This message is from Bill McKibben (350.org) urging us to join a significant campaign spearheaded by The Guardian Media Group and 350.org, divesting from fossil fuels and calling on the world’s largest charities to divest. Reposted from an email sent out from McKibben Friends, Here’s how far we’ve come in…

Repost from National Geographic The coast would be radically changed by five feet of sea-level rise in 2100, as shown here. This projection is on the high end of the plausible scenarios—though not the highest—under consideration by multiple agencies planning for Florida’s future. Link to article Link to Interactive Map

Repost from Yahoo! News by Jean-Louis Santini (AFP) Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilization and are bringing the world closer to doomsday, a group of prominent scientists and Nobel laureates said Thursday. “It is now three minutes to midnight,” said Kennette Benedict,…

You can’t understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It’s the whole, or it’s nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big picture of climate change with mesmerizing models that illustrate the endlessly complex interactions of small-scale environmental events. Viewed by 1M –…

Reposted from The Guardian (article by Rebecca Solnit) It was the most thrilling bureaucratic document I’ve ever seen for just one reason: it was dated the 21st day of the month of Thermidor in the Year Six. Written in sepia ink on heavy paper, it recorded an ordinary land auction…

Reposted from Democracy Now Pope Francis is set to make history by issuing the first-ever comprehensive Vatican teachings on climate change, which will urge 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide to take action. The document will be sent to the world’s 5,000 Catholic bishops and 400,000 priests who will distribute it to…

Original post at The New York Times by Mark Landler China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts…

Originally published at The New York Times by Justin Gillis, Nov. 2, 2014. The gathering risks of climate change are so profound that they could stall or even reverse generations of progress against poverty and hunger if greenhouse emissions continue at a runaway pace, according to a major new United…

About 24 hours of reality: LIVE NOW September 16, 2014 Join us for 24 Hours of Reality, the fourth annual live-streamed multimedia show dedicated to sparking action on climate change. Broadcasting September 16-17, we will share 24 reasons to be hopeful about our future, and encourage everyone around the world…

Originally published at New Scientist by Michael Slezak, August 31, 2014. Enjoy the pause in global warming while it lasts, because it’s probably the last one we will get this century. Once temperatures start rising again, it looks like they will keep going up without a break for the rest…