Climate Change
🙈 Climate skeptics slow down progress
Here are two arguments for why we should transition to sustainability, that have nothing to do with climate change.
📉 Lithium price drop could boost electric vehicle sales
Lithium prices have gone up in the last years, contributing to increased costs for electric car batteries. But now prices are dropping.
😟 Hey, kids – drop the climate anxiety
"A millennial couple recounting how they wrestled for a decade (!) with the “ethical quandary” of whether to bring “another human onto an already crowded planet.” (she wanted to raise a “climate ally,” he feared for the child’s future)," writes Ulrika G. Gerth
💡 Optimist's Edge: Satellite mapping of greenhouse gases helps us stop climate change
Satellites help us better understand our planet, how the atmosphere is affected by emissions, and understand in detail what we need to do to stop climate change.
🌡️ This is how the UN's worst scenario was normalized and distorted our view of global warming
There is some really good news in last year's report from the UN climate panel IPCC: The horror scenario is no longer considered credible. We can forget the worst forecasts. But this bombshell of joy has been passed over with silence, not only in the media but also largely in the scientific world.
🌪️ The unknown truth about the non-extreme extreme weather
The summer news drought always means a high season for weather news. We will hear that the weather has become increasingly more extreme. Few will ask the follow-up question: is it true? It's a shame, because the answer is essentially no.
🌎 Ramez Naam: We are bending the curve of future warming from apocalyptic to very survivable
Ramez Naam: Signs are that we've bent the curve of future warming from apocalyptic (4-6 degrees) to very survivable (~2 degrees). This is fantastic news.