AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatar1 day agoWill Earth hit a climate "tipping point?" Here's why experts say this framework is problematicverified_publisherSalon - By Matthew RozsaPeople who follow climate change are often told there is a "tipping point," a single moment after which it will be too late to reverse the damage caused by our excessive use of fossil fuels. Yet experts say this concept is misleading, with one scientist — James Hansen, who played a key early role …
AvatarJames the PotatoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days ago‘Greenhushing’ Is On the Rise as Companies Go Silent on Climate Pledgesinsideclimatenews.org - By Kiley PriceFacing backlash from both the left and right, companies are backing away from climate initiatives—at least publicly.For years, eagle-eyed …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatar4 days agoClimate change is spurring a longer spring — with consequencesAxios - Alex Fitzpatrick, Alice FengSpring is getting warmer on average nationwide, per a recent Climate Central analysis — a trend that reflects human-caused warming, the climate …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatarExclusive: U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report SaysTIME - Billy PerrigoThe U.S. government must move “quickly and decisively” to avert substantial national security risks stemming from artificial intelligence (AI) which could, in the worst case, cause an “extinction-level threat to the human species,” says a report commissioned by the U.S. government published on …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatarOur resources are running out. These charts show how urgently action is neededverified_publisherWorld Economic Forum - Emma CharltonWe’re racing into a resources crisis that’s set to intensify unless urgent action is taken. Global natural resource consumption is predicted to …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatarPivotal Moment For Humanity as Disasters Threaten to Convergeverified_publisherScienceAlert - David NieldA new review of literature on global climate change written by an international team of more than 200 researchers leaves no room for doubt: humanity …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatarThis chart of ocean temperatures should really scare youverified_publisherVox - Benji JonesThe Atlantic Ocean is unusually warm right now. Here’s why scientists say that’s “deeply troubling.” If you were to dip your toes into the middle of the North Atlantic — say, somewhere between South Carolina and Spain — the water would feel frigid. You definitely wouldn’t want to swim. It’s …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatar"Insane": Historic winter heat wave smashes records across U.S.Axios - Andrew FreedmanThe modern winter climate history of the Central U.S. was rewritten this week, as more than 130 monthly high temperature records were set from Texas …
AvatarJames the PotatoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld must act to stem surge of polluting trash, UN warnsphys.org - Kelly MACNAMARAThe world generated 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal waste last year and the pile of trash is set to grow another two-thirds by 2050, the UN said …
AvatarJames the PotatoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRegime shift probably underway in Antarctica as research groups flag warningcosmosmagazine.com - Matthew Ward AgiusGerman researchers say critical Antarctic ocean warming could be avoided if global temperatures are kept within the Paris Climate Agreement …
AvatarJames the PotatoAvatarAvatar9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realizeverified_publisherVox - Marina BolotnikovaFactory farms are now so big that we need a new word for them. In a few generations, factory farming — the set of economic, genetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical innovations that enabled humanity to raise tens of billions of animals for food every year — has transformed America. It has polluted our …
AvatarJames the PotatoFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIndigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers meltphys.org - by Juan Sebastian SERRANOIn the shade of a sacred tree, Indigenous wise men chew coca leaves as they mull the threats to their home among the melting, snow-capped peaks of …