The only thing trickling down is global warming
Supply-side “trickle down” economics and tax-evasion havens have exacerbated inequality worldwide, and global warming is making things worse.
Global warming
Why a warming ocean matters
Recent news the ocean is warming significantly faster than previously thought may seem inconsequential, because we don’t live in the ocean, and unless you’re in…
Greta Thunberg, 15, scolds immature world leaders for inaction on climate policy
As negotiators from 196 countries gathered in Poland to strive for an agreement on climate policy, it was a teenager from Sweden who emerged as…
Political will, leadership urgent now to stop catastrophic global warming
Urgent action is needed now to avoid the pending doom of our abnormally warming planet, but it will take political courage and leadership to achieve…
Global warming is changing the jet stream, increasing extreme weather events
The warming climate is changing the jet stream, resulting in more extreme weather events like heat waves, persistent drought conditions that increase the risk of…
Ever-rising temps, but are your representatives feeling the heat?
Despite another year of record heat waves — and we have yet to see what August 2018 will bring — climate change deniers in Congress…
NOVA’s ‘Decoding the Weather Machine’ deconfuses climate debate
NOVA’s “Decoding the Weather Machine” painstakingly connects the dots between the components affecting — and rapidly changing — the global climate, and, thus, our local weather.
Climate change is killing coffee, but we can stop it
So with a warming planet, doesn’t that mean more stuff will grow in more places? No. Consider coffee, which grows all over the world —…
Shrinking mountain snowpacks threaten drinking supply even for coastal cities
As annual global temperatures continue to rise, mountain snowpacks will continue to decrease, causing problems even for coastal cities. Warming temperatures bring an earlier spring,…
50 years of political pusillanimity intensifies global warming impact
In 1968, a group of researchers warned that increasing carbon dioxide emissions were certain to cause significant temperature changes by 2000, and beyond. But as…