global warming
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What Would A Futuristic Low-Carbon Tech World Actually Look Like?
Let’s face it, if we’re going to save the planet from ourselves, we’re going to have to develop cleaner technologies. Here’s what the future has in store once we make the transition to a high-tech, low-carbon world.
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WWI And Climate Change Show How Bad We Are At Confronting Catastrophe
The onset of World War I and the current climate change crisis have a lot more in common than you might think. Here’s why the two historical events are eerily similar — and why it’s so damn hard for us to prevent a self-inflicted disaster that everyone knows is coming.
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The Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Heading Towards Irreversible Collapse
Computer models suggest that the melting West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is melting at a rapidly accelerating rate. A new computer simulation shows that at current melting rates, the ice sheet will hit a critical point in about 60 years, and could result in a sea level rise of as much as 3m over the…
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AP: Don’t Call Them ‘Climate Change Deniers’ Anymore Because Of The Holocaust
On the last day of the hottest summer in recorded history, the Associated Press made a rather timely announcement: We are no longer supposed to use the terms “climate change sceptics” or “climate change deniers” to label people who disagree the Earth is warming due to human activity.