Climate news digest: Autumn 2023
Here are some of the top climate news items this autumn.
Climate emergency
Unrelenting wildfires, torrential rainfall bring new meaning to “unprecedented” extreme weather events
Week after week we’re alerted to some “unprecedented” extreme weather event. Yet the corporate media references the climate emergency barely at all.
As Florida’s coral reefs are caught in a massive bleaching event, some corals are getting rescued
The only way to save Florida’s corals is to remove them to land-based labs until it’s safe to return them to their reefs.
Targeting children to sow doubt about climate emergency is new despicable tactic
Having failed in efforts to deny humanity’s impact heating Earth way beyond natural variability, producers of climate misinformation now are targeting kids and families.
Congested transmission lines in Texas waste power generation of wind, solar
The contribution of renewable energy powering Texas through a deadly heat dome in late June reached an all-time high of almost 42 percent, but a recent report found the state’s transmission infrastructure can’t handle the full load renewables can generate.
But summer is supposed to be hot
Except not this hot and for not this long. Learn how record heatwaves are leading to more historic, disastrous flooding around the world.
It’s World Oceans Day, but wildfires and smoke dominate the climate narrative
Today’s earlier-than-expected and larger-than-expected wildfires are signals of why only a few degrees of global heating negatively impact our health.
World’s ocean surface temperature hits record high: “Headed off the charts”
The temperature of the world’s ocean surface has hit an all-time high since satellite records began, threatening corals and other marine life.
How ChatGPT responded to questions about climate change
I asked ChatGPT questions about climate change, and with the exception of its limitations for research beyond 2021, its responses, happily, were based on fact.
Thunberg’s ‘Climate Book’ is a road map to a better future
The Climate Book is an easy-reading exploration of how we got here, where things are headed, and ways toward a just transition away from the continued destructive use of fossil fuels.
