Gesellschaft Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe 9 Mai 20218 Mai 2021 Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters. Disasters are inherently hard to predict. The Michael…
Bildung… Bill Nye Brings Out the F-Bombs and a Blowtorch to Talk Climate Change 16 Mai 201915 Mai 2019 Science popularizer Bill Nye told viewers of a popular late-night show that Earth is "on [expletive] fire" while lighting a globe with a blowtorch. By Elizabeth Howell | SPACE.com During…
Ökonomie… How Imagination Will Save Our Cities 10 Mrz 20199 Mrz 2019 Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change. By Paul Dobraszczyk | NAUTILUS In Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2017 science-fiction novel New York…
Ökonomie… One Minute to Midnight 14 Feb 2019 Late last month, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists unveiled its “Doomsday Clock” for the 26th time since its creation in 1947, declaring that the hands on the clock would…
Bildung… No Global Cooling Miracle: Sun’s Activity Lull Will Stop Soon, Study Suggests 9 Dez 20188 Dez 2018 We can't count on waning solar activity to help bail us out of our climate-change problem in the near future, a new study suggests. By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Solar…
Ökonomie… Major Report: More Than 75 Percent of Earth’s Land Areas Are ‘Broken’ 27 Mrz 201826 Mrz 2018 Once-productive lands have become deserts, are polluted, or deforested, putting 3.2 billion people at risk. Stephen Leahy | MOTHERBOARD Like a broken cell phone that can only text or take…
Ökonomie… How climate change is altering air travel 24 Feb 201823 Feb 2018 Rising tides, icy air, melting permafrost and air that is too hot for take-off are challenging aviation as the world warms. Fred Pearce | ensia February 19, 2018 — Phoenix…
Ökonomie… A Top-Secret US Military Base Will Melt Out of the Greenland Ice Sheet 21 Feb 201820 Feb 2018 Planners thought it would stay buried in ice forever. Kate Lunau | MOTHERBOARD About 60 years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the US designed a network of…
Geschichte… Climate Change Could Unleash Huge Amounts of Mercury From Permafrost 7 Feb 20186 Feb 2018 Turns out permafrost soil contains nearly twice as much mercury as all other soils, the ocean, and the atmosphere combined. Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD As our planet warms, habitats are…
Ökonomie… Climate Change Destroyed My Home 5 Dez 20174 Dez 2017 Now I've made it my job to convince people that global warming is real. By Sivendra Michael | MOTHERBOARD Just over a year ago, Tropical Cyclone Winston, the worst ever…
Gesellschaft… Icy Debris Blobs Are Creeping Closer to Alaska’s Only Road to the Arctic 1 Dez 201730 Nov 2017 Twenty three “frozen debris lobes” are nearing Alaska’s Dalton Highway, and climate change could be to blame. By Sarah Emerson | MOTHERBOARD Alaska’s main artery to the Arctic, the 414-mile-long…
Ökonomie… The US Is the Last Country to Remain Outside the Paris Climate Agreement 8 Nov 20177 Nov 2017 Syria signed the agreement in Germany this week. By Ankita Rao | MOTHERBOARD It's official, the US is number one. And by that I mean the only country in the…
Geschichte… Bugs Are the Worst Part of Going Outside and Climate Change Is Making It Worse 25 Okt 201724 Okt 2017 Bug spray will soon be as ubiquitous as sunscreen. Long sleeves in hot weather will lose their dorky reputation. By Rosemary Westwood | MOTHERBOARD For people who enjoy the outdoors,…
Ökonomie… A ‚Geoengineering Cocktail‘ Is the Latest Last-Ditch Proposal to Reverse Climate Change 28 Sep 201727 Sep 2017 Humans have been accidentally geoengineering for centuries. At what point should we do it on purpose? By Becky Ferreira | MOTHERBOARD Earth is warming, and much of the uptick on…
Geschichte… The Most Realistic Antarctic Warming Experiment to Date Went Worse Than Expected 1 Sep 201731 Aug 2017 By studying the impact on microscopic, shallow water organisms, researchers got a glimpse of the impact of warming seas. By Kaleigh Rogers | MOTHERBOARD When it comes to climate change,…
Gesellschaft… The ‘Lucifer’ Heatwave in Europe Is Reportedly Fuelling Terrifying Wasp Attacks 12 Aug 201711 Aug 2017 With climate change, bee and wasp attacks are expected to get worse. By Caroline Haskins | MOTHERBOARD A lethal heat wave is plaguing parts of Europe, and it's so intense that meteorologists are…
Ökonomie… Wildfires Are on the Rise and Technology Can’t Stop Them 21 Jul 201720 Jul 2017 We’re getting better at tracking and predicting fires. But when it comes to the biggest, deadliest blazes, there isn’t much to do but evacuate. By Jacob Dubé | MOTHERBOARD Wildfires…
Ökonomie… Indigenous Peoples Will Shape a More Just and Sustainable Future for Canada 28 Jun 201727 Jun 2017 After 150 years of relentless colonization, Canada finds itself at a crossroads. Staring down social injustice, economic insecurity and environmental instability, it has the opportunity to forge a more just…
Medien… A Texas-Sized Area of Antarctica Turned to Slush Last Year 17 Jun 201716 Jun 2017 A slush puddle nearly twice the size of California appeared in Antarctica in January of 2016, according to a new paper in Nature Communications that marks one of the first…
Ökonomie… Jimmy Kimmel Lays Out the Catastrophe Trump’s Paris Agreement Withdrawal in Terms Even the President Should Understand 3 Jun 20172 Jun 2017 "If climate change destroys human life on Earth, it could be bad for business." By Alexandra Rosenmann | AlterNet As predicted, President Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord…
Ökonomie… The Pope Gave Trump a 38,000-Word Essay on the Environment 25 Mai 201724 Mai 2017 If you think the beef between Katy Perry and Taylor Swift got heated this week, wait until you hear about the pope and the president. By Kaleigh Rogers | MOTHERBOARD…
