Burning plastic waste is just another way fossil fuels get burned, emitting yet more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, and often resulting in smoke that is highly toxic to humans. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Umm, yummy… washingtonpost.com/science/2024/0…

Air travel generates greenhouse gases and needs to decarbonize. There are ways now to reduce the carbon footprint related to flying, but the big goal needs to be sustainable low-carbon aviation fuel. At scale and affordable. We don't have that... yet. freep.com/story/travel/a…

Handy short overview of the greenhouse gases we need to curtail to stop climate change. CO2 - carbon dioxide - is the big one. But, there are other important ones to phase out. technologyreview.com/2024/09/05/110…

In the Midwest, we talk about corn sweat this time of year - when growing corn can release enough water vapor to affect the humidity of the air. But, don't be fooled, climate change is what's really making our summers more sticky hot with humidity. kosu.org/2024-09-04/cor…

The title says it all - the military can't afford mistakes. "climate change is a threat multiplier... that amplifies global security challenges. Climate crises make every fragile state more vulnerable and every conflict more dangerous." nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-m…

Human ingenuity is so cool, and getting cooler with lower greenhouse emissions. economist.com/science-and-te… from The Economist

Climate engineering - commonly called geoengineering - to combat worsening global climate change is beyond risky. We have the solutions for climate change, & geoengineering should not be considered one of them. Unless we really want to screw the planet up. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Without doubt, we need more focus on food systems/agriculture in the context of climate change: "climate change is likely to compound difficulties in agriculture by shrinking harvests, reducing the effectiveness of synthetic inputs like fertilizers, & ..." agdaily.com/news/growing-t…

We should be thinking of powering all our schools with solar, battery storage , and heat-pumps rather than AC. To do otherwise will cost more and juice worsening climate change. opb.org/article/2024/0…

If you care, talk more about climate change: "For an enduring shift, the message needs to be personally relevant. That’s because “climate change is affecting the people and places and things that we love right now”" nature.com/articles/d4158…

Making the case that sociology needs to think more about climate change... psc.isr.umich.edu/news/climate-c…

Big Oil is going all out to protect their business, even as it means ever increasing economic costs, human suffering and environmental degradation around the planet. Universities beware, everyone beware. truthout.org/articles/heres…

Yet more detail about the on-going aridification around the globe: "Hotter, drier conditions have knock-on consequences, including fewer low-lying clouds in forests from Mexico through Argentina...losing rain & clouds is a double whammy. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Pre-industrial forests vs current forests [🎞️ globaia]

Good to see the U.S. solar panel industry back in high gear! canarymedia.com/articles/solar…

It may not look like a bad hurricane, but this storm could mean a lot of flooding thanks to climate change-supercharged rainfall rates/amounts and sea level-enhanced storm surge. Be careful.

climate change is not just a threat to tourism, but to the island nations themselves: "prone to inundation from rising seas...access to clean and safe drinking water is a challenge, with prolonged droughts and unpredictable rainfall patterns.” bbc.com/news/articles/…

Smart: "Latinos are increasingly concerned about the economic impacts of climate change" We should all be increasingly concerned about climate change. latintimes.com/amid-intense-h…