Climate Science

04/06/22
Author: 
Henry Fountain
The Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory in Hawaii began measuring the amount of carbon in the atmosphere in 1958.Credit...Susan Cobb/NOAA

June 3, 2022

Humans pumped 36 billion tons of the planet-warming gas into the atmosphere in 2021, more than in any previous year. It comes from burning oil, gas and coal.

The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere broke a record in May, continuing its relentless climb, scientists said Friday. It is now 50 percent higher than the preindustrial average, before humans began the widespread burning of oil, gas and coal in the late 19th century.

28/05/22
Author: 
Kevin Anderson, Jessica Jewell
Figure 1 | Flooding in Houston, Texas, from Hurricane Harvey. Climate change is estimated to have made such rainfall three times more likely than it otherwise would be for the Houston area20.Credit: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty

So, even the "planning" process is fundamentally distorted by the desire to make climate "solutions" seem within reach, when no realistic, mathematically rigorous research has been done on the feasibility of these much-celebrated "mitigation pathways." Once again, the capitalist system's primary objective is shown to be protecting the capitalist system of consumption, growth, and profits. Capitalism or the future: WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH!!

       -- Gene McGuckin 

Sept. 19, 2019

24/05/22
Author: 
Clare Watson
Researchers argue carbon offset hopefuls have jumped the gun in touting seaweed’s carbon-sucking potential. Photo by Oleksandr Sushko / Unsplash

Editor: The endless search for 'offsets' in a capitalist system. 

May 24th 2022

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

10/05/22
Author: 
Thomson Reuters
Iraqis visit an area near the pond remaining of Sawa Lake, due to climate change-induced drought, in Samawa city, Iraq, on May 1. The WMO says there's a 50 per cent chance the world will hit 1.5 C of warming temporarily by 2026. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)

May 10, 2022

Breaching limit would be temporary, but would give a taste of longer-term warming

The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.

That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 C, which scientists have set as the ceiling for avoiding catastrophic climate change.

12/04/22
Author: 
Oliver Milman
The record increases in methane suggest it is being leaked from oil and gas drilling operations. Photo by Kurayba/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Apr. 12, 2022

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

08/04/22
Author: 
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
Police officers remove a climate activist of the Scientist Rebellion group from a protest in front of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, Spain, on April 6, 2022. MARCOS DEL MAZO / LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES

Apr. 7, 2022

More than 1,000 scientists across the globe chained themselves to the doors of oil-friendly banks, blocked bridges, and occupied the steps of government buildings on Wednesday to send an urgent message to the international community: The ecological crisis is accelerating, and only a “climate revolution” will be enough to avert catastrophe.

08/04/22
Author: 
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
The latest IPCC report finds we are not on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Alain Pitton / NurPhoto / Getty Images.

Apr. 5, 2022

‘A File Of Shame’.

Policies in place to reduce emissions as of December 2020 would lead the planet to 3.2 degrees Celsius of warming, more than double the 1.5 degrees limit that scientists say is essential for avoiding the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

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