Join NYC Writers Rebel, BPL Presents, and Orion Magazine for a #ClimateReads discussion of 'Trace' by Lauret Savoy. August 31, 7 pm ET. Register here: bklynlibrary.org/calendar/clima…

'The climate crisis is not an accident waiting to happen—as of now, it's an accident in the process of happening.'
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Folks, this is very bad. theguardian.com/environment/20…

What are the climate risks for your part of the world?

Find out in #IPCC ’s next #ClimateReport on the physical science basis of #climatechange , which has a greater focus on regional information.

The report is due to be released on 9 August.

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Mill Town won the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, which is largely a book about the silences we are afraid to violate, and inspired by Carson herself! I could not be happier! Teamwork: h/t John Freeman Sarah Expand the Court Burnes Anna deVries Dori Weintraub Danielle Sumanth Prabhaker

The lifetime emissions over 2020 levels of a handful of Americans (3.5, to be precise) will result in one additional heat-related death in this century, according to a new study. Reducing emissions by the same amount would save a life. nyti.ms/2V3Y1kJ

'Wildfires, drought, sewage spills, a resurgent virus — separately, each is a familiar peril. But this year, the worst-case scenarios have arrived en masse and just as expectations were high that this summer would be especially joyful.'
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. Elizabeth Rush is talking about how fiction can explore the way we relate to the non-human world. #ClimateReads BPL Presents Orion Magazine

Check out this photojournalism from Washington Post that depicts the climate-driven flood destruction this summer.

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“If I have a subject, it is justice. & the rediscovery of the manifold ways in which our lives can be shaped by the recovery of a sense of reverence for life.” (Barry Lopez)
Such tributes to Barry’s life & work here, inc. Margaret E Atwood & Emily Raboteau.
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“The most extensive heatwave of a scorching summer is set to descend upon much of America in the coming week, further roasting areas already gripped by severe drought, plunging reservoirs and wildfires.” theguardian.com/us-news/2021/j…

This is tonight, in just under two hours! I'm so glad to be joining Elizabeth Rush and Caro De Robertis in conversation to discussion Patricia Engel's VEINS OF THE OCEAN for the Climate Reads program Brooklyn Public Library, with Orion Magazine and NYC Writers Rebel!

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“I do not find such a gesture, apologizing to the trees, laughable.”

—Jamaica Kincaid, My Garden

Zhengzhou China--where your iPhone comes from--got 25 inches of rain in 24 hours. That's literally a year's average rainfall in one day. This is what the climate crisis feels like
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“We must somehow make room in our minds for a burning world if we are to save it.”

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Don’t keep calm, rebel.

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Just enjoying that lovely crimson red sun and smoke-filled sky tonight, prompted by wildfires on the other side of the continent nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/…

As #GlobalWarming wreaks havoc across the world, read my latest The New York Times w/Kristie Ebi, Ph.D., MPH Yaryna Serkez 🇺🇦 on #HeatWaves , #climate change, & #Death . Because the #ClimateCrisis is Too Hot NOT to Handle. #ClimateActionNow James Edward Hansen Prof Michael E. Mann Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) nytimes.com/2021/07/21/opi…

This is a remarkable study--and it makes the climate math considerably harder...Humans need to cut emissions faster, because natural systems aren't absorbing them
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