Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. If a widespread power outage hit Phoenix during a heat wave and lasted for days, it could kill thousands and send half the city to the emergency room, according to a recent study. “I

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Grist

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Pantanal wetlands in central South America burned. Where fires were not visible, the lights of cities and of gas flares were: combustion via the transubstantiation of coal and gas into electricity. Industrial combustion has restructured the dynamics of fire on Earth. Amazonia had its worst fire season in 20 years.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.)

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