News Roundup
‘Gov. Jerry Brown continued to sound the alarm about climate change on Monday, saying people need to find a way to “live with nature” and “not to collide with it.”‘
via Climate change threatens California and the world, Jerry Brown says – Los Angeles Times.
Bill McKibben of 350.org in Rolling Stone:
‘When world leaders gather in New York this fall to confront climate change, tens of thousands of people (and maybe you) will be there to demand they take action before it’s too late’
via A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change | Politics News | Rolling Stone.
‘NASA is distancing itself from a new study that investigates how unsustainable resource exploitation and rising income inequality could potentially lead to the collapse of human civilization as we know it.’
via NASA Clarifies Role in New Civilization-Collapse Study | Space.com.
‘”What climate scientists have feared for decades is now beginning to come true: We are pushing the climate system across dangerous tipping points” says Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute.’
via The First Tipping Point Has Arrived: Will It Be The Last ? | Aiko Stevenson.
‘Today, researchers at UC Irvine and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have announced results indicating that glaciers across a large area of West Antarctica have been destabilized and that there is little that will stop their continuing retreat. These glaciers are all that stand between the ocean and a massive basin of ice that sits below sea level. Should the sea invade this basin, we’d be committed to several meters of sea level rise.’
‘…The Solar Roadways project wants to re-pave the country with solar roads. The Solar Road Panels can be installed on roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, bike paths, playgrounds — literally any surface under the sun. Yes, they are covered in a kind of glass, but the glass is strong and grippy enough to drive on — apparently they can withstand trucks weighing up to 250,000 lbs — while generating power to light the road, charge electric vehicles, and melt ice and snow.’
via The answer to America’s power needs: Solar roads – The Week.
‘Power Japan Plus plans to sell batteries for use in electronic devices but would collaborate with electric carmakers and license the technology to their battery makers, earning royalties and consulting fees, according to Craney.’
via The Organic Battery From Japan That Could Spawn The Next Tesla – Todd Woody – The Atlantic.
‘Monday, May 12 NASA broke some devastating climate news — two studies with the latest measurements and models indicated that it’s almost certain that the melting of the Western Antarctic Ice sheet is unstoppable, and the glaciers are doomed to collapse and melt into the sea.’
via West Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse Means – Business Insider.
…“Climate change poses particular threats to Indigenous Peoples’ health, well- being, and ways of life,” the report said.
via Obama’s Climate Change Report Lays Out Dire Scenario, Highlights Effects on Natives – ICTMN.com.
‘The effects of human-induced climate change are being felt in every corner of the United States, scientists reported Tuesday, with water growing scarcer in dry regions, torrential rains increasing in wet regions, heat waves becoming more common and more severe, wildfires growing worse, and forests dying under assault from heat-loving insects.’
via U.S. Climate Has Already Changed, Study Finds, Citing Heat and Floods – NYTimes.com.