Melting Arctic Will Cause “Bad Hot Days” For California
The warming contributed by CO2 and methane from Arctic tundra ecosystems will lead to warming in CA, with hotter days in LA and contribute to the loss of the snowpack in the Sierra and water problems.
View ArticleClimate Scientist James Hansen and Bill McKibben Talk Together About...
James Hansen tells Bill McKibben "science demands actual reductions in fossil fuel emissions, not phony offsets." He may bring suit against the US government on behalf of his grandchildren.
View ArticleShocking Rate of Carbon Dioxide Increase Never Before Experienced
Note from Dorothy, with update: There is no longer any question as to whether “the end is nigh.” It remains to be seen if we humans have the courage to face the reality of our potential extinction, and...
View ArticleCanadian Singer Raffi Calls for a Stunning Paradigm Shift to Stabilize Climate
Note from Dorothy: My grandchildren grew up listening to Raffi’s wonderful and unique songs – Baby Beluga, This Little Light of Mine, Morningtown Ride and my personal favourite, Douglas Mountain. Never...
View ArticleJames Hansen Joins With Raffi, Calls For Intergenerational Climate Justice
James Hansen writes that media and governments allowed science and pseudo-science to have equal weight, "fair and balanced". Relentless repetition of minor flaws in telephone-bookthick IPCC reports...
View ArticleOn Every Level, The Time To Act On Climate Change Is Now
Statement by Salt Spring Island Trustee Torgrimson on urgent need for climate action with reference to Climate Code Report 4 Degrees Hotter: an Adaptation Trap
View ArticleRunaway Permafrost Melt Imminent, Will Speed Dangerous Climate Change
Thawing permafrost that took tens of thousands of years to form will melt in less than 200, with feedback that will turn the Arctic from carbon sink to source in the 2020s, and release 100 billion tons...
View Article4 Degrees Hotter: Will This Be Our Future Climate?
It is clear that our collective survival depends on the most radical mitigation effort we can imagine. Climate change is already dangerous, it is no longer a future-tense proposition. The hour is late....
View ArticleWorld headed for irreversible climate change in five years
"... it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be "lost for ever",
View ArticleArctic Methane Emergency
Heightening the fear of rapid and severe climate change, continuous, powerful and impressive methane plumes, more than 1,000 metres in diameter, have been found beneath the Arctic seabed off the East...
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