Climate Change
The Group of 7 leaders last week ended their summit without a firm and clear commitment on how they’re going to deliver on the annual $100 billion climate finance pledge they made over a decade ago, sparking criticism from United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa. #climatechange #G7Summit2021
The atmospheric scientist that led a major year-long Arctic research expedition said Tuesday that the world may have already hit one of the so-called climate “tipping points.” #climatecrisis
Climate campaigners on Monday welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear an appeal by oil and gas companies including BP, Chevron, and ExxonMobil seeking to shift a lawsuit from state to federal court #BigOil #climatechange #SCOTUS
Conservation advocates in Florida are warning that 1,000 manatees in the state’s water could die this year—hundreds more than in recent years—due to starvation has driven by water pollution, the climate crisis, and other man-made harms to the mammals ecosystem. #climatecrisis #manatees #Florida
Researchers say part of the Central-Western Greenland ice sheet has reached a tipping point after more than a century of studying its rate of melting. #GreenlandIceSheet #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
The waters surrounding the equator are one of the most biodiverse areas on the globe, rich in marine life. However, rampant rises in temperate have led to a mass exodus of marine species from the sensitive #MarineLife #MassExtinction
A new report from Navdanya International calls for rejecting Bill Gates’ fake solutions and instead supports an ecological approach to food and agriculture which can provide a long-lasting solution to climate change. #climatechange
Melting icebergs in the Antarctic are the key, say the team from Cardiff University, triggering a series of chain reactions that plunges Earth into a prolonged period of cold temperatures. #iceage #climatechange
Climate change is progressing faster each day, leading to higher temperatures and altered precipitation. Plants and animals continue to find ways to adapt to the changing environment.
Environmentalist Sir David Attenborough warned world leaders at a recent United Nations (UN) meeting that they need to work together and act now to prevent an extinction crisis.
Between Oct 20 and Oct 26, the United States set 3,434 new DAILY low temp records, 234 new MONTHLY low temp records, as well as 114 ALL-TIME low temp records. #climatechange #grandsolarminimum
As the Gulf states get pummeled by intense hurricanes and California burns in record-breaking wildfires, many in regions like these have contemplated moving to places projected to fare better in the face of the climate crisis.
There are many contradictory theories about the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization with climate change being a possible cause.
The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued higher than normal in the latest sign of the ongoing climate crisis. #climatechange
Clean Energy may be the way forward to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
