Global warming

Seventh-generation native Hawaiian Kaniela Ing in an Aug. 10 interview with DemocracyNow.org described how the once lush island was transformed into a place ripe for a disastrous wildfire. There is nothing natural about this disaster, he said.

13 August 2023

How settler colonialism, oligarchy, and the climate emergency fueled catastrophic Maui fires

Seventh-generation native Hawaiian Kaniela Ing explains why there is nothing natural about the devastating Maui wildfires.

The colorful, fun-looking "Kids Guide to the Truth About Climate Change," from a publishing company founded by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, uses factual information in a misleading way, understates the severity of the climate emergency, and risks eroding students' faith in science, critics say.

Targeting children to sow doubt about climate emergency is new despicable tactic

Former KCCI-TV chief meteorologist Chris Gloninger left his job when viewer harrassment increased and intensified after he started referencing climate change during his weather broadcasts. (Source: kcci.com's Chris Gloninger biography page prior to his departure)

Referencing the climate emergency during weather reports now, apparently, is toxic

Daniel Ellsberg in 1972 speaking at a press conference in New York City. Ellsberg is known for his role as a whistleblower who exposed the U.S. government's lies about the Vietnam War, but Ellsberg also had a lesser known role exposing the lies of the oil companies about their role in greenhouse gas emissions.

Daniel Ellsberg’s role in exposing oil industry lies and disinformation

This diagram illustrates the mechanisms by which carbon moves into and out of coastal wetlands: (1) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is taken in by trees and plants during the process of photosynthesis. This is called sequestration. (2) Dead leaves, branches, and roots containing carbon are buried in the soil, which is frequently, if not always, covered with tidal waters. This oxygen-poor environment causes very slow breakdown of the plant materials, resulting in significant carbon storage. (3) A small amount of carbon is lost back to the atmosphere through respiration, while the rest is stored in the leaves, branches, and roots of the plants.

Activist Supreme Court supremely undermines role of wetlands in carbon sequestration

The forecast of sea surface temperatures for April-July 2023, with colors except white indicating stress on the marine environment, especially coral reefs. Marine heatwaves threaten much of the global ocean in the coming months.

World’s ocean surface temperature hits record high: “Headed off the charts”

This dry landscape of central Oregon in March 2022 reflects the historic drought conditions at the time. (Photo: George Thomas Jr.)

Here comes more rain, more drought, just as climate models predicted

OpenAI's ChatGPT is an online artificial intelligence chatbot capable of generating human-like text responses to questions.

How ChatGPT responded to questions about climate change

Greta Thunberg's The Climate Book. The U.K. edition (left) was released in October and the U.S. edition will be released Feb. 14, 2023, and is available for presale. The U.K. edition can be purchased and shipped to the U.S. from Blackwell's books.

Thunberg’s ‘Climate Book’ is a road map to a better future

Oil and gas companies were the worst of all sectors for underreporting emissions, according to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. (Photo: fotorince - stock.adobe.com)

9 November 2022

Oil and gas greenhouse emissions ‘three times higher’ than producers claim

Fiona Harvey in Sharm el-Sheikh Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd. Climate Trace reports half of 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas are oil…

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