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9 looming climate tipping points that imperil our planet
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAlong with its toll on humans, heat exacerbates a number of other ecological problems, including...
Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could...
The Conversation· 1 day agoMeridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is slowing down, with collapse a real possibility this century. The AMOC is a globally important current in the Atlantic Ocean, where ...
Arctic sea ice is declining at an alarming rate. A giant virus could stop that
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMicrobiome 12(91) Why is the discovery of giant viruses in...by high levels of algae), ice core and...
Giant viruses discovered in Greenland could slow ice melt
Cosmos· 3 days agoDanish scientists have discovered giant viruses on the surface ice in Greenland. Viruses are long...
Zany ideas to slow polar melting are gathering momentum
The Economist· 5 days agoGlobally, sea levels have risen by somewhere between 21cm and 24cm since 1880. Most of this rise is...
WMO: 80% chance Earth will exceed Paris Climate Agreement warming limits in next five years -...
UPI· 6 days agoThe World Meteorological Organization gave a stark warning how there is the 80% likelihood that...
Can Vegetarianism Really Save the Earth and Feed the Hungry?
Mercola· 5 days agoThe keynote speaker was Francis Moore Lappé, whom you will recognize as the author of the very influential “Diet for a Small Planet,” the 1971 book that convinced many to embrace a diet of grains ...
Antarctic Ice Loss Is Significant, Contrary to Claims - FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org· 4 days agoAntarctica is losing ice mass to the ocean, contributing to global sea level rise. The Antarctic ice sheet is a vast mass of ice, accumulated over millennia via snowfall, that sits atop bedrock, covering nearly all of Antarctica.