Climate Change Is Here, but Don't Give up. We Can Still Avoid the Worst of It.

Climate change is here, but don't give up. We can still avoid the worst of it.

The energy industry and its executives’ efforts were all, apparently, in the service of preserving their profits and avoiding any liability.

Why Don't More Christians Care About Climate Change?

You’ve signed the petitions, swapped fast fashion for thrifted denim, learned more than you ever wanted to know about your carbon footprint — and you’ve definitely sat through at least one church service where the closest thing to climate action was compostable communion cups. For a generation that sees creation care as a spiritual calling, the apathy in large parts of the church is as disappointing as it is infuriating. The data is in, the cris…

How climate change is affecting hurricanes

A hurricane is an amazing weather phenomenon. It begins with a few clusters of thunderstorms. If conditions are ripe, those few thunderstorms can explosively develop into a major hurricane within a matter of a few days. Warmer sea surface temperatures, due to climate change, are the biggest influence on hurricanes. NASA estimates 90% of the excess heat in the atmosphere...

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive

This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Because hurricanes are one of the big-ticket weather disasters that humanity has to face, climate misinformers spend a lot of effort muddying the waters on whether climate change is making hurricanes more damaging. With the official start to the hurricane season in the North Atlantic coming up (June 1), I figured it was time to explain why we can be so confident that hurricanes are indee…