19 June 2019, Reuters, Emissions need to be halved to avoid 3C warming: scientists. LONDON (Reuters) – Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to reach double that … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: June 2019
7 June 2019, The Conversation, Why there’s more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised. This week brought news that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels at the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory in Hawaii have risen steeply for the seventh … Continue reading →
7 June 2019, The Conversation, NZ has dethroned GDP as a measure of success, but will Ardern’s government be transformational? When you’re in politics, words are a high-stakes game. Voters and journalists hold you to them and there is a risk … Continue reading →
5 June 2019, Washington Post, ‘It is horrid’: India roasts under heat wave with temperatures above 120 degrees. NEW DELHI — When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius), residents of the northern Indian city of Churu stopped going outside and authorities started … Continue reading →