Climate Futures
Various impacts of climate change on the world of our children and grandchildren.
Climate Futures
Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current
reuters.com
‘The land is becoming desert’: drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink
Lorenzo Tondotheguardian.com
But the big uncertainty that determines whether 2100 is a happy place or a less happy place is our decisions on what we do with emissions. And they dwarf the uncertainties that we’re talking about here. We’re talking 0.1, 0.2 degrees. Well, the difference emissions make is 1 degree, 2 degrees, 3 degrees. So it’s an order of magnitude larger. And... See more
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‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation
Jonathan Wattstheguardian.com
As Tad DeLay writes in Future of Denial, we are all, in a Freudian sense, repressing the reality of a climate changed future. It doesn’t bear thinking about, so we’d rather not. Reckoning with it leads to a daunting unravelling of the logic that structures our world.
Rebekah Diski • Rebekah Diski | Facts Not in Dispute
“Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel