonia region of northeastern Spain. According to the Catalan interior minister, it could be the worst blaze the region has seen in 20 years. The fire, which began on Wednesday, spread rapidly and has consumed at least 5,169 hectares (12,773…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jun 27

Airplane Contrails Have Surprising Effect on the Atmosphere

The white trails that airplanes create influence the temperature of our atmosphere.

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jun 27

Huge New Review of Fracking’s Health Hazards Will Help Communities Fight It

A sweeping report that evolved from work that helped ban fracking in New York State has been released to help the public fight the practice as it pops up elsewhere across the country. Published last week by the Physicians for Social Responsibility (the group that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its work…

Climate Change Erin Biba Jun 27

Scientists Wrote a Eulogy for Iceland’s First Glacier Lost to Climate Change

The Northernmost Settlement on Earth Cracked 70 Degrees For the First Time This Week

Joshua Trees Are Being Wiped Out by Climate Change

Scientists Propose Pumping 74 Trillion Tons of Artificial Snow Onto to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to Stop Its Collapse

World Hunger Is On the Rise and ‘Climate Shocks’ Are Partly to Blame, UN Says

Update on Our 2020 Climate Summit

Your Binge-Watching of Netflix and Porn Is Contributing to Millions of Tons of Emissions a Year

Why We’re Challenging the 2020 Democrats to a Climate Summit [Updated]

We Asked Every Member of the House Climate Crisis Committee if They’d Support AOC’s Climate Emergency Resolution

AOC and Bernie Sanders Are Asking Congress to Declare a Climate Emergency

How to Keep Your Home Cool Without Wrecking the Planet

The World’s Second-Largest Rainforest Is Losing the Carbon It’s Held for a Thousand Years

Americans Love Their Trash and Hate to Recycle, Report Finds

Last Month Was the Hottest June Ever Recorded, European Satellite Data Shows

The Alaska Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Be a Disaster for U.S. Climate Research

Alaska Is Hot and on Fire

Everyone Flopped on Climate Change During the First Democratic Debates

Wildfire Explodes in Spain as Europe Reels From Record Heat

Airplane Contrails Have Surprising Effect on the Atmosphere

Huge New Review of Fracking’s Health Hazards Will Help Communities Fight It

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

The Crypto Bros Want to Get Their Hands on Anthropic’s ‘Super Dangerous’ Model

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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