That’s it, Folks: A Serious Joke Book About Climate Change

SAVE PEOPLE!Stopping Human Extinctionby Stacy McAnultyIllustrated by Nicole Miles Some say the world will end in fire. Some say on ice. Others bet on nuclear war or a supervolcano. There are even those who entertain the idea of ​​an alien invasion. Or Stacy McAnulty’s “Save the People!” I took a carefree look at the global …

Officials Say Climate Change Is Straining California’s Energy System

Extreme heat, severe wildfires and prolonged drought put California residents at increased risk of power outages, as climate-change-induced extreme weather puts additional stress on the state’s already taxed energy grid, officials said on Friday. Officials said in an online briefing that they are preparing for a scenario that will see California’s energy demand fall behind …

Climate Change Makes It Difficult to Fight Fires With Controlled Burns

It’s more than a month and a half until summer, but massive forest fires They’ve already consumed the landscapes and dark skies in Arizona, New Mexico, and Nebraska. Whipping winds threw flames across the land around Boulder, Colo. December and March. In Boulder, wildfire concerns intensified in August and late summer when lightning strikes could …

Study Findings Change Their Minds 5 Years Later, Several Transgender Children

Young children who transition to a new gender along with social changes — taking on new names, pronouns, haircuts and clothes — will likely continue to define that gender five years later, according to one study. report The first study of its kind was published Wednesday. The data comes from the Transgender Youth Project, a …

Smithsonian Turns Its Head to Change and Adopts Ethical Returns Policy

The Smithsonian Institution announced on Tuesday that it has adopted a policy that will formally authorize its founding museums to return items that have been looted or once unethically obtained from their collections. The institution’s leaders said the policy enacted Friday represents a departure from the long-held position it and other museums have taken, which …

Climate Change Will Accelerate Viral Spreads, Study Finds

For the next 50 years, climate change will cause thousands of viruses to jump from one mammalian species to another. to work It was published Thursday in Nature. Mixing viruses between animals could increase the risk of spreading to humans and causing a new pandemic, the researchers said. Scientists have long warned that a warming …

Wimbledon’s Vaccination Rule Change Means Djokovic Can Play

Wimbledon’s decision to allow players not vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter this year’s tournament paves the way for Novak Djokovic, the #1 men’s singles player who missed the Australian Open because he was unvaccinated, to enter the draw. “As you know, the requirements set by the government to enter the UK do not include mandatory …

Warren Buffett Faces Renewed Climate Change Challenge by Investors

Investors concerned about climate change have developed an effective playbook for companies to set more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by suppressing, embarrassing and persuading executives. But these tactics aren’t working on Warren Buffett and the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, which owns energy companies, a railroad, insurance companies, and other businesses that pump massive …

Climate Change Risks Attract Real Estate Investors

Efforts are increasing to capture some of this science and turn it into actionable data. Over the past few years, nonprofit services like Moody’s ESG Solutions and Archipelago and nonprofit research groups like the First Street Foundation and Rhodium have evolved to measure an asset’s physical risk. They can often provide detailed, property-level data for …

The Most Active Hurricane Season Was Wetter Due to Climate Change

Previous attribution studies have measured the effects of climate change on individual Atlantic storms: for example, researchers guess He said that 38 percent of the extreme precipitation that Hurricane Harvey dropped on southeast Texas in August 2017 was due to climate change. Dr. Reed was among the researchers who confirmed that climate change also plays …