Do, and despair not
Receiving worsening news about climate change, to some extent we choose to be dis-empowered. As Ray Grigg discusses in his post “Well-Informed Futility Syndrome”, for those predisposed to inaction news of this sort is a harbinger of doom. For those inclined to act it is a call to arms. An oversimplification, but as Grigg explains, we do have some choices about which we want to be.
James Hansen: What Global Warming Looks Like
Global warming on decadal time scales is continuing without letup, leading to the conclusion that there has been no reduction in the global warming trend of 15-0.20°C/decade that began in the late 1970s.
Who Can Deny the World is Warming?
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MODERN DAY CLIMATE CHANGE
All the data you need to show that the world is warming
An article by ClimateProgress.org guest blogger Scott A. Mandia – a compendium of the latest evidence of dangerous climate change, complete with excellent graphics
Dr. James Hansen expects a new global temperature record to be set within the next few months
A must-read paper from James Hansen at NASA: “We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade” and “that there has been no reduction in the global warming trend of 0.15-0.20°C/decade that began in the late 1970s.”
Global Humanitarian Forum Report on Climate Change Effects
A controversial study by the Global Humanitarian Forum claims that global warming already is causing 300,000 deaths and $125 billion in economic losses annually.
Imperative for Climate Scientists to Speak Out
Scientists must stop sanitising their message. World leaders and their people need to hear the warnings loud and clear and follow through with radical action that matches the scale of the crisis.
