P Favoranti4 hours agoDeep ocean warming as climate changesphys.org - University of ExeterMuch of the "excess heat" stored in the subtropical North Atlantic is in the deep ocean (below 700m), new research suggests. Oceans have absorbed …
P Favoranti10 hours agoWe must end our command-and-control relationship with the environment if we are to arrest its destructionverified_publisherThe Guardian - Euan RitchieIt’s 1996 and I’m in my last year of undergraduate studies at James Cook University, in Townsville. World coral expert Prof Terry Hughes cautions our class that on current trajectories, climate change and coral bleaching threaten destruction of the Great Barrier Reef. In another class, rainforest …
P Favoranti7 hours agoShut down fossil fuel production sites early to avoid climate chaos, says studyverified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorNearly half of existing fossil fuel production sites need to be shut down early if global heating is to be limited to 1.5C, the internationally agreed goal for avoiding climate catastrophe, according to a new scientific study. The assessment goes beyond the call by the International Energy Agency in …
P Favoranti18 hours agoRising Authoritarianism and Escalating Climate Change Are Supported by the Same Industriescommondreams.org - Eve Darian-SmithAround the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This backsliding on democracy and "creeping authoritarianism," as the U.S. State …
P Favoranti13 hours agoClimate Change Threatens China With Yet Another Deadly Flood Seasonverified_publisherBloomberg Green - Bloomberg NewsAs China’s rainy season starts, National Climate Center forecasts show that flooding in the north and south of the country could be as bad as last …
P Favoranti1 day agoBreaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 presidentverified_publisherThe Guardian - Fiona Harvey Environment correspondentFailure to act on the promises made at the Glasgow Cop26 climate summit last year would be “an act of monstrous self-harm”, the UK’s president of the conference will warn today in Glasgow. Alok Sharma, the cabinet minister who led the UK-hosted summit that ended with agreement to limit global …
