Tagged “climate”
Housing insurance is breaking down in some markets
Inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming
This seems pretty bad
The amount of radiative forcing could lead to a doubling (or more) of the warming rate in the 2020s compared with the rate since 1980
The forcing is equivalent in magnitude to 80% of the measured increase in planetary heat uptake since 2020
Impact of ocean heat waves on sealife
Introducing Climate Hawks
a term for people who care about climate change and clean energy, but aren't "environmentalists"
Climate Solutions 101 | Project Drawdown
Make Sunsets, Balloon Launch
Near-real time updates of key global climate variables
Occam's razor for the planet
Related TED talk: Climate solutions worth funding now
Fenced In: How the Global Rise of Border Walls Is Stifling Wildlife
terrible thing.
Do the Math (post index)
"suggested reading path" is a good idea. I think I landed here from a post about AC energy use
Antarctic octopus DNA reveals ice sheet collapse closer than thought
great science. terrible news.
Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature
The Amazon will reach tipping point if current trend of deforestation continues
The privilege of knowledge work in climate crisis
The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle | The New Yorker
Earth facing dire sea level rise — up to 20m — even if climate goals met
Researchers argue that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not enough to combat climate change
Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’
Our climate change debates are out of date
Canada in the Year 2060 - Macleans.ca
grim
Surprising tree die-offs in formerly resilient forests
Myths are clouding the reality of our sustainable energy future
These emissions [for wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries] could amount to a cumulative 15-35 gigatonnes of CO₂ equivalent over the next 30 years: but that compares with around 40 Gt CO₂ equivalent produced every year by the fossil fuel based energy system.
We can’t afford to be climate doomers
Risks of synchronized low yields are underestimated in climate and crop model projections
This seems very bad.
Australia vastly underreporting methane pollution
oh no
‘The fire equivalent of an ice age’: Humanity enters a new era of fire
Seaflooding
I still don't quite understand what happens with the salt but more water in places seems good
How Meat and Fossil Fuel Producers Watered Down the Latest IPCC Report
We will never be able to live on another planet. Here’s why
Lot of interesting stats throughout.
- To add enough CO2 to Mars to make the atmosphere thicker (which reduces temp fluctations), would make the atmosphere unbreathable regardless of O2 content
- Earth-like does not mean like current earth. For most of the planet's history the water and atmosphere were toxic to us
- It would take 79,000 years at current rocket speeds to get to Alpha Centauri
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows
Unsurprising, but still shocking
The happiest number I've heard in ages
Links to this Forbes piece, that 40% of global shipping is for fuel
Global forest accelerator.
What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?
Global rainbow distribution under current and future climates
How Europe Stumbled Into an Energy Catastrophe
A weird evolutionary quirk in the human eye
Will ectoplasmic green skies be alarming enough to make people take climate more seriously? Undecided.
Some interesting overviews on how eyes work though.
Bright Green Lies: Review
How to resurrect a coral reef
Hacking coral sex to accelerate reef regrowth
Erste serielle CO2-neutrale Gebäudesanierung Deutschlands.
retrofitting buildings to improve energy and thermal efficancy faster
Canada is fake
On resource extraction in Canada. Apparently 75 percent of the world’s mining companies are based in Canada!
Also fun hover effect on links
Australia exporting first ever shipment of liquefied hydrogen to Japan
The hydrogen is currently being made with coal but Energy Minister @AngusTaylorMP says the trade will be crucial in bringing down global emissions.
I'm sure it will, Angus
Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing
Twitter thread on getting broad political appeal for climate movements
Satellites discover huge amounts of undeclared methane emissions
Climate disinformation and greenwashing
N2O - The World's Forgotten Greenhouse gas
Carbon Positive Australia
Low river water level means houseboats need to tether in a line near the middle
Great, scary photograph. More than the boats I noticed previous high water mark on the riverbanks.
So, You Want to Build a House More Efficiently?
Covers a lot! Approximate cost breakdowns, on people's desire for customisation, on transport costs of materials (you can't ship prefab concrete slabs across the country).
Includes a handy one-liner on why things aren't improving:
The combination of consumer tastes, low dollar value per volume building components, and the complexity of buildings inhibit efforts to scale.
The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate crisis long ago
Either infuriating or upsetting how long we have known about this and done nothing.
HN discussion, including some good comments like this:
The time for decisive action was at least a decade ago, but there's no harm in starting now — it just means that the transition to alternative energy sources must be more abrupt and more investment must be allocated to remedial technologies that can work towards undoing at least some portion of the damage we have done to our biosphere.
Let historians and the next generations worry about whose fault it was. It is more important to secure for the next generation a sustainable and habitable future, than it is to look back at past hubris and wonder where it went wrong.
The Climate Solution Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO2 Into the Atmosphere
Why Global Temperatures Matter – Climate Change : Vital Signs of the Planet
The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World
Longer growing seasons, larger areas of workable land, and parts becoming more hospitable at the same time other regions of the world become uninhabitable due to heat.
False Humility Will Not Save the Planet
We need solutions that are less terrible for the environment, but 'living in harmony with nature' is basically a fallacy; seeking that is longing for an age that never existed.
Climate Denial
Personal triggers are more persuasive that any other arguments or data. Future and far away people are harder to imagine than seeing change in a place you know. Image from ShowYourStripes is striking.
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