Question: Approximately how many years intervened between these photographs of the Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The melting of the ice caps …
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Carbon Fee and Dividend
Here in good ol’ Santa Barbara, I attend meetings of the local chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, in support of the “Carbon Fee and Dividend.” We’re all encouraged to write letters to editors of various media outlets, and I …
Here’s What’s Happening In Your World…When It’s 4°C Hotter
I thought I’d publish this map of the world, created by the Metropolitan Art Museum, enabling you to get a glimpse of life on Earth if the planet warms 4°C, an extremely likely scenario. As we’ve often said, there will be …
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Why Did the TV Networks Do Such a Terrible Job Reporting On Climate Change Last Year?
Media coverage of climate change is light, uninformative, and declining in scope–just as its impact in terms of extreme weather events is going through the roof. From this article by Media Matters for America:
From Guest Blogger Lauren Williamson: Population Growth Leads To Environmental Destruction Globally
Evolution of Climate: In the year 1880, the annual global temperature average was -0.19 °C to -0.11 °C, and by the year 2017, it raised to 0.9 to 0.95 °C. Be Careful! It only took 137 years to get this hot, …
Opinion Polls on Climate Change
John Oliver sure nails it here. A friend recently asked my opinion of climate change, and was surprised when I replied that I didn’t have one. When he probed further, I explained that opinions apply to subjective matters like art …
Earth Might Be Warming, Pruitt Finally Admits, But Rising Temperatures Might Be Good for Humankind
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt now says rising temperatures might be beneficial, and it would be “arrogant” to stop global warming. Can someone please explain why anyone could possibly give a damn about this jackass’s viewpoints on climate change? Would you …
Trump on Climate Change: Be Very Afraid
This video contains a good example of what makes today’s living in America so uniquely horrifying. It’s Donald Trump, explaining on camera to Piers Morgan, British journalist and television personality, that climate change is a hoax: how temperatures are actually …
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From Guest Blogger Kelly Shepherd: Leaving the Paris Agreement–Changing American Views Toward Climate Change
In May 2017, President Trump made an announcement that he would be withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, an agreement created by the United Nations that deals with climate change. The agreement aims to decrease greenhouse gas emissions …
City of Four Million People Running Out of Water
These satellite images show the extent of the unfolding water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa; this is an excellent example of what, tragically, is about to take place in one form or another in places all around the globe. …
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