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Using Nature to Heal Nature

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 3, 2023 A startup wants to store plants in the bottom of the Black Sea to save humanity from its carbon footprint. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The U.S. Military Is Destroying the Environment

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Sep 16, 2019 Imperialism doesn’t just kill people; it kills the earth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Climate Crisis Is Coming for Your Food

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 9, 2019 A new report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds desertification is destroying the very soil that feeds us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It’s the Green New Deal or Else

Paul Street / Truthdig Mar 13, 2019 Critics maintain that the legislation is too radical to be enacted into law. The climate science suggests it may not be radical enough. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Fate of Human Race Depends on Massive Greening Effort

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Oct 8, 2018 Scientists are warning us vehemently that we have to be net zero carbon by 2050, and we have to jump on getting there right now, or else very bad things will happen. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Sir Robert Watson, British Climate Expert

BLANK Oct 8, 2016 With pressure from the likes of Watson, a sleeping public may awaken to and act upon the imminent dangers of climate change. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Climate Change Tipping Points and the Question of Civilizational Survival

By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Oct 9, 2015 We urgently need to view climate change not as a slow, linear process to which we can adapt safely over time, but as a nonlinear set of events involving dramatic and irreversible changes to the global ecosphere. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Forget About the ‘Hiatus’ — Warming of the Earth Has Continued

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 7, 2015 After re-examining data that seemed to show global warming slowing since 1998, U.S. scientists say temperatures have continued to rise steadily. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

United Nations: Global Finance Must Face Up to Climate Challenge

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network May 28, 2015 Trillions of dollars need to be redirected into building low-carbon economies to avoid serious climate change, the U.N. warns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N. Science Panel Calls for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out This Century

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 2, 2014 The destabilization of the climate will inflict "severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts" on humans and the natural world unless carbon emissions are cut sharply and rapidly, the most important assessment of global warming yet published says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hotter Oceans Explain Global Warming ‘Pause’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 9, 2014 Far more heat than suspected is being absorbed by the oceans' top layer, scientists have found, but a study has uncovered little evidence of rising warmth at greater depths. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

East Antarctic Ice Basin ‘May Be At Risk’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network May 5, 2014 It looks unlikely to happen for a very long time, but German researchers say they have discovered how part of the East Antarctic ice sheet could start an inexorable melt. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )