Climate Change Is Already Damaging American DemocracyMajor disasters and challenging long-term weather conditions are weakening local governments, increasing racial and class inequality, and reducing trust in government.
How to Understand the UN’s Dire New Climate ReportThe report articulates what seems, from the vantage point of 2018, like a best-case scenario for climate change. It describes what the world will look like if it warms by only 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1.5 degrees Celsius, by the end of this century.
How Wildfires Can Affect Climate Change (and Vice Versa)The extreme wildfires sweeping across parts of North America, Europe and Siberia this year are not only wreaking local damage and sending choking smoke downwind. They are also affecting the climate itself in important ways that will long outlast their flames.
Aug 23, 2018