When it comes to a global clean energy transition, China is both part of the problem and part of the solution. On the problem side, China is the largest
Source: The Future of China’s Green Revolution – CounterPunch.org
Category: global warming
Warming, sea-ice loss: Arctic Report Card tracks region’s environmental changes
NOAA’s annual report card on the Arctic, released today, shows that the Arctic region experienced the second-warmest air temperatures ever recorded; the second-lowest overall sea-ice coverage; lowest recorded winter ice in the Bering Sea; and earlier plankton blooms due to early melting of sea ice in the Bering Sea.
Greenland melting is in overdrive … and it is speeding up
“The melting and sea level rise we’ve observed already will be dwarfed as climate continues to warm”
Source: Greenland melting is in overdrive … and it is speeding up
The Deathly Insect Dilemma
Insect abundance is plummeting with wild abandon, worldwide! Species evolve and go extinct as part of nature’s normal course over thousands and millions o
Source: The Deathly Insect Dilemma
Global warming illustrated: 800,000 years of CO2 in one graph
This year’s increase in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry is the largest in seven years. CO2 in the atmosphere has hit a new high.
Source: Global warming illustrated: 800,000 years of CO2 in one graph
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018//Times: via marxmail
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NY Times, Dec. 6, 2018
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
Greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are growing at an accelerating pace this year, researchers said Wednesday, putting the world on track to face some of the most severe consequences of global warming sooner than expected.
Scientists described the quickening rate of carbon dioxide emissions in stark terms, comparing it to a “speeding freight train” and laying part of the blame on an unexpected surge in the appetite for oil as people around the world not only buy more cars but also drive them farther than in the past — more than offsetting any gains from the spread of electric vehicles.
“We’ve seen oil use go up five years in a row,” said Rob Jackson, a professor of earth system science at Stanford and an author of one of two studies published Wednesday. “That’s really surprising.”
Worldwide, carbon emissions are expected to increase by 2.7 percent in 2018, according to the new research, which was published by the Global Carbon Project, a group of 100 scientists from more than 50 academic and research institutions and one of the few organizations to comprehensively examine global emissions numbers. Emissions rose 1.6 percent last year, the researchers said, ending a three-year plateau.
Reducing carbon emissions is central to stopping global warming. Three years ago nearly 200 nations hammered out the Paris Agreement with a goal of holding warming below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (two degrees Celsius) over preindustrial levels.
Fossil fuel production and use exploded in the 20th century. Can we stop the flow in the 21st?
In ‘Burning Up’ Simon Pirani shows why fossil fuel consumption has grown so fast, and argues that only radical social change can prevent climate disaster now
Source: Fossil fuel production and use exploded in the 20th century. Can we stop the flow in the 21st?
Michael Mann: We Are Even Closer To Climate Disaster Than IPCC Predicts
A new report from the world’s leading body on climate change says we could see catastrophic global warming by 2030, and climate scientist Michael Mann says their predictions are too conservative
Source: Michael Mann: We Are Even Closer To Climate Disaster Than IPCC Predicts
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