Climate Change

The Climatologist Who Is Bridging Climate Science and Christian Faith — And Why His Approach Is Reaching Communities That Have Ignored Every Other Message

You notice that Katharine Hayhoe doesn’t start her sentences with carbon when you first hear her speak. People are where she starts. Her vowels have a slight Canadian softness, and…
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Georgia Snakes Are Changing Their Behavior Because of Climate Change – What That Tells Us About the Broader Ecological Collapse Already Underway.

I had to read the statement twice when I first learned that eastern diamondback rattlesnakes were sliding into rivers. Rather than riverbanks, diamondbacks prefer dry pine flats and sun-warmed sand.…
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Climate Change and Faith – The Deseret News Investigation Into How Religious Communities Across Utah Are Rethinking Their Relationship With the Natural World

When you first see the Great Salt Lake from an airplane window, the receding shoreline alerts you to a problem before anyone in Utah says it aloud. The salt flats…
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The Amazon Dark Earth Discovery That Could Be the Most Significant Climate Science Breakthrough Since the Discovery of the Carbon Cycle

There is a soil that just shouldn’t act the way it does, somewhere deep in the Xingu Indigenous Park, beneath the sound of macaws and the slow trickle of rainforest…
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The World Bank Just Warned That Climate Change Could Cut Malaysia’s GDP by 8 Percent by 2050 – The Same Math Applies to American States.

As is customary, the latest World Bank report on Malaysia arrived last week in a low-key manner, drowned out by the more pressing cacophony of currency fluctuations and earnings season.…
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Energy Efficiency Gains in Commercial Buildings Have Stalled – Here’s Why That’s One of America’s Most Underreported Climate Emergencies.

Block after block, the same scene can be seen if you stroll through any mid-sized American downtown after dark. Office buildings are dimly lit. Empty floors are humming with ventilation…
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