Arctic Report Card: Wildfires change a major carbon sink into a greenhouse gas source
Heating Up
Deadly Heating
The record-breaking human costs of climate change
Lancet study: Climate extremes are increasingly claiming lives and livelihoods worldwide
Gross Inequality
Combined wealth of 12 US billionaires passes 2 trillion dollars
Ultra-rich use their wealth and power to undermine democracy
Ecosocialist Bookshelf
This year’s best books for reds and greens
Gift ideas for the radical readers on your list
Profitability is the problem
COP-out 29: The Baku Betrayal
The 2024 climate summit was a disaster for the developing world, a betrayal of both people and planet
Deadly Weather
Extreme heatwaves exceed forecasts, kill thousands
New research shows that climate models underestimate regional heating by large margins
OCEANS IN CRISIS
Atlantic circulation weakening much faster than predicted
AMOC redistributes heat around the world; Slowdown will disrupt climate and ecosystems
Climate science
Extreme heat weakens land’s power to absorb carbon
Disturbing research suggests nature is losing the ability to absorb greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon Budget Running Out
CO2 from burning fossil fuels sets new global record
'No sign' of transition; CO2 removal captures only one-millionth of new emissions
Living in the Anthropocene
Warming turns ordinary dry spells into unprecedented droughts
As Earth warms, droughts are getting bigger, drier and more frequent
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November 2024
On capitalism and climate crisis, restoring forests, waters in revolt, and a dangerous billionaire
Inequality kills
The deadly environmental toll of superyachts and private jets
Every week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime
Greenwash in Cali
COP or CON? Big Conservation corrupts biodiversity protection
Colonial, abusive and ineffective, but hugely profitable for certain actors
Hurricanes accelerate
Basic physics explains why storms are getting stronger
Climate is not just changing, it HAS changed. Historical assumptions no longer hold.
Our Polluted World
Ubiquitous plastic: A deadly threat to human health
Every year, millions of tons enter our lungs, blood, and brains
Book Review
How climate change destroyed a tar sands boomtown
Fire Weather: A remarkable account of the reality of disaster in modern neoliberal society
BURY THE FANTASY!
Overshoot-and-return: A dangerous climate change illusion
Once the 1.5°C limit is passed, there will be no going back
Metabolic Rift
Global water supply faces unprecedented stress
The hydrological cycle has accelerated, becoming more erratic and unpredictable
New research
485 million years of heat, carbon dioxide, and human survival
Humans and our hominid ancestors have only lived in the most recent cool period
State of the Climate Report
Climate crisis enters ‘critical and unpredictable new phase’
Scientists warn: 'The future of humanity hangs in the balance.'