CLIMATE
Refreeze the Arctic
CLIMATE - Refreezing the Arctic sounds like a crazed impossible idea, but a knowledgeable group of scientists believe it has the potential to be the best most efficient quickest way to reduce manifold risks of a climate system that’s already in shaky condition.
Life Beyond 1.5C
CLIMATE WATCH - Headlines describing the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP) of UNFCCC more commonly referred to as COP27 at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt sent troubling messages:
Experts Warn 'Doomsday Scenario' for Colorado River Basin Possible in 2023
CLIMATE WATCH - The catastrophic chain of events that water and power authorities are working to prepare for amid the desertification of the Colorado River basin would amount to a "complete doomsday scenario," harming water and electricity supplies for millions, according to new reporting from The Washington Post.
Climate Change: When Will We Act?
CLIMATE WATCH - What is it about a bunch of high-ranking people getting together at a Conference of the Parties (COP) at some major metropolitan center with plenty of 4-star and 5-star hotels in order to figure out how to save the planet, but it never works!
Scientists Revive ‘Zombie’ Virus After 50,000 Years Trapped in Siberian Permafrost
CLIMATE CHANGE - Researchers documented 13 never-before-seen viruses that have been lying dormant, frozen in thick ice, over tens of thousands of years.
Climate: The Foreboding Hyperthreat Looms Large
CLIMATE WATCH - The hyperthreat is a combination of impending ecological carnage influenced in large measure by hidden behind-the-scenes human forces that drain the vigor and lifeblood of reasonable solutions.
STOP C.O.P.
CLIMATE WATCH - Fossil fuel interests have taken over climate talks. The acronym COP for “Conference of the Parties” should be changed to “Continue Oil Production.”
Greenland is Worse Than Ever, Much Worse
CLIMATE WATCH - A new study finds Greenland’s ice sheet thinning much further into the ice sheet core than previously thought, 100 miles inland.