global-warming
Even Fucking Exxon Knows We Need a Carbon Tax
Hamilton Nolan · 06/30/16 11:50AMHamilton Nolan · 06/21/16 01:40PM
Scientists say the number of annual “extreme heat” days in Los Angeles could increase by 800% over the course of this century. Good thing future L.A. residents will have futuristic air-conditioning in their self-driving cars as they sit in future sweltering traffic jams, wondering where their dreams went wrong.
Global Warming Exists Only On a Small Slice of Beachfront Property in Ireland Owned By Donald Trump
Jordan Sargent · 05/23/16 12:40PMFor all the ways in which Donald Trump supposedly represents the destruction of the Republican party, the presumptive presidential nominee has toed the line on global warming, deeming himself a nonbeliever even as he’s drifted away from the most hardcore anti-climate change rhetoric. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that all changes when the future of one of his businesses is at stake.
Study Suggests the Fun Part of Global Warming Will End Soon
Andy Cush · 04/21/16 10:09AMStudy: The End of the World Might Happen a Lot Sooner Than Previously Expected
Brendan O'Connor · 03/30/16 06:20PMGreat news: A study published Wednesday suggests that the West Antarctic ice sheet, which is larger than Mexico, might begin disintegrating much earlier than expected, possibly raising the sea level across the entire ocean as much as three feet by 2100. (Levels in other areas might rise twice as much.)
Florida, Prepare to Be Underwater
Hamilton Nolan · 03/14/16 12:25PMBernie Sanders Wants “Well-Known Scientist” Donald Trump to Win the Republican Nomination
Ashley Feinberg · 02/03/16 10:37PMHey, Now Would Be a Great Time For a Carbon Tax
Hamilton Nolan · 02/02/16 10:33AMA Warm Christmas Is Just One Piece of Our Hot and Rotting Future
Tom Scocca · 12/15/15 05:51PMThe weather doesn’t care how you feel about it. So the question of how you ought to feel about the weather—specifically, about the wave of warmth that covered the eastern United States this past weekend, and that promises to linger through Christmas—is a human question. What does a warm December signify?