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3°C Warmer, vs 1.5°C. Cities Would Be Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal. 0924.rtf - Left column below is about Duration of Annual Longest Heat Wave (in days). Arbovirus (right column) are viruses carried by mosquitos; they lead to diseases including dengue, Zika, West Nile, yellow fever and chikungunya. What constitutes a heat wave is not defined in the article
2021-2025 Articles
2021-2025 Articles
Climate Hot Takes for 2025 - 1225.rtf - This article / opinion begins "Scientific evidence in 2025 showed global warming accelerating faster than expected, while emissions continued to rise and climate policy lagged dangerously behind physical reality....
"It is unlikely that any future 3-year average will drop below [1.5°C]....
"The projections of continuing high emissions - and the weakening of the carbon sinks in forests and in soils and permafrost - means we are likely to exceed 3°C of warming. “We are potentially headed towards 3°C of warming by 2100 if we carry on with the policies we have at the moment,” says IPCC Chair Professor Jim Skea."
"5 years ago the late Professor Will Steffen argued that: “Given the momentum in both the Earth and human systems, and the growing difference between the ‘reaction time’ needed to steer humanity towards a more sustainable future, and the ‘intervention time’ left to avert a range of catastrophes in both the physical climate system (e.g., melting of Arctic sea ice) and the biosphere (e.g. loss of the Great Barrier Reef), we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse.”"
‘Profound Impacts’ - Record Ocean Heat Is Intensifying Climate Disasters 0126.rtfElectrifying These Factories Could Cut 1.3 Gigatons of US CO2 Pollution by 2050 1225.rtfLand Use Changed the Climate. Now Climate Is Changing the Land, 1125.rtfLand Degradation Trends 1125.rtf - Around 1.7 billion people worldwide are living in places where human-driven land degradation is leading to falling crop yields,Unsustainable, Unhealthy & Finally Unlivable- Deadly Cost of Climate Inaction 1025.rtf - The latest Lancet Countdown says of 20 different indicators tracking global health trends, 13 have reached unprecedented levels. They include a 23% surge in heat-related death rates since the 1990s, reaching 546,000 a year. Droughts and heat waves increased the number of people experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity by 123 million in 2023, compared to the 1981-2010 annual average. About 160,000 lives a year have been saved by the shift from coal and the resulting cleaner air, leaving 2.5 million air pollution deaths a year.Leaving the World’s Poorest Behind. Nearly 900 Million Face Climate Shocks. 1025.rtfHow Extreme Weather Events Already Reshape Europe’s Economic Landscape 0925.rtf - at face value, €43 billion this year. But that will rise a good bit, as hidden costs multiply over time.Cutting Down the Amazon Forest Will Bring Extreme Rain, Wind and Heat 0925.rtfEarth's Water System Spirals in Deadly Swings from Too Little to Too Much - WMO 0925.rtfClimate of Unparalleled Malevolence’ - Is the 6th Mass Extinction Coming? 0825.rtfRising Temperatures and Extreme Weather Hit Asia Hard 0625.rtf‘This Is a Fight for Life’ - Tipping Points, Catastrophes, and Cost Under-Estimates 0625.rtfAs Climate Disasters Kill in Pakistan, the True Scale Is Unknown 0525.rtfClimate Crisis on Track to Destroy Capitalism, Warns Top Insurer 0425.rtfMore than 150 ‘Unprecedented’ Climate Disasters Struck World in 2024 - UN 0325Domino Effect - Melting Greenland Ice Could Trigger Amazon Rainforest Collapse 0325Extreme Heat Deprives Millions of Children of Education 0325Planetary Solvency - Risks and Recommendations 0125.rtfUS Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards 1224Why 2-Year Surge in Global Warmth Worries Scientists 1224 - Too many cannot figure out what caused it. Ocen thermal stratification is one factor. But a bigger one is probably fewer clouds, especially low-lying clouds. And part of that is fewer sulfur emissions for ships, which are now required to burn much lower-sulfur fuel. There are other factors as well.Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier. Here’s How Much. 1024Overlooked Climate Perils - Education, Productivity, Crime, Air Pollution, Fires 0924New Federal Report Details More of 2023’s Extreme Climate Conditions 0824From Heat Waves to Hurricanes, Climate Hazards Often Hit Renters the Hardest 0824The Era of Super-Wild Weather Is Already Here 0624Texas Weather Extremes Likely to Become Normal, Scientists Say 0724World on ‘Highway to Climate Hell’ with 12 Straight Months of Record Heat - UN 0624Year of Record Global Heat Pushed Earth Closer to Dangerous 1.5°C Threshold 0624Brutal Heat Waves and Submerged Cities- How a 3°C World Would Look 0524Extreme Weather Events Soar Globally as Temperatures Rise 0524After Climate Tipping Points, Change Will Come Slowly, Then All at Once 04245 Ways El Niño Is Wreaking Havoc in South America 0224James Hansen Is Back with Another Dire Climate Warning 1123Huge Rainfall Deficit, Climate Change, Cast Shadow over Panama Canal’s Future 1223The Arctic’s Vital Signs Are Going Haywire from Climate Change 1223Severe El Niño in S. America Previews Changed World – Dengue, Drought, Floods 1223‘Biodiversity Catastrophe’ - How Earth Could Look in 2050, unless We Act Now 1123US Climate Impacts Are ‘Far-Reaching and Worsening’ - US Climate Assessment 11238 Key Takeaways from the 5th US National Climate Assessment 1123James Hansen Is Back with Another Dire Climate Warning 1123Famed Climate Scientist Has a New, Dire Prediction 1123Earth Is Heating Up Faster than Predicted, Says Dr. James Hansen, Who Sounded Climate Alarm in 1988. - 1123Hot & Humid Extreme Heat Is Weakening Entire Marine ecosystems in Florida, Not Just Coral 0923Earth Exceeds Its ‘Safe Operating Space for Humanity’ in 6 of 9 Key Ways 0923Climate Change 'Dystopian Future Already Here' - UN Rights Chief 0923‘Off-the-Charts Records’ - Heat at High End of Projections, Impacts Worse 0823As Warming Boosts Extreme Weather, ‘Everything We Care about Is on the Line’ 0823Click for morePotentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Emerging across the Globe 0520.rtfExtreme August Arrives with a Warning - Expect More 0823.rtfRising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round 0823.rtf‘The Extreme Events Scare Me the Most’, Italy Is Vulnerable to Climate Crisis 0823.rtfThe World Just Got Its 1st Real Taste of what Life Is Like at 1.5°C 0823.rtfIt’s the Summer of Changed Climate. Get Used to It. 0723.rtfVacations as We’ve Know Them Are Over 0723.rtfMidwest States, Climate Havens Maybe, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat 0723.rtfJune Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points 0723.rtfHumans Approaching Limits of ‘Survivability’, as Heat Waves Engulf Parts of Asia 0623.rtf - Foucus on India, also southeast AsiaClimate Set to Push 1:3 of Humanity Out of Its Most Livable Environment 0623.rtfHumans Have Blown Past Key Limits for Earth’s Stability, Scientists Say 0523.rtfClimate Change is Bad for Everyone. Where It's Expected to Be Worst in the US. 0523.rtfEPA Report Details the Ways Climate Change Endangers Children 0423.rtfWorld Is on Brink of Catastrophic Warming - IPCC 0323.rtfThe Oceans Are the Hottest on Record. Here Are 6 Things to Watch for. 0423.rtfHumanity at the Climate Crossroads - Highway to Hell or a Livable Future? 0323.rtfThe Business Case for Reversing Extinction 0323.rtf16 China Provinces and Florida among World’s Most Climate-Vulnerable Regions 0223.rtfNearly 30 Dangerous Feedback Loops Could Permanently Shift Earth’s Climate 0223.rtfWhy 2° of Global Warming Is Worse than It Sounds 0223.rtfExtreme Weather Spread in 2022, with $270 Billion in Losses, $120 Billion Insured 0123.rtfThe Toll That Extreme Weather Took in the U.S. during 2022, by the Numbers 1222.rtf90% of US Counties Hit with Disaster in Last Decade 1122.rtfWorld Close to ‘Irreversible’ Climate Breakdown, Warn Major Studies 1022.rtfNot as Catastrophic - A New Climate Reality Is Coming into View 1022.rtfScientists Warn in Report that Climate Change Has