If climate scientists say that a 3.6 degree Fahrenheit increase in global temperature by the year 2100 would be “catastrophic” — and they do — what word should we use to describe the more likely 10 degree increase? We’re starting to get into actual phrases like “civilization destroying.” The “Nate Silvers of climate science”…
Reprinted from TomDispatch.com (July 24, 2012) By William deBuys Dire fire conditions, like the inferno of heat, turbulence, and fuel that recently turned 346 homes in Colorado Springs to ash, are now common in the West. A lethal combination of drought, insect plagues, windstorms, and legions of dead, dying, or stressed-out trees constitute what some pundits…
Here’s a clever 2-minute explanation of why global climate change is the most likely cause of recent record-breaking weather events:
By Joe Romm on Jul 8, 2012 at 12:30 pm (Reprinted from Climate Progress) This heat wave has broken thousands of temperature records. Climate Central reported Saturday, “In many cases, records that had stood since the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s have been equaled or exceeded, and this event is likely to go down in…