I’m still reeling from the UN draft report on climate change.  It summarizes earlier reports issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.  Reportedly, it is much more blunt.  That was Justin Gillis’s assessment in The New York Times last week.  His lead:  “Runaway growth in the emission of greenhouse gases is swamping all political […]

I like to share quick videos and graphics, which by their very nature can be taken in with a glance or two.  Climate scientists–and the artists whom they work with–have become amazingly adept at using those visuals to provide so much information to us so fast. The first I’ll share with you comes via Slate, […]

Slate has a terrific collection of cartoons culled from an international contest to draw–yes, pun intended–attention to environmental issues.  The impact of climate change on the oceans got its due this year.  The cartoons have a clearly serious side but there are smiles here, too.  Truly. Here’s the link: https://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/06/12/niels_bugge_cartoon_award_entries_look_at_climate_change.html

Grist has just published a comic that shows the strong link between the Syrian civil war and the drought that has devastated that country.  It’s written by Audrey Quinn and illustrated by Jackie Roche.  It’s very well done and shows how the warming is altering far more than climate. It comes on the heels of research showing the […]

So we heard from the White House this week about the President’s plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s coal and gas-fired power plants. From the outset here, let’s accept that this is a step in the right direction, but let’s also recognize it for what it is: a baby step. The 30 […]