Pushed Earth to 'Code Red' 1022.rtfDire Climate Impacts Distract from Even More Dire Warnings 1022.rtf'Dystopia on the Doorstep.' The Global North Is Next - Pakistan Climate Minister 0922.rtfClimate Change Has Come for the World’s Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitter, China 0922.rtfWorld on Brink of 5 ‘Disastrous’ Climate Tipping Points 0922.rtfFailure to Slow Warming Will Set Off Climate ‘Tipping Points’ 0922.rtfChina's Fragile Economy Is Being Hammered by Driest Riverbeds since at Least 1865 - 0822.rtfPace of Climate Change Sends Economists Back to Drawing Board 0822.rtfChina Plans Cloud Seeding to Protect Grain Crop from Drought 0822.rtfIraq Broils in Dangerous 120° Heat as Power Grid Shuts Down 0822.rtfChina Shuts Factories, Rations Electricity as Heat Wave Stifles Economy 0822.rtfClimate Change’s Impact Intensifies, Led by Arctic 0822.rtfClimate Endgame - Risk of Human Extinction ‘Dangerously Under-Explored’ 0822.rtfNo Longer 1-in-100-Year Events, Experts Say It’s Time to Plan for Disasters 0722.rtfHow the Climate Crisis Is Forever Changing Our National Parks 0722.rtfLeading Scientist Warns “People do not understand the magnitude of what is going on.... we will not have anything left that we value, if we [don’t act.]” 0622.rtfAlarming Climate Data Puts Pressure on Rich Nations to Share Green Tech 0522.rtfWhat to Expect from the World’s 6th Mass Extinction 0122.rtfBrazil’s Extreme Weather Is Flooding Mines, Drying Up Crops 0122.rtfUS Hit by 20 Separate $ Billion Climate Disasters in 2021 - NOAA 0122.rtfMore than 40% of Americans Live in Counties Hit by Climate Disasters in 2021 - 0122.rtf2021 Climate Disasters - ‘Extraordinary Is No Longer Extraordinary’ 1221.rtf2021 Arctic Report Card Reveals Cascading Disruptions, Extreme Events, Global Connections 1221.rtfHow Climate Change May Shape the World in Centuries to Come 1121.rtfTo See Climate Change in Action, Just Look in Your Own Backyard 1021.rtfClimate Change Threatens over 100 Million People in Africa 1021.rtfThe Climate Disaster Is Here 1021.rtfUS Agencies Made a List of Most Worrisome Climate Threats 1021.rtfWhat’s the Worst That Could Happen? 0921.rtfClimate Crisis Will Wreak Havoc on Australian Economy if Coal Isn’t Phased Out 0921.rtfThe Top 6 Cities Most at Risk from Climate Change 0921.rtfOverlapping Disasters Expose Harsh Climate Reality - the U.S. Is Not Ready 0921.rtfMany Measures of Earth’s Health Are at Worst Levels on Record - NOAA 0821.rtfClimate Maps Show a Transformed United States 0920.rtf1 Billion Children at ‘Extreme Risk’ from Climate Impacts – UNICEF 0821.rtfFeedbacks and Tipping Points - Big Uncertainties about Future Warming 0821.rtfUK Already Undergoing Disruptive Climate Change 0721.rtf3.5 Americans Create Enough Carbon Emissions to Kill 1 Person 0721.rtfAmid Summer of Fire and Floods, a Moment of Truth for Climate Action 0721.rtfCrushing Climate Impacts to Hit Sooner than Feared - Draft UN Report 0621.rtfClimate Change Tipping Points Are upon Us. Draft U.N. Report Warns - 'The Worst Is Yet to Come' 0621.rtfEarth Tipping Points Could Destabilize Each Other, in Domino Effect 0621.rtfGlobal Warming May Have Already Passed Irreversible Tipping Point in Arctic 0621.rtfClimate Tipping Points Could Topple like Dominoes 0621.rtfU.S. Has Entered Unprecedented Climate Territory, EPA Warns 0521.rtfClimate Change Is Making Big U.S. Problems Bigger 0521.rtfCities Will Be Hit Hardest by Climate Change 0421.rtfHow the World Will Look in 2050 if We Don’t Cut Carbon Emissions 50% by 2030 - 0420.rtfClimate Change Hit Poorest Countries Hardest in 2019 - 0121.rtf
2018-2020 Articles
To See Climate Change in Action, Just Look in Your Own Backyard 1021.rtf - more mosquitoes, no bumblebees, hotter nights depress tomato yields & quality, allergies, asthma, more tiock diseases, extrreme heat, newly unfrozen logging rivers/roads, drought empties rural areas, loss of salmon habitat, etc.3.5 Americans Create Enough Carbon Emissions to Kill 1 Person 0721.rtf - 4,434 metric tonnes of CO2 yields 1 person dying this century from increased temperature. 904 deaths from operating a tyoical US coal power plant for 1 year. Eliminating planet-heating emissions by 2050 would save an expected 74 million lives around the world this century. It would take 3.5 Americans, 25 Brazilians or 146 Nigerians to kill 1 person. - take 1. See take 2 below in the “Refugees” section.Amid Summer of Fire and Floods, a Moment of Truth for Climate Action 0721.rtf - June’s scorching temperatures, followed by a fast-moving wildfire, erased a Canadian town. More than a million people are close to starvation amid Madagascar’s worst drought in decades. In Siberia, 10s of 1,000s of square miles of forest are ablaze, potentially unleashing carbon stored in the frozen ground below.‘Collapse of Civilization is the Most Likely Outcome’- Top Climate Scientists 0620.rtf - A “global tipping cascade” could take us to a less habitable “Hothouse Earth” climate. 9 of 15 identified tipping points have been activated.Click for more2018-2020 Articles
2021 Climate Disasters - ‘Extraordinary Is No Longer Extraordinary’ 1221.rtf - Four scientists reflect on 2021 and beyond.2021 Arctic Report Card Reveals Cascading Disruptions, Extreme Events, Global Connections 1221.rtfHow Climate Change May Shape the World in Centuries to Come 1121.rtf - up to +4.6°C by 2500 impactsTo See Climate Change in Action, Just Look in Your Own Backyard 1021.rtfClimate Change Threatens over 100 Million People in Africa 1021.rtfThe Climate Disaster Is Here 1021.rtfUS Agencies Made a List of Most Worrisome Climate Threats 1021.rtfWhat’s the Worst That Could Happen? 0921.rtfClimate Crisis Will Wreak Havoc on Australian Economy if Coal Isn’t Phased Out 0921.rtfThe Top 6 Cities Most at Risk from Climate Change 0921.rtfOverlapping Disasters Expose Harsh Climate Reality - the U.S. Is Not Ready 0921.rtfMany Measures of Earth’s Health Are at Worst Levels on Record - NOAA 0821.rtfClimate Maps Show a Transformed United States 0920.rtf - See Overviews page or original URL for the maps.1 Billion Children at ‘Extreme Risk’ from Climate Impacts – UNICEF 0821.rtfFeedbacks and Tipping Points - Big Uncertainties about Future Warming 0821.rtfUK Already Undergoing Disruptive Climate Change 0721.rtf3.5 Americans Create Enough Carbon Emissions to Kill 1 Person 0721.rtfAmid Summer of Fire and Floods, a Moment of Truth for Climate Action 0721.rtfCrushing Climate Impacts to Hit Sooner than Feared - Draft UN Report 0621.rtfClimate Change Tipping Points Are upon Us. Draft U.N. Report Warns - 'The Worst Is Yet to Come' 0621.rtfEarth Tipping Points Could Destabilize Each Other, in Domino Effect 0621.rtfGlobal Warming May Have Already Passed Irreversible Tipping Point in Arctic 0621.rtfClimate Tipping Points Could Topple like Dominoes 0621.rtfU.S. Has Entered Unprecedented Climate Territory, EPA Warns 0521.rtfClimate Change Is Making Big U.S. Problems Bigger 0521.rtfCities Will Be Hit Hardest by Climate Change 0421.rtfHow the World Will Look in 2050 if We Don’t Cut Carbon Emissions 50% by 2030 - 0420.rtfClimate Change Hit Poorest Countries Hardest in 2019 - 0121.rtfHalf of India’s Population Is Vulnerable to Extreme Climate Events 1220.rtfWorld Risks Becoming 'Uninhabitable Hell' for Millions, unless Leaders Take Climate Action - UN 1020.rtf1:5 of Countries Risk Ecosystem Collapse 1020.rtf2nd Trump Term Would Be 'Game Over' for Climate - Top Scientist Michael Mann 1020.rtf‘Collapse of Civilization is the Most Likely Outcome’ - Top Climate Scientists 0620.rtfCovid Crisis Will Be Overshadowed by Climate Threat, Engie Says 0520.rtfOutbreak Reveals Radical Climate Idea - Economic ‘De-Growth' 0320.rtfProfessor Sees Climate Mayhem Lurking Behind Covid-19 Outbreak 0320.rtfThe Planet’s Largest Ecosystems Could Collapse Faster than We Thought 0320.rtfJP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis Is Threat to Human Race 0220.rtfThe End of Australia as We Know It 0220.rtfNew Australia Summer - Fire Rains on Beaches, Red Skies, Billion Animals Killed 0120.rtfView to 2050 - Flooded Cities, Forced Migration, Amazon Turns to Savannah 1219.rtfAustralia Is Burning; Dangerous Climate Change Is Here with You Now 0120.rtfRapid Arctic Warming Driving Rising Seas, Extreme Heat, Drought in the US 1219.rtfClimate Change Is Accelerating - ‘Things Are Getting Worse’ 1219.rtf - take 1 on study. See Overviews page, for original Commentary in Nature journal.9 Climate Tipping Points Now ‘Active,' Warn Scientists 1119.rtf - take 2Climate Emergency - World ‘May Have Crossed Tipping Points’ 1119.rtf - take 3Our Planet May Be Barreling toward a Tipping Point 1119.rtf - take 4Want to Know What Climate Change Feels like? Ask an Alaskan. 1019.rtfWhat an Ice-Free Arctic Really Means, and Why It Matters So Much 0919.rtfScientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change 0819.rtfAlaska's Hottest Month Ever - Melting Sea Ice, Wildfires, Unexpected Die-Offs 0819.rtfClimate Crisis Reducing Land’s Ability to Sustain Humanity, Says IPCC 0819.rtfCatastrophic Effects from Climate Change-Related Events in B.C. in 30 Years 0819.rtfNo System of Government Designed by Human Beings Can Survive What the Climate Crisis Will Bring 0619.rtfFood, Water, Electricity Shortages from Climate Change Are Destroying Djibouti 0619.rtfClimate Change Apocalypse to End Civilization Could Start by 2050 unless We Act 0619.rtf - take 1 on studyClimate Change Could Pose 'Existential Threat' by 2050 - 0619.rtf - take 2Climate Change Makes Poor Countries Poorer, Widening Global Inequality 0419.rtfFuture Arctic Won't Look like the Arctic We Know Now 0419.rtfOn Buying Insurance and Ignoring Cost-Benefit Analysis 0419.rtfClimate Change Hits Canada Twice as Hard as Other Countries 0419.rtfClimate Change - Global impacts 'Accelerating' - WMO 0319.rtfUN's ‘Dire' Warning - Act Now on Earth's Environment as Human Health ‘Increasingly Threatened' 0319.rtfA Year of Climate Change Evidence - Notes from a Science Reporters Journal 0219.rtfScientists Say These 10 Major Cities could Become Unlivable within 80 Years 0219.rtfNo Place on Earth – Not Even Hawaii – to Escape Climate Change, Experts Say 0219.rtfWildfires, Hurricanes, Other Extreme Weather Cost US 247 Lives, Nearly $100 Billion in 2018 - 0219.rtfExtreme Weather Shatters Records around the World 0219.rtfHere’s How Climate Change Is Hitting Middle America 0119.rtfClimate Change Skeptics Live Mostly Where Its Effects Hurt the Economy Most 0119.rtfPredicting a Complex Climate Domino Effect 1218.rtfClimate Change Clobbers Colorado & the West, with Fire, Drought, Insects, Heat 1218.rtfLake Erie Faces Dire Future 1218.rtfCollapse of Civilization Is on the Horizon – David Attenborough 1218.rtf4th US Climate Assessment Says Damage Is ‘Intensifying across the Country’ 1118.rtfBiodiversity Collapse Imminent in World’s Tropics 1118.rtfNew Climate Change Report Highlights Grave Dangers for Vietnam 1018.rtf5 Ways Climate Change Could Alter Life in SC after 2030 - 1018.rtfWhy India Needs to Worry about Climate Change 1018.rtfIn Alaska, Everyone’s Grappling with Climate Change 1018.rtfClimate Change Will Make the Next Global Crash the Worst 1018.rtfClimate Disasters Cause Global Economic Losses to Soar 1018.rtf'Tipping Points' Could Exacerbate Climate Crisis, Scientists Fear 1018.rtfThe World Has Just over a Decade to Get Climate Change under Control 1018.rtfWe Have 12 Years to Limit Climate Change Catastrophe, Warns UN 1018.rtfCharge €30 a Tonne for CO2 to Avoid Catastrophic 4°C Warming 1018.rtfClimate Change Is a Chronic Condition 0918.rtf - analogy to diabetes'Apocalyptic Threat' - Dire Climate Report Raises Fears for California's Future 0818.rtfCrops Are Dying. Forests Are Burning. This Summer’s Heat Wave Has Fueled Natural Disasters Around the World. 0718.rtfWhat Climate Change Looks Like In 2018 - 0718.rtfThe Guardian View on Climate Change - a Global Heat Wave 0718.rtf - very brief overviewPope Francis Has Spoken - Take Climate Change Seriously, or Earth Will Be Nothing but ‘Rubble’ and ‘Refuse’ 0718.rtfHalf of South Asia Living in Vulnerable Climate ‘Hotspots' - World Bank 0618.rtf - take #2 on studyGlobal Warming in South Asia - 800 Million at Risk 0618.rtfYoung Will Pick Up Climate Change Bill, Advisers Warn 0618.rtfGlobal Warming Cooks Up 'a Different World' over 3 Decades 0618.rtfRisks to the US Economy from Climate Impacts in China 0518.rtf2° No Longer Seen as Global Warming Guardrail 0418.rtfDangerous Biodiversity Decline Threatens Livelihoods, Food and Water Security 0318.rtfStark Differences in Climate Impacts Between 1.5 and 2°C of Warming 0318.rtf'Collapse of Civilization Is a Near Certainty within Decades.' - Paul Ehrlich 0318.rtf - Paul Ehrlich 0318 - climate change, overpopulation, overconsumption, toxificationIndia Is the Country Most Vulnerable to Climate Change 0318.rtfAll of Europe’s 571 Cities Are Destined for Worse Heat Waves, Droughts, Floods 0218.rtfHuman Existence Threatened More by Extreme Weather, Not Weapons of Mass Destruction, Global Experts Warn 0118.rtf
Global Warming in South Asia - 800 Million at Risk 0618.rtf - take #1 on study
2017 Articles and earlier
2017 Articles and earlier
Hurricanes and Heat Waves - Stark Signs of Climate Change ‘New Normal’ 1217.rtfClimate Change Is Happening Faster Than Expected, and It’s More Extreme 1217.rtfThe Impact of Global Warming in the Land of Santa Claus 1217.rtfFloods, Droughts, and India's Uncertain Climate Future 1117.rtfThe World at 3°C - What It Means for 5 Cities 1117.rtfFrom Everglades to Kilimanjaro, Climate Change Is Destroying World Wonders 1117.rtfHaiti Tops Index of Nations Worst-Hit by Extreme Weather in 2016 - 1117.rtf - $3.16 trillion worldwide damages over 20 yearsClimate Change to Affect 10 Million Americans by 2075, CBO Warns 1117.rtfMassive US Report Finds Climate Change 92-123% Manmade 1117.rtf - take1Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming, Humans Are the Cause 1117.rtf - take 2Trump Administration Releases Report Finding ‘No Convincing Alternative Explanation’ for - take 3 Climate Change 1117.rtfClimate Change Is Already Bringing Disease, Air Pollution and Heat Waves 1017.rtf'We Will Be Toasted, Roasted and Grilled'- IMF Chief’s Climate Change Warning 1017.rtfCalifornia’s New Normal? Ever More Intense Heat, Fires, Droughts and Floods 1017.rtfFailing Phytoplankton, Failing Oxygen - Global Warming Could Suffocate Life on Earth 1215.rtfFires, Droughts, Hurricanes - Link between Climate Change, Natural Disasters? 0917.rtfHow Climate Change Is a 'Death Sentence' in Afghanistan's Highlands 0817.rtfThe Unvarnished Truth about Climate Change 0817.rtf2016 Weather Report - Extreme and Anything but Normal 0817.rtfDraft National Climate Assessment Finds Drastic Climate Change Impact on US 0817.rtfCalifornia’s Economy Will Suffer Plenty from Climate Change. At Least It’s Not Florida. 0717.rtfScientists Challenge Magazine Story about ‘Uninhabitable Earth’ 0717.rtf - quibbles about bits of the above summaryThe Uninhabitable Earth 0717.rtfClimate Change - Global Wildlife Reshuffle to Have Huge Impacts on Humanity 0317.rtfState of the Warming Climate in 2016 - 'Truly Uncharted Territory' 0317.rtf - broad & detailed blueprint, mostly technological, by decade of how to go carbon neutral (net-zero emissions) by 2050 and carbon-negative afterward.Grim State of the Environment Report Warns Climate Change Impacts Could Be Irreversible 0317.rtfClimate Change Poses Multi-Faceted Threat to Oregon, Report Says 0117.rtfEurope Faces Droughts, Floods and Storms as Climate Change Accelerates 0117.rtfUK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment – Heat Waves, Food Shortages, Floods 0117.rtfHow Gov. Scott Quietly Stole Florida's Future 1016.rtf - saltwater intrusions, toxic algae blooms, cooling water too hot to make electricity, coral bleaching, sunny day flooding, Zika, dengue fever, West Nile virus, etc.Crocodiles and Palm Trees in the Arctic? New Report Suggests Yes. 0516.rtf - Take 1 on studyBurning All Fossil Fuels Could Yield Global Warmth Not Seen in 65 Million Years 0516.rtf - Take 2 on studyWorld Could Warm by Massive 10°C, if All Fossil Fuels Are Burned 0516.rtf - Take 3 on studyHumans Damaging the Environment Faster than It Can Recover, UN Finds 0516.rtfClimate Change Puts 1.3 Billion People, $158 Trillion at Risk, Says World Bank 0516.rtfUrban Population Growth and Demand for Food Could Spark Global Unrest 0416.rtfFood System Shock - Climate Change's Greatest Threat to Civilization 0416.rtfHow Earth Itself Has Dramatically Upped the Stakes for the Paris Climate Accord 0416.rtfIndustrial Civilization on Track to Collapse of Production and Living Standards? 0416.rtfChina’s Sea Change 1215.rtfChina’s Latest Climate Change Assessment Depicts Somber Scenarios 1115.rtfIndigenous Folk Worst Hit by Climate Change 1015.rtfSouth Asia at Front Lines of Mounting Climate Costs - Asian Development Bank 0915.rtfObama Makes Urgent Appeal in Alaska for Climate Change Action 0815.rtfSnowy Canada Endures Drought, Heat, Fires as Planet Gets Warmer 0815.rtfVietnam Ready to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 0815.rtfSurge In ‘Danger Days’ Just around the Corner 0815.rtfPoint of No Return - Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here 0815.rtfTexas Facing Major Climate Change Impacts 0715.rtfSociety Will Collapse by 2040, Due to Catastrophic Food Shortages - GSI 0615 copy.rtfClimate Change Could Overwhelm California, Obama Adviser Says 0515.rtfAsia-Pacific Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change 0515.rtfClimate Change Set to Take Major Toll on Economy, Children's Health 0515.rtfOver-Consumption, Climate Change Threaten Food, Water Supplies- FAO 0415.rtfChina Official Warns of Huge Impact from Climate Change 0315.rtfWhy Fresh Water Shortages Will Cause the Next Great Global Crisis 0315.rtfEarth Has Exceeded 4 of the 9 Limits for Hospitable Life 0315.rtfEarth, 2300 - Too Hot for Humans 0510.rtfMidwest Climate Future- Missouri Becomes Like Arizona and Chicago Like Texas 0115.rtfChina Vulnerable to Climate Change - 3rd National Climate Assessment 0115.rtfDrought, Heat and Ice - 2015 Could Be Tipping Point on Climate 1214.rtfHere's What Will Happen This Century If We Don't Act on Climate Change 1214.rtfPay Now, Pay Later - Wisconsin 0811.rtfNumbers Show How Pollution Has Changed Earth 1214.rtfGreen Revolution Trebles Human Burden on Planet 1114.rtfGlobal Warming Could Undercut Efforts to Eradicate Poverty 1114.rtfCapping Warming at 2°C Not Enough to Avert Disaster, Experts Warn 1114.rtfIPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report Sees Risks of Irreversible Damage 1014.rtfClimate Inaction to Be 'Catastrophe' 0314.rtfWake Up to the Reality of Climate Change 0314.rtfClimate Impacts 'Overwhelming' – UN 0314.rtfWarming Can Lead to Warmer Tempers, Worsening Global Security - IPCC 0314.rtfBig Climate Report - Warming Is Big Risk for People 0314.rtf2°C Rise Will Be a Disaster, Say Leading Scientists 1213.rtfCaribbean Climate In Crisis 0214.rtfOptimist's Plan Finishes Moving Beyond Carbon by 2100, for 10.5 Billion Rich 1113.rtfWarsaw's Widening Climate Chasm Could Lead to 4°C Warming 1113.rtfGolden Energy Age for Australia Will Cost the World Dearly 1113.rtfReport Outlines Climate Change Impact in Southeast 1113.rtfWarming Report Sees Violent, Sicker, Poorer Future 1113.rtfDamage to Poor Countries from Climate Change Goes Far Beyond Money 1013.rtfExtreme Weather Can Be the Most Important Cause of Poverty 1013.rtfTropics to Be 1st Region to Hit a New Climate Era 1013.rtfU.N. Says Lag in Confronting Climate Woes Will Be Costly 0114.rtfNation-State Failures Grow 0211.rtfWeather Extremes Damage Parts of US Infrastructure 0712.rtf - rails, roads, airports, power plants & wires, water & sewersCanada's 'Northern Amazon' on the Brink 0613.rtf - MacKenzie River, challenged by tar sandsTexas Models Diverse Climate Change Impacts 0413.rtf - the great drought, groundwater loss, hurricanesThe 7 Most Alarming Effects of Climate Change on North America 0213.rtf - wildfires, drought in Great Lakes, Northwest floods, nasty Nor'easters, hurricanes, tornados, West Nile virusWarmest Decade Brings Record Temperatures and Weather Extremes 0213.rtfThe Scary Truth About How Much Climate Change is Costing You 0213.rtf - pushes seas into Norfolk streets, kills Oregon oysters, shuts Mississippi River shipping, hits agriculture and thermal power plants. Wall Street pays attention.Climate Change Creating a New World 0213.rtfDramatic Warming Threatens Canadian Health 0113.rtfRising Temps Could Change Midwest Landscape 0113.rtfSouthwest Faces Looming Threats from Climate Change 0113.rtfClimate Change in Hawaii Is Here 0113.rtfClimate Change Threatens the American West 1112.rtfClimate Change Evident Across Europe 1112.rtfGreen Decline May Bring Irreversible Change 0612.rtfIPCC - Plan Now for More Disasters 0312.rtfFirst Report on UK Climate Impact 0112.rtfExpect More Weather Extremes - IPCC 1111.rtf7 Ways Climate Change Threatens Our Health 0911.rtf - heat waves; asthma & allergies; spread of infectious diseases; pests & diseases of forests & crops; more winter ice & snow storms; drought; food shortagesEurope's Future Climate Impacts 0111.rtfInvasive Species Consumes 25% of Earth's Productivity 1007.rtfClimate Change Point of No Return 0109.rtf - Temperatures will stay high till after 3,000 AD.Global Crisis to Hit by 2030 0309.rtf - food, water & energy shortagesRapid Climate Change Growing Likelier 1208.rtfClimate Change Accelerating Far Beyond IPCC Forecast 1008.rtfGlobal Changes from Warming 0508.rtfUS Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction - CIER 1007.pdf - 52 ppCloudy with a Chance of Chaos 0106.rtf - Fortune magazine. Civilization developed in a period of climate stability. We are leaving that period. Scientific consensus on climate change is like the medical consensus on smoking. US grain exports could vanish, property values plummet, terrorists multiply, etc. We'll get insurance premium hell.
The Uninhabitable Earth 0717.rtf - A summary of many, many studies, across many facets of climate research. It is based on interviews over the past several months with "the most credentialed and tenured scientists in the field, few of them inclined to alarmism and many advisers to the IPCC who nevertheless criticize its conservatism." They "have quietly reached an apocalyptic conclusion, too: no plausible program of emissions reductions alone can prevent climate disaster.”
The Uninhabitable Earth
Doomsday - Peering beyond Scientific Reticence
“Fears of sea-level rise ... are barely scratching the surface of what [is] possible."
Heat Death - The Bahrain-ing of New York
The End of Food - Praying for Cornfields in the Tundra
Climate Plagues - What Happens When the Bubonic Ice Melts?
Unbreathable Air - A Rolling Death Smog That Suffocates Millions
The Perpetual War - The Violence Baked into Heat
Permanent Economic Collapse - Dismal Capitalism in a Half-Poorer World
Poisoned Oceans - Sulfide Burps off the Skeleton Coast
The Great Filter - Our Present Eeriness Cannot Last
The Unvarnished Truth about Climate Change 0817.rtf - Tampa, Florida’s take on 0817 draft National Climate AssessmenDraft National Climate Assessment Finds Drastic Climate Change Impact on US 0817.rtf - “Evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans.”
“Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse (heat-trapping) gases, are primarily responsible for recent observed climate change…. There are no alternative explanations, and no natural cycles are found in the observational record that can explain the observed changes in climate. (Very high confidence)
“Even if humans immediately stopped emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the world would still feel at least an additional 0.5°F (0.3°C) of warming over this century, compared with today. The projected actual rise, scientists say, will be as much as 2°C.
“Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse (heat-trapping) gases, are primarily responsible for recent observed climate change…. There are no alternative explanations, and no natural cycles are found in the observational record that can explain the observed changes in climate. (Very high confidence)
“Even if humans immediately stopped emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the world would still feel at least an additional 0.5°F (0.3°C) of warming over this century, compared with today. The projected actual rise, scientists say, will be as much as 2°C.
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