“This is the time to direct our energies and efforts toward preparedness and readiness, particularly to protect our most vulnerable citizens from the impact of extreme heat,” said one expert.
Source: As El Niño Looms, US Officials Advised to Prepare Communities for Extreme Heat
Even with ambitious action to reduce planet-heating emissions, the world could pass the two key temperature thresholds of the Paris climate agreement in the coming decades, according to new research that relied on artificial intelligence.
Source: AI Study Warns World Could Hit 2°C Within Decades—Even With Emissions Cuts
The repercussions are immense but not recognized until it’s too late, which is the unique characteristic of invisibleness. The general public, plus country leaders, do not connect with this hidden monster. After all, it is invisible. That one fact alone may explain why the world’s nation/states have not felt enough public pressure nor truly come to grips with the danger in order to aggressively take unified steps to halt rapid increases in CO2 and other greenhouse gases. It’s because so much of it is invisibly hidden in the sea;
Source: The Invisible Global Heat Danger Zone – CounterPunch.org
In a study that scientists say gathered “an unprecedented amount of data” to determine the fate of the world’s ice sheets with more precision than ever before, researchers revealed Thursday that even if humans manage to limit planetary heating to 1.5°C above preindustrial temperatures, half of the p
Source: World Could Lose Half of Glaciers This Century Even If Warming Is Kept to 1.5°C
By Piers Forster, University of Leeds | – The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when …
1848+: The End(s) of History 