Curated playlist
Climate change
- Deforestation and climate changeCutting down trees warms the planet, and the warming then kills more trees.
- Global Carbon ProjectThe Global Carbon Project tracks how much carbon humanity puts into the air and where it goes.
- Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets"All that is needed is a coalition strong enough to move forward. If it includes Brazil, the EU, and China, it could encourage others to join." Those were the words of Rafael Dubeux, deputy executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of…
- Climate changeIn 2024, Earth had its warmest year since records began in 1850. It ran 1.60 C above the pre-industrial baseline.
- Greenhouse gas emissionsHumans have now emitted more greenhouse gases in total than the meteorite impact that ended the dinosaurs.
- Abrupt climate changeGreenland ice cores show temperatures jumped by plus ten degrees Celsius within just a few years.
- Climate change adaptationFarmers in Niger plant in small basins that catch rainwater. Millet yields rose three to four-fold.
- Economic analysis of climate changeA 2026 Nature study put U.S. carbon emissions damage from 1990 to 2020 at 10.2 trillion dollars.
- Global surface temperatureEarth's surface has warmed at least 1.1 degrees Celsius since the mid-1800s.
- Assisted migrationAustralia's western swamp tortoise was moved 300 kilometers poleward because of climate change.
- Ocean heat contentThe oceans have set a new heat record every year for the past eight years. The upper 2000 meters hit a new high in 2024.
- Climate change litigationItaly's energy company Eni set aside its own study warning of a catastrophic climate crisis.
- Climate emergency declarationIn December 2016, a suburb of Melbourne became the first government to declare a climate emergency.