Climate Change

Tampa, United States | AFP | – The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports […]

Acidification of Oceans

Wall or Watchtower? The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his story “The Wall and the Books,” the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges wrote, “I read, in past days, that the man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor, Shih Huang Ti, who likewise ordered the burning of all the […]

Climate Change

With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

Climate Home News

By Natalie Sauer | – ( Climate Home News ) – As 2019 dawns, it is crunch time for the Paris Agreement on climate change. Last month’s UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland set (most of) the technical rules of the Paris Agreement, but showed little sign of renewed ambition. Responding to the latest scientific […]

Climate Change

Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Tom Engelhardt

(Via Tomdispatch.com ) – Sixty-six million years ago, so the scientists tell us, an asteroid slammed into this planet. Landing on what’s now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, it gouged out a crater 150 kilometers wide and put so much soot and sulfur into the atmosphere that it created what was essentially a prolonged “nuclear winter.” During […]

Mass Extinction

Mysterious Mass die-off of Insects threatens Pollination, Food Supply

Nature

(Nature) Recognizing the quiet extinction of invertebrates Nico Eisenhauer, Aletta Bonn & Carlos A. Guerra Nature Communications, volume 10, Article number: 50 (2019) | Download Citation Abstract Invertebrates are central to the functioning of ecosystems, yet they are underappreciated and understudied. Recent work has shown that they are suffering from rapid decline. Here we call […]

Climate Change

$100 Bn.: Cost in 2018 of Climate Crisis Caused by Burning Fossil Fuels

TeleSur

2018 saw at least one major climate-induced disaster on every inhabited continent on Earth. Climate change-induced disasters cost nations at least US$100 billion in 2018, a watchdog said Thursday, warning the spate of deadly wildfires, floods and superstorms was “a shadow” of things to come if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t slashed. This year is set […]

Climate Change

How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

John Feffer

( Tomdispatch.com) – You know the story: the globalists want your guns. They want your democracy. They’re hovering just beyond the horizon in those black helicopters. They control the media and Wall Street. They’ve burrowed into a deep state that stretches like a vast tectonic plate beneath America’s fragile government institutions. They want to replace […]

Climate Change

Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Climate Summit at Kotwice, Poland, ended on a positive note, with the 195 countries present committing themselves to financing instruments in a quest to cut carbon dioxide emissions and keep global heating to 1.5 degrees C. (2.7 degrees F.). Given that so many countries are producing so much CO2, […]

Mass Extinction

Where have all the Creatures Gone? Long Time Passing… (Hint: We’ve Killed Them Off)

Tomdispatch

By Subhankar Banerjee | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening to the nonhuman life forms with which we share this planet, you’ve likely heard the term “the Sixth Extinction.” If not, look it up. After all, a superb environmental reporter, Elizabeth Kolbert, has already gotten a Pulitzer Prize […]