As far as climate change predictions threatening human life on earth are concerned, none have sounded more dire than those suggested by Guy McPherson, a professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona. According to his calculations, and other climate change scientists, humanity has until …
WASHINGTON – May 21 - Governments and aid agencies have to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and people’s vulnerability to disasters according to a new report published today by international agency Oxfam. The report, No Accident: Resilience and the inequality …
Late last week the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crossed the 400 parts per million (ppm) threshold. From a climate standpoint this is alarming, and points to the urgency of shifting away from fossil fuels. However, I also feel that our sole emphasis on CO2 blinds us to …
The dominant culture is murdering the planet, and there really isn’t a prayer of stopping this murder so long as so many people continue to value this culture over life on this planet, the life it is murdering. This valuing is almost universal in this culture. Even most mainstream environmentalists …
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change looked at 50,000 globally widespread and common species and found that more than one half of the plants and one third of the animals will lose more than half of their climatic range by 2080 if nothing is done to reduce the …
On tonight’s Political Analysis, Sandy LeonVest looks at the dimensions of our current environmental crisis, the importance of resistance and rebellion in such dire times and whether the “clean energy revolution” is working as advertised to mitigate runaway climate change. Along with Sandy’s commentary, the show features audio clips from …
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Science Daily, May 15, 2013 — A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused. The study is the most comprehensive yet and identified 4000 summaries, otherwise known as abstracts, from papers published …
New research from Europe predicts a 4ºC global temperature rise is well within the range of possibility this century, and that even if the worst predictions of climate change disasters do not materialize the cost of this global change will mean “human disaster” for the planet. As The Guardian‘s Fiona Harvey reports, …
Citing a new study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent, The Guardian, reported [1]: Global warming would lead to catastrophe across large swaths of the Earth, causing droughts, storms, floods and heatwaves, and drastic effects on agricultural productivity leading to secondary effects such as mass migration. …
A lot has happened in the last week. The Earth hit the 400 parts per million CO2 threshold for the first time in human history. Scientists tell us this is bad news if we want to prevent runaway climate change. “If we continue to burn fossil fuels at accelerating rates, …
As far as climate change predictions threatening human life on earth are concerned, none have sounded more dire than those suggested by Guy McPherson, a professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona. According to his calculations, and other climate change scientists, humanity has until …
Proposition: The most likely doomsday scenario we face is not the one we are constantly being force-fed by dissembling politicians and the corporate-controlled media. The right-wing strategy aimed at diverting public attention from the real crisis at hand arguably poses a greater existential threat to our survival than any of …
A three-year assessment from a team of international scientists will detail how the phenomenon dubbed “climate change’s evil twin” is shaping up to be a global problem. The rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean will have widespread impacts to be felt for “tens of thousands of years” even if we stop …
Say goodnight, Earthlings. That message — plus the slimmest of shots at an eleventh-hour reprieve — was announced to the people of the world last week. When this happens in science fiction — 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is the classic — the planet pays attention. The flying …
If the planet’s atmosphere hits a milestone of 400 ppm of green house gases and hardly anyone notices, does it still count? Uhhh…..yes says David Turnbull, Campaigns Director for International Oil Change. We’ll hear why this parts-per-million threshold better be a pivot point or else. And a wake-up call in the …
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