In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth – Inside Climate News
The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges and nuisance flooding and testing mitigation measures like the Resilient Florida program…
Earth broke all-time heat record two days in a row, scientists say – the Washington Post
Global temperatures Monday were highest ever observed — breaking a record set only 24 hours earlier….
Is there a wrong way to talk about climate change? – Grist Magazine
In a provocative new book, Genevieve Guenther argues that too many conversations are happening on the fossil fuel industry’s terms….
This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ Summer Heat – Scientific American
The face of summer is transforming, as people today face more frequent, longer-lasting and hotter heat waves than they did several decades ago…
A Hidden Threat – the Washington Times
Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South…
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought – Grist Magazine
Miles of seawater are flowing under Thwaites Glacier, undermining an Antarctic ice sheet and threatening rapid sea level rise….
In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica – Inside Climate News
A steep decline of Antarctic sea ice may mark a long-term transformation in the Southern Ocean, and seawater intrusions beneath the Thwaites Glacier could explain its melting outpacing projections…
‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns – the Guardian
Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of scientists who expect temperatures to soar, saying leaders must act radically…
Michael Hiltzik : Exxon Mobil is suing its shareholders to silence them about global warming – the Los Angeles Times
You wouldn’t think that Exxon Mobil has to worry much about being harried by a couple of shareholder groups owning a few thousand dollars worth of shares between them — not with its $529-billion market value and its stature as the world’s biggest oil company. But then you might not have factored in the company’s stature as the world’s biggest corporate bully…