updated 1/24/19
Roughly 1 in 4 Americans say their “personal observations of weather” helped convince them that climate change is real. Two new polls show that U.S. concern about global warming is surging, @yayitsrob reports: https://t.co/aBLhBfBBPV
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 24, 2019
Extreme weather and drought are two ways the climate crisis exacerbates the growing refugee and security crises around the world. Solving these crises requires action to solve the climate crisis. https://t.co/XDWWBXEaPI
— Al Gore (@algore) January 24, 2019
At a conference sponsored by Facebook, Google and Microsoft, a climate-change denial group handed out brochures that claimed “more carbon dioxide will help everyone, including future generations of our families.” https://t.co/Ny9AKY5qR9
— Stephanie Mencimer (@smencimer) January 23, 2019
A record number of Americans understand that climate change is real, according to a new survey, and they are increasingly worried about its effects in their lives today https://t.co/pEJyra4MvF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 22, 2019
More Americans than ever believe in climate change, no matter what Trump says https://t.co/p35W14rjAY pic.twitter.com/lTYbnhDk8K
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 22, 2019
Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say https://t.co/vwlv4Q4ePO
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 22, 2019
"Policymakers have severely underestimated the risks of ecological tipping points, according to a study that shows 45% of all potential environmental collapses are interrelated and could amplify one another."#ClimateChange #ActOnClimate #Science https://t.co/JSBuhNihqx
— Paul Dawson on Climate Change (@PaulEDawson) January 4, 2019
Breaking News: Scientists say the world’s oceans are heating up faster than previously thought, a finding with dire implications for climate change https://t.co/nB5KIoldyO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 10, 2019
But the report also fell into some of the kind of Both Sides coverage that has made denialism a force in mainstream politics. https://t.co/bO9MIx1o2y
— Esquire (@esquire) January 3, 2019
The disbelief of climate change and racism rest on the same foundation: an attack on observable reality, on science. If there is any idea that we destabilize this new year, then let it be this foundation of disbelief. My latest @TheAtlantic. https://t.co/IJo3zUQ5gi
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) January 1, 2019
“We have rallied, as human beings, to do what’s right. But the chips are down now, and we have to get serious about confronting this global emergency.”
Former VP @algore underlines the threat of climate change: https://t.co/5DgxG331he pic.twitter.com/BY6doRukUZ
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 1, 2019
The most significant story of 2018 wasn’t Donald Trump or Robert Mueller. It was climate change. https://t.co/dzBSUs1UaB
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) December 31, 2018
Three decades have passed since then-NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the Senate Energy committee and alerted the country to the arrival of global warming.
Why it matters: He was right. https://t.co/KzlQPi6vSE
— Axios (@axios) December 26, 2018
Do you think that the extreme weather events in the United States over the past few years are related to climate change?
ALL
Yes 61%
No 34%
REP.
Yes 24%
No 70%
DEM.
Yes 90%
No 8%
IND.
Yes 63%
No 32%
(Quinnipiac U Poll, RV 12/12-17/18)
more: https://t.co/aZqRzPW95r— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) December 18, 2018
Kinda like what happened in Kansas! Right? https://t.co/PPrGzUqfsr
— David Roberts (@drvox) December 17, 2018
The warming in the Arctic is unlike anything on record, NOAA reports. A scientist says the pace is greater than any natural cycle. https://t.co/3yqFt3z2re pic.twitter.com/EXkYiKInzF
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 11, 2018
Sad! 