#SROCC – The Shocking new IPCC report is out
Latest IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (#SROCC) is available. It explains why scientists are freaking out.
environment
Climate Action Summit – Highlights
The Climate Action summit resulted in many 3 minute speeches consisting of promise after promise to do better, increase the use of renewable energy, and curb fossil fuel consumption. It also failed to deliver what had been hoped for by the organisers. Many businesses and private individuals also vowed aggressive targets … but … and … Read more
Climate Action Summit Report: Impacts are accelerating
On eve of climatre action summit, world’s leading climate science organizations jointly produced a landmark new report … “United In Science”
Great Barrier Reef – Outlook Report 2019
Every five years, an Outlook Report that examines the Great Barrier Reef’s health, pressures, and likely future is published. The latest, the 2019 edition, is now available. It is very grim reading. If you have your finger on the pulse of the Great Barrier Reef then what it reveals will not be a surprise. The Great Barrier … Read more
Wildfires – It is not just the Amazon
Wildfires happening in the Amazon. Vast swathes of Brazil’s rainforest have been set ablaze. This of course is not natural, it is the result of farmers and loggers clearing land. It is also not new, it happens each year. This year is different, it has scaled up by roughly 84% compared to last year and … Read more
Should we be worried about Greenland?
Reports of dramatic melt events in Greenland provoke different reactions. Some, (thankfully only a small number), sit back and observe, “It is summer, this is what happens in the summer“. Others respond more dramatically. During the last Democratic debate, long-shot candidate Andrew Yang urged people to move away from the coast because we are already … Read more