Climate Emergency
Heat spells are increasingly costing people their lives and livelihoods, a new report finds
The numbers are in: the heat is taking a heavy toll on health and incomes - The Verge
Reliance on oil and gas worsening climate impacts and compounding food, energy and cost of living crises
Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists | The Guardian
“I wept for the Earth because I realized it’s dying,” Shatner said.
“It was the death that I saw in space and the lifeforce that I saw coming from the planet — the blue, the beige and the white,” he said. “And I realized one was death and the other was life.”
“I saw more clearly than I have, with all the studying and reading I’ve done, the writhing, slow death of Earth and we on it,” Shatner said.
“It’s a little tiny rock with an onion skin air around it. That’s how fragile it all is. It’s so fragile. We hang by a thread … we’re just dangling.”
William Shatner experienced profound grief in space. It was the overview effect : NPR
Alaska officials have cancelled the upcoming snow crab season, due to population decline across the Bering Sea.
Alaska cancels snow crab season over population decline | The Guardian
The disaster has killed 603 people and displaced more than one million residents
Nigeria Is Facing Its Worst Flooding in a Decade | Smithsonian Magazine
The US and other developed countries are hustling to avoid a collision with developing nations at the United Nations COP27 conference early next month.
51° in my cabin this morning! Chilly but I’m bundled up with a layer or two and slept under a good blanket. 55° to 58° is my usual once I start using a heater but I’m resisting turning it on for the first time.
Ministers are pressing ahead with a dual crackdown on climate protests and strike action, a controversial move that followed a day of direct action in London.
Government to unveil crackdown on climate activism and strike action | The Guardian
Since 1970, the scientists find that the population of fresh water species has plunged by 83%, and the population of wildlife species over all has fallen 69%.
Major shipping delays and backlog of vessels after region experiences lack of rainfall in recent weeks
Barges stranded as Mississippi River water levels reach critical low | US news | The Guardian
Many homes are now uninsurable and climate collapse will only make that problem worse.
The uninsurables: how storms and rising seas are making coastlines unliveable | The Guardian
California accounts for roughly 95% of the nation’s processed tomato production and about 35% of global production.
Heartbreaking. I don’t know how to process the scope of this kind of suffering. Climate emergency future.
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“It’s not what it was 20 or 25 years ago; the storms are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s no surprise, because the warnings have all been there.”
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