The catwalk world of glamour and luxury hides a business that thrives on wasteful consumerism. Now the climate crisis is forcing a rethink In the last days of August, an influx of slender women to midtown Manhattan signals the onset of fashion week, the biannual round of catwalk shows. After passing on to London, Milan […]
Month: August 2019
Researchers mapped L.A.’s emissions with incredible detail. Is your city next?
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hovering above the iconic Hollywood sign is Southern California’s other icon: smog. After decades of gains fighting the menace, L.A. is now losing ground, clocking a 10 percent rise in deaths from ozone pollution between 2010 and […]
You can’t hide it from the future generations
Today my 9 year old cousin asked me if global warming is going to destroy the earth, and if he will get to live and die before it happens… JUST WHAT THE HELL WAS I SUPPOSED TO TELL HIM? All I could say is that unless everyone takes action it will probably be sooner than […]
Greta Thunberg: We need a ‘concrete plan’ for climate action, not nice words
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Unprecedented pressure exerted by young activists will push world leaders to address the unfolding climate crisis, even with a recalcitrant U.S. under Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg told the Guardian. Thunberg, the teenager whose school climate strikes […]
Climate, green energy and the Amazon fires | Letters
Ian Duncan responds to letter on energy targets, Carol Blumenthal defends activists, Wendy Mulville recalls her experiences about air conditioning in Texas, Joseph Nicholas on the apocalypse, Michael Cook on forests, and world-class athletes step up The letter on Wednesday (Clearer green energy targets are needed, 28 August) was quite right in recognising the UK’s […]
Reduced Blogging This Weekend Due To Berlin 100/24 ‘Megamarsch’
There won’t as much blogging from my side this weekend because I’ll be participating in the so-called “Berlin Megamarsch” (Mega-Walk). At the Berlin 100/24 Megamarsch, participants take on the challenge of walking 100 kilometers within 24 hours. The fun starts Saturday, August 31, at 4 p.m. when some 1500 participants will begin following a marked […]
Climate change: 30% to 99% of the surface permafrost expected to melt by 2100, 280 million displaced people
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5 ways Puerto Rico is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tropical Storm Dorian skirted Puerto Rico’s western corner on Wednesday, before heading north towards Florida, where it is expected to develop into a Category 3 hurricane. While the storm spared Puerto Rico of much damage, it […]
Why it’s payback time on climate change | Letters
The generation that has benefited most from fossil fuels must start paying the price, argues Daniel Scharf The principle of restorative justice (Glasgow University to pay £20m in slavery reparations, 24 August) also applies to the issue of climate change. I am of a generation that has profited hugely (knowingly or not) from the careless […]
NASA: We Can’t Model Clouds, So Climate Models Are 100 Times Less Accurate Than Needed For Projections
NASA has conceded that climate models lack the precision required to make climate projections due to the inability to accurately model clouds. Clouds have the capacity to dramatically influence climate changes in both radiative longwave (the “greenhouse effect”) and shortwave. Cloud cover domination in longwave radiation In the longwave, clouds thoroughly dwarf the CO2 climate […]