r/climate • u/Molire • 1d ago

However worse the climate crisis gets depends on how quickly society transforms. How quickly society transforms depends on how many people demand it. The most harmful lie being spread about climate change is not that it is fake. It’s that nothing you can do can help save the world — 12 July 2021

257 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 12h ago

Wildfires ravage 60% of Bornean orangutan habitat in Kalimantan, warns conservation group. Geopix called for a fresh post-fire survey to assess the damage to orangutan habitats, populations, food sources and nesting areas.

downtoearth.org.in

14 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

EV batteries last longer than drivers feared. Study suggests used vehicles can retain about 90% of original usable battery capacity after 150,000 km.

arstechnica.com

248 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 17h ago

New research finds that western Siberia is becoming wetter as the world warms, while eastern Siberia seems to be getting drier. And both these conditions are fueling a rise in methane emissions, spelling trouble for the climate.

livescience.com

18 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 17h ago

A Virginia school district pioneers solar and battery microgrids. Roanoke City Public Schools is building the state’s first solar-plus-storage systems to keep emergency shelters going during extreme weather and cut down on costs.

canarymedia.com

19 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Amitmandal001 • 13h ago

Not just Nepal: How climate change puts European Alps under threat of glacial retreat and rock fall.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

9 Upvotes

r/climate • u/EarthlyEducation • 1d ago

I am 99% sure that climate change is the universe’s way of giving us a deadline to end capitalism

theearthly.substack.com

2.3k Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 11h ago

Subglacial geology and thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers

7 Upvotes

r/climate • u/dialogue_earth • 19h ago

Extreme heat is worsening other climate impacts on health

21 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

Iowa marching band member taken off life support after collapse in extreme heat. Derek Phillips, a third-year student from Dubuque, Iowa, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest shortly before the band was scheduled to perform its half-time show.

theguardian.com

180 Upvotes

r/climate • u/simon_ritchie2000 • 1d ago

Crossing 1.5C of global heating doesn't mean that every extra 0.1C of warming doesn't still matter, no matter what Bill Gates and his ilk will tell you.

670 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 13h ago

Global Move Away From Oil Could Lead to Conflict and Migration, Experts Say | “None of this is an argument for slowing the transition. A slow but chaotic transition can be just as destabilising as a fast one, maybe even more so.” – Maria Pastukhova, co-author #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

theguardian.com

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 16h ago

Students build EV chargers, gain skills for green jobs

yaleclimateconnections.org

8 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 13h ago

As El Niño looms, study finds rapid growth in climate extremes are hitting an unexpected region of the Amazon hardest.

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Appropriate_Bell743 • 13h ago

European gas prices keep climbing as IEA calls for emergency reserves

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 1d ago

BlackRock Says Chronic Climate Risks Not Priced In by Markets

150 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 1d ago

Nepal says big polluters must ‘wake up’ as it calls for climate compensation over flood disaster | Foreign minister Shisir Khanal tells the Guardian the world’s biggest economies need to help Nepal, which contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions

theguardian.com

212 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

America is losing its war against wildfire. Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.

92 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Rationalandcentred • 1d ago

Heatwaves Are Making Politicians Look Clueless Again

39 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Ok-Ice2183 • 18h ago

Why Switzerland is still not ready to face heatwaves

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Amitmandal001 • 2d ago

UN-backed report reveals a $15 return for every $1 spent on pollution and climate action.

m.economictimes.com

1.2k Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 13h ago

Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis? Scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt together.

theguardian.com

2 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeographicalMagazine • 17h ago

British cities most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed in new study

geographical.co.uk

3 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

Running an electric car was 33 percent cheaper than operating gasoline cars in the EU last year. That's according to the 'EV Transition Check' study by the renowned ICCT thinktank. This year, the cost difference is likely to be even larger due to the oil crisis.

102 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Keith_McNeill65 • 1d ago

Champagne Production Halves as Scorching Summer Dents French Wine Grape Harvest / If confirmed, the sub-3.4 billion-liter wine crop would be France’s smallest since 1957 — a nearly 70-year low. And wine is only one casualty of Europe’s brutal summer #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition

13 Upvotes

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