Well, it's Groundhog Day, again.*

“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”

* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science

🌍 #ClimateChange
Getting hotter 🔥 / colder ❄️
... or what ever I want?

Check out this neat illustrated thread on why "it hasn't warmed in 8 years" based on climate satellite data ... and what this claim has to do with cherry picking by @andrewdessler

👉 mastodon.world/@andrewdessler/…

#Science #ClimateChange #Statistics #OpenData

The wide range of responses to this post are quite something. Lots of different expectations about what’s to come on Earth.

I’ve been working on science & policy related to climate challenges in & out of academia for decades. For what it’s worth, I’m firmly on team hope. blogs.scientificamerican.com/o…

We can address #climatechange. Many individuals, organizations & nations already are. There’s still time. Not much.

No, Climate Change Will Not End the World in 12 Years

Stoking panic and fear creates a false narrative that can overwhelm readers, leading to inaction and hopelessness

^{Scientific American Blog Network}

Quite the early eulogy for humanity. Best to tread the tight rope of #GlobalWarming reporting:

“want to scare people enough to take the problem seriously but not so much as to make them feel hopeless [while] they want to reassure people that a climate-secure future is possible but only enough to avoid complacency.”

#ClimateChange #Extinction

correspondent.afp.com/watching…

Watching the world burn

With climate disasters piling up, global warming is getting worse – fast. We had better learn to embrace our despair, argues AFP’s environmental editor Marlowe Hood

^{Correspondent}

My Asimov's Authors Blog entry regarding my Asimov's story, Venus Exegesis:
#space #NASA #venus #siblings #climatechange

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