June 23, 1988U.S. Senate
| Washington | climate change: science
NASA Goddard Space Studies Institute director James Hansen testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources about his research on the greenhouse effect. He concluded global temperatures are the highest since instrumental measurements, a causal relationship between GHG and global warming, and the beginning of extreme events.
March 15, 2009Franny Armstrong
| London | climate change: future
The green-carpet premier in solar-powered Leicester Square. Stars arrived by foot, bike, and solar car. Pete Postlethwaite ambushed UK Climate Change minister Ed Miliband about support for a new coal station in Kent. “You won’t see a more important film this year” – News of the World. The global premier [28:52] was a year later in New York.
May 2, 2012Polly Higgins
| Exeter | climate change: future
Barrister Polly Higgins asks “What if the Earth had rights?” and "Is ecocide a crime against peace?" with crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and crimes of aggression. Higgins outlines a proposal to the UN to make ecocide a crime and impose a legal duty of care. Either the Earth is inert (law of property) or a living being (a sacred trust). [19:02]
Human actions began making an indelible mark on the earth by the 1600s as species were irreversibly exchanged across continents and CO2 levels dropped after the death of 50 million indigenous people drastically reduced farming fostering vast tree growth. A new epoch, the Anthropocene, is now delaying the next ice age and may last millions of years.
January 8, 2017The Guardian
| Global | climate change: science
Global warming is adding to the problem of overfishing as fish move hundreds of miles from old grounds. Scottish fisherman are now adding squid to their usual catch of cod and haddock, a rarity 30 years ago in the North Sea. Elsewhere, fish are moving away from protected zones and sustainable fisheries.
January 29, 2017DeSmog
| United States | climate change: science
Fred Palmer began his anti-science crusade in 1988 after a Sports Illustrated article complained of record temperatures and drought. The goal was to “reposition global warming as theory (not fact)” and spread untruths via the Information Council for the Environment, the Greening Earth Society, and The Heartland Institute.
January 4, 2018Popular Mechanics
| Global | climate change: emissions
With rising global temperatures and disinformation about the effect of GHG emissions in the industrial era, Popular Mechanics reprints past articles on climate change, including Remarkable Weather of 1911 (1912), Is Our Climate Changing? (1930), Coal Dust Speeds Melting of Ice by Absorbing Sun’s Heat (1940), and What’s Happening to the Weather (1957).
November, 2018TedxStockholm
| Stockholm | climate change: talk
In August, 2018, 16-year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg organized a 2-week school strike to protest global warming at the Swedish parliament, capturing world headlines in a "Children's crusade." Later, she gave an impassioned talk about why no one is acting on climate change, saying “Imagine what we could all do together if you wanted to." [11:02]
March 7, 2019CNN (Amanpour)
| United States | climate change: David Titley
"if the Pentagon is hamstrung politically from being ready for a changing environment, that impairs our security, that imperils our security, and this is why we had so many distinguished civilians and retired military officers sign the letter you mentioned." -- Admiral David Titley [Richmond, Virginia, March 7, 2019, CNN Amanpour 05:30/15:52]
March 25, 2019CICERO
| Global | climate change: emissions
Atmospheric CH4 has increased since 2007 and although not as long-lived as CO2 may overtake it as the most potent GHG in the next decade. The main anthropogenic CH4 sources are agriculture (e.g., ruminant digestion), fossil fuels (leaks from mines, fracking, and natural-gas pipelines), and waste (forest fires, incineration, or developing-world cookstoves).
April 25, 2019Los Angeles Times
| United States | climate change: urban
Los Angeles is already almost 6 °F warmer than surrounding rural areas because of heat-absorbing buildings, paved roads, and minimal shade and vegetation, and will rise 4 °F more by 2050 at the current rate of increasing GHG emissions. The mayor hopes a more reflective surface-paving coating will lower temperatures (so-called cool pavement).
May 28, 2019CNN
| Germany | climate change: Angela Merkel
"We have to give better answers to all these issues. And we have to say very clearly that targets that we have committed to are targets that we remain committed to." -- Angela Merkel [Berlin, Germany, May 28, 2019, CNN Amanpour 00:52/20:35]
June 20, 2019CounterPunch
| North Pole | climate change: science
The world's most extensive continental shelf, the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS), is full of methane (CH4), trapped in frozen shallow subsea permafrost. If increased melting produces a “Big Burp," CH4 levels could increase to a carbon-dioxide equivalent (CO2e) of 560 ppm (current CO2 is 415.7 ppm), precipitating ecosystem collapse.
A temperature of 90 °F was measured near the airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on Independence Day, 2019, breaking the previous record of 85 °F on June 14, 1969. Daily temperatures have been recorded there since 1952, at Merrill Field from 1943 to 1952, and near downtown before that. Of the last 7 hottest recorded temperatures, 4 were from the last 4 years.
July 4, 2019Mother Jones
| Global | climate change: science
An IPCC study estimates 1 billion hectares of forest must be planted by 2050 to keep global temperatures from rising less than 1.5 °C over pre-industrial levels. There is about 850 gigatonnes of atmospheric carbon, 1 billion hectares stores 200 gigatonnes, cutting carbon by about 25%. The race is on since we emit about 10 gigatonnes/year from burning fossil fuels.
The joint NASA and USGS Landsat 8 satellite photographed new smoke plumes in the same region as a 2017 rare wildfire near the Arctic Circle in western Greenland. Temperatures were approaching 20°C (68°F) in July where the normal daily high is 10°C (50°F).
August 9, 2019New Delhi News
| India | climate change: CO2
More than 1 million Indians planted 220 million trees in the northern Uttar Pradesh state thanks to a government environmental plan. Taking less than a day, the goal is to keep 1/3 of the country under tree cover as industrialization increases. A tree is the simplest way to absorb carbon dioxide, the most significant global warming greenhouse gas.
April 30, 2020Bloomberg
| Global | climate change: emissions
The drop in oil-, gas-, and coal-powered electricity during COVID-19 will reduce 2020 CO2 emissions up to 10%. Global oil is down 9% (9 mbpd), coal 8%, road transport 50%, and air travel 90% in some places. Sun and wind power have also dropped almost 10%, but renewables feed the grid first. The pandemic is hastening a green transition.
September 9, 2021Undark
| Global | climate change: emissions
Who is accountable for carbon emissions? -- each of us individually or fossil-fuel companies that keep extracting energy resources we all eventually burn (especially in the West). Hard-won bike-centric cities, less meat eating, and flight alternatives (sleeper trains, shaming, bans) all help. As does an overall carbon metric to help reduce, reduce, reduce.
March 20, 2023The Guardian
| Global | climate change: emissions
The IPCC released its sixth assessment synthesis report (AR6), citing more GHG emissions and a “final warning” on the climate crisis. The available “carbon budget” is being used up, over 3 billion people are “highly vulnerable” to climate breakdown, and irreversible change is inevitable. The report is a guide to cut emissions and assess if 1.5 °C is achievable.
July 6, 2023The New Republic
| United States | climate change: future
The US government announced a 5-year plan to develop solar radiation management (SRM) technology, such as blocking the sun and injecting reflective chemicals into the atmosphere to slow climate change. The cost, complaining neighbours, and if the solar geoengineering solutions are worse than the problems was not included.
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