A Startup’s Bid to Dim the Sun

Elizabeth Kolbert on the startup Stardust, a company proposing a geoengineering plan to create reflective particles that will combat the effects of global warming.

The New Yorker
Melt The North Pole, by Negativland

from the album True False

Negativland

Consider taking a moment to think about how your travel choices might affect the environment.
Happy holidays in the sun, folks.

#EU #Europe #forest_fires #heatwave #global_warming #tourism #fires #heatwaves #France #Spain #Portugal #Montenegro #Greece

Political cowardice hindering Europe’s climate efforts, says EU’s green chief (The Guardian)

Effects of crisis are becoming increasingly obvious but not translating into proper action.

Political cowardice is hindering European efforts to face up to the effects of the climate crisis, even as the continent is pummelled by a record-breaking heatwave.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/02/political-cowardice-hindering-europe-climate-efforts-eu-green-chief-teresa-ribera

#extreme_weather #climate_scepticism #climate_crisis #climate_change #global_warming #eu #european_union #green_politics

Political cowardice hindering Europe’s climate efforts, says EU’s green chief

Teresa Ribera says effects of crisis are becoming increasingly obvious but not translating into proper action

The Guardian

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The global climate crisis has just entered uncharted territory, as Failaka Island in Kuwait has recorded a staggering 52.6°C, the earliest known maximum temperature in the region ever. Nearby Bubyan Island also scorched at 51.3°C, cementing this event as one of the most extraordinary heat episodes ever documented

https://mkweather.com/kuwait-53c-in-june-world-climatic-history-is-rewritten-and-its-only-beginning/

#Climate_Change #Global_Warming #Irreversible_Overheating #Upheaval_Climate #Global_Burning […]

Kuwait +53°C in June! World Climatic History is Rewritten and it´s only Beginning! - mkweather

The global climate crisis has just entered uncharted territory, as Failaka Island in Kuwait has recorded a staggering 52.6°C, the earliest known maximum

mkweather
Antarctic microbes reveal climate impact on marine ecosystems

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature and the amount of sea ice. This is shown by coordinated measurements taken off the coast of the west Antarctic Peninsula.

Phys.org
Plants' heat stress strategies offer insights for survival in warming climate

As Australia swelters through a scorching summer, the nation's flora is facing not just extreme heat, but also prolonged heat exposure. This deadly combination can damage plant health and resilience, with potentially devastating consequences.

Phys.org

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse:
The Skeptics Guide #997 - Aug 17 2024

#Election Scams; News Items: Childhood #Vaccines, Alien #Solar_Panels, Stuck in the #ISS, #Framing and #Global_Warming, Promoting #Homeopathy; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Webseite der Episode: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

Mediendatei: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2024-08-17.mp3

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe | Weekly science podcast produced by the SGU Productions llc. Also provides blogs, forums, videos and resources.
How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer
https://www.wired.com/story/amoc-collapse-atlantic-ocean/
#ycombinator #longreads #oceans #climate #maps #global_warming
How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

A gigantic, weather-defining current system could be headed to collapse. Peter and Susanne Ditlevsen had a simple yet controversial question: How much time might we have left to save it?

WIRED
Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming

New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way.

Ars Technica