Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
The truth les down in shame and failure. Defeated by the wealthy.
They decided to not be scientists anymore. BIG SHAME. SAD
"First they came for the climate scientists, and I did not speak out because I was not a climate scientist"
A hard truth for everyone in this thread: all of us who are doing anything less than actively resisting and defending them are complicit.
What are you, person reading this right now, personally going to do to help?
I've been to four protests so far, and the crowds are getting bigger. Not as big as they should be, but at the first protest there were half a dozen of us, and at the latest maybe a thousand.
Anyone is invited. It's invigorating to stand with other people who give a damn. Wear a warm jacket and leave your cell phone at home.
Right wingers: see! They finally admitted it!
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This should be their wakeup call to leave america
They need to leave if they are fearing for their lives
I can't hate on NOAA scientists (or CDC scientists) but the situation is intolerable, and they're in a really bad place. How do they keep those institutions going and also pick a fight with the deranged billionaires that can't wait to fire and sue them?
Use some other terms.
"alterations to atmospheric conditions"
12 syllables is more than MAGAts can figure out.
Polution never caused any climate change. We imagined it. Just like we imagine that 2+2=4. It's silly really.