#fredpearce — Public Fediverse posts

"Sea levels are not rising faster than thought, but the baseline for future rise is considerably higher in most places" - and actual dynamics of ocean behaviour, plus human activities like groundwater extraction, make mainstream estimates wildly inaccurate #FredPearce
#globalheating #itsanemergency
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence

Grim detail of anthropogenic #climatebreakdown:
“We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world with devastating consequences for people and nature,” says British global-systems researcher Tim Lenton... hopes currently being expressed of a temperature reset by reducing emissions after overshoot may be fanciful" #journalism #SciComm
The incomparable #FredPearce at
https://e360.yale.edu/features/1.5-degrees-tipping-points

Peatlands and profits - careful article from #FredPearce on the realities of #emissionsreduction and potential for #carbonfraud
https://e360.yale.edu/features/indonesia-carbon-credits-bioeconomy

Does beneficial change in #albedo outweigh impacts of #wateruse and #plasticwaste ? #FredPearce #journalism
https://e360.yale.edu/features/greenhouses-cooling#:~:text=As%20agricultural%20greenhouses%20proliferate%2C%20researchers,damage%20that%20greenhouses%20can%20cause