The Domino Effect for Idiots
A 60-second video to show to anyone who doesn’t understand what the Sixth Great Extinction means … to them: [readon] This and other great videos on…
Campaign Rule: Don’t Mention Climate Change!
It seems to be a rule of thumb in the election campaign: Talk about anything you like – abortion, jobs, taxes, the other guy’s taxes, anything…
Five Stages of Climate Change Grief (Plus One)
In the 1970s, psychologist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross explained that when we suffer the death of a loved one, we go through five stages of grief. This process…
Climate Change: ‘Unequivocal … Irreversible’
Another voice joins the chorus of scientists warning that it’s too late to turn back the tide of climate change. The train has left the station,…
More People Agree Climate Is Changing (duh)
With temperatures soaring across the United States, the number of people who say they believe the climate is changing is edging upwards. A poll taken mid-July…
Freshwater Fish Collapsing
The rate at which fish are going extinct in North American rivers and lakes is rising dangerously and may soon double again, according to a study…
Top Climate Scientist: ‘I Was Too Optimistic’
NASA’s top climate scientist says the projections he made to Congress back in the 1980s about how global temperatures would increase have come true. But he…
Massive Heat Wave in South Korea
The current heat wave sweeping South Korea has claimed hundreds of thousands of domestic animals. At least 830,000 farm animals, including 786,000 chickens, 41,000 ducks and…
It’s the Ecology, Stupid
“I get on my knees every day, and I’m saying an extra prayer right now,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters, adding that he’d be doing…
Climate Change Denier’s About-Face
One of the major climate change skeptics, Richard A. Muller, has taken another step in reversing his position. Much of Muller’s work has been largely funded…
Should We Be Alarmed by Greenland Ice Melt?
Answer: yes and no. Yes, Greenland is already melting much faster than in recent history. And yes, this will cause sea levels to rise two to…
Best Simple Book on Climate Change
Pound for pound, I’d rate Global Weirdness, the new book from the folks at Climate Central, the best book I’ve come across for a simple, objective, science-based explanation of what climate change is and how it’s affecting the planet.
Largest U.S. Natural Disaster Ever
Not an earthquake, hurricane or tornado cluster; it’s the drought that’s burning up half the country. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared natural disaster areas…
Climate Change IS a Hoax!
Yes, that’s the conclusion of renowned activist Bill McKibben, who now concedes that when it comes to global warming: the floods in Minnesota that even drowned…
World on Unsustainable Track, Says U.N.
As world leaders prepare for the Rio+20 environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro, a United Nations report says that despite over 500 internationally agreed goals and…
U.S. Cities Worst Prepared for Climate Change
What’s wrong with this country? While cities around the world are making plans to deal with climate change, cities in the United States are just sitting around like there’s no tomorrow. Which, at this rate, there won’t be.
Warmest Spring on Record
The spring of 2012 is set to go down as the warmest in the U.S. since records began to be kept in 1895. The previous record…
Interactive Map of Temperature Records
Check out this remarkable map of records around the country since the year 2000 – courtesy of Climate Central. See where your own neck of the…
131 Years of Global Warming in 30 Seconds
This video from NASA shows how temperatures around the globe have warmed since 1880.
Chimps, Orangutans Have Human-Like Personalities
Do chimpanzees, orangutans and other nonhuman great apes have distinct personalities like us? It’s been a longstanding debate within the scientific community, and those who seek to exploit these animals have long argued that “personality” is a distinctly human attribute, not shared by any other species.