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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

An all-you-need-to-know guide to the IPCC's must-read scientific dossier on the true scale of the climate crisis now facing the global economy. For 30 years, the science underpinning climate change, and humanity's role in driving it, has never been in much doubt.

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Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes

Grist

All that rain is significant because the melting of the Greenland ice sheet — like the melting of other glaciers around the world — is one of the most important drivers of sea level rise. Caribou walk in the foreground of a glacier on July 12, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

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Is human activity responsible for the climate emergency? New report calls it ‘unequivocal.’

Grist

Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now at their highest point for at least 2 million years. Sea level rising so fast? The many scientific advances since the last comprehensive IPCC report in 2013 mean better projections for specific regions of the world. When was the last time we saw heating this fast?

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide.