{"id":51760,"date":"2024-10-13T21:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T21:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/?p=51760"},"modified":"2024-10-22T21:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T21:15:21","slug":"climate-news-october-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/climate-news-october-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate News October 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

An international group of scientists warned we are failing:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled… Tragically, we are failing to avoid serious impacts, and we can now only hope to limit the extent of the damage. We are witnessing the grim reality of the forecasts as climate impacts escalate, bringing forth scenes of unprecedented disasters around the world and human and nonhuman suffering. We find ourselves amid an abrupt climate upheaval, a dire situation never before encountered in the annals of human existence. <\/strong>[This is the lead paragraph to a review of where we are with respect to 25 aspects of plantetary well-being. \u00a0If Helene isn’t persuasive, this article won’t be either. But they are both pointing to the same future.]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Helene and Milton show that the consequences of climate change are dire even though the earth has only warmed 1.2 degrees. Here are brief summaries of two very recent articles on climate in Nature<\/em>. One has to do with the increasing risk of irreversible tipping points<\/a>; the other with whether the idea of removing carbon from the atmosphere after we “overshoot” 1.5 degrees Celsius<\/a> is feasible. Both articles are free.<\/strong><\/p>\n