Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about what the future holds. The climate change burden facing young people is inherently unfair. But they have the potential to be the most powerful generation when it comes to creating…
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Australian schoolchildren are asking existential questions about climate change
Researchers say Australian schoolchildren are asking if it’s ‘too late’ to halt climate change By Hannah Murphy A new study has offered a unique insight into the thoughts of Australian schoolchildren on climate change, with many expressing “existential concerns” and a need from the country’s policymakers to slow its impact on their futures. The study…
Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks
Climate change is messing with time itself. Climate change is now making these calculations “Global warming is managing to actually measurably affect the rotation of the entire Earth,” said study author Duncan Agnew, The core problem in timekeeping The core problem in timekeeping Timekeeping has traditionally had an astronomical basis. Earth is a type of…
Many scientists don’t want to tell the truth about climate change. Here’s why | Cognoscenti
In March, the United Nations released a massive climate change report. The biggest takeaway: Global warming will soon pass the oft-mentioned target of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Honestly, as a climate journalist, that totally freaked me out. That “1.5 C” number comes up a lot in climate change conversations. That’s because, around 1.5 C, the climate…
Climate change fuelling Antarctic emperor penguin population losses
As the world goes through what some scientists believe to be its hottest year on record, emperor penguin populations in the Antarctic are suffering catastrophic losses, with no chicks surviving the spring of 2022 in four of five colonies observed for a new study. The loss of the chicks coincides with record low sea ice…
CNN’s ‘chief climate’ reporter flies more than 6,000 miles to warn about melting ice, climate change
CNN’s chief climate correspondent purportedly flew more than 6,000 miles to report on climate change. On Wednesday, CNN correspondent Bill Weir appeared on “CNN This Morning,” reporting from the Tierra de Fuego region of Argentina, the southern tip of South America. In his report, Weir bemoaned the shrinking Antarctic ice cap. “But while we’re here…
Plastic pollution may have met its match: The saliva of wax worms
Two substances in the saliva of wax worms — moth larvae that eat wax made by bees to build honeycombs — readily break down a common type of plastic, researchers said on Tuesday, in a potential advance in the global fight against plastic pollution. The researchers said the two enzymes identified in the caterpillar saliva…
Ancient valleys may show how ice sheets will respond to climate change : NPR
An aerial view of icebergs and the ice sheet near Pituffik, Greenland. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption An aerial view of icebergs and the ice sheet near Pituffik, Greenland. During Earth’s ice ages, much of North America and northern Europe were covered in massive glaciers. About 20,000 years ago, those ice sheets began…
World’s Biggest Ice Sheet in Antarctica in Serious Trouble Due to Global Warming
Breaking the Ice The East Antarctic ice sheet is the biggest in the world at around the size of the United States. But changing ocean currents, which are in large part driven by climate change, are forcing warmer waters its way and could cause the ice sheet to destabilize and melt, according to shocking new…
Penguins are slow to evolve, making them vulnerable to climate change
Sliding down snowy Antarctic slopes and zipping through frigid waters, penguins seem perfectly suited to their environment. But the charismatic birds weren’t always flightless aquatic acrobats: Evolving from flying to swimming demanded an almost entirely new set of skills, body shapes, and functions. Now, new research uses an unprecedented combination of fossil records and genomic…
