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    Default Scientific American: it's no longer climate change, it's climate emergency

    The planet is heating up way too fast. It’s time for journalism to recognize that the climate emergency is here.

    This is a statement of science, not politics. Thousands of scientists—including James Hansen, the NASA scientist who put the problem on the public agenda in 1988, and David King and Hans Schellnhuber, former science advisers to the British and German governments, respectively — have said humanity faces a “climate emergency.”

    Why “emergency”? Because words matter. To preserve a livable planet, humanity must take action immediately. Failure to slash the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will make the extraordinary heat, storms, wildfires and ice melt of 2020 routine and could “render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable,” warned the January Scientific American article.

    The media’s response to COVID-19 provides a useful model. Guided by science, journalists have described the pandemic as an emergency, chronicled its devastating impacts, called out disinformation and told audiences how to protect themselves (with masks and social distancing, for example).

    We need the same commitment to the climate story. As partners in Covering Climate Now, a global consortium of hundreds of news outlets, we will present coverage in the lead-up to Earth Day, April 22, 2021, around the theme “Living Through the Climate Emergency.” We invite journalists everywhere to join us.


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    Quote Originally Posted by reagansghost View Post
    The planet is heating up way too fast. It’s time for journalism to recognize that the climate emergency is here.

    This is a statement of science, not politics. Thousands of scientists—including James Hansen, the NASA scientist who put the problem on the public agenda in 1988, and David King and Hans Schellnhuber, former science advisers to the British and German governments, respectively — have said humanity faces a “climate emergency.”

    Why “emergency”? Because words matter. