PROTOPIA FUTURES [FRAMEWORK] Planet Earth, 2021 PREFACE: THE “WE” OF PROTOPIA FUTURES Throughout this document, a conscious choice was made to use the pronoun “we”. The “we” of Protopia …
One man and his drone: ‘My hope is to shut down the coal industry’ | How a citizen vigilante in West Virginia uses his drone to uncover polluters who would rather stay hidden : climate
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Chilling Forecast: Scientists Predict a Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Current
Important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold, and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts of the Atlantic region will shut down around the year 2060 if current greenhouse gas emissions persist. This is the conclusion based on new calculations from the University of Cope
Climate change: The world's biggest companies have made almost no progress
The vast majority of the world’s biggest companies have done almost nothing in the past five years to cut their planet-heating pollution enough to avoid catastrophic climate change.
FASTER THAN EXPECTED …why most climate scientists can’t tell the truth (in public) One of the clichés of climate change reporting is climate scientists claiming to be ‘surprised’ …
Strong El Niño could make 2024 the first year we pass 1.5°C of warming
Early modelling suggests the world’s climate could shift to an El Niño pattern towards the end of 2023, which is likely to increase the global average temperature
Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds
Starting in the 1970s, scientists working for the oil giant made remarkably accurate projections of just how much burning fossil fuels would warm the planet.
A 1980s ban on CFCs to heal the ozone layer is also shaving degrees off glo
The world would be on track for a collapse of the ozone layer and an additional 2.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of the century if it hadn’t agreed in the 1980s to ban CFCs, chemicals once commonly used in aerosol sprays, refrigeration and air conditioners, according to a new study.
The 3% of scientific papers that deny climate change are all flawed — Quart
It’s often said that of all the published scientific research on climate change, 97% of the papers conclude that global warming is real, problematic for the planet, and has been exacerbated by human activity.