This is the second of a series of rap lectures about climate change. The focus here is on the consequences of global warming. LYRICSThe CO2 we’ve dumped into the atmosphere won’t disappearIt’s gonna last a hundred years while trappin’ heat up in the airThe reason temperature’s up less than one degreeIs the climate’s inertia…
We need to reduce emissions to keep our planet safe for future generations – the science is clear. However, it can be quite hard to get your head around how to do that. Here’s a very simple idea from writer and climate campaigner, Bill McKibben: keep fossil fuels in the ground. If we were to burn…
A new open access study in Science Advances concludes that a warming beyond the 2°C target would potentially lead to rates of sea-level rise dominated by ice loss from Antarctica, and continued CO2 emissions from fossil sources could cause additional tens of meters of sea level rise, over the next millennia and eventually ultimately eliminate the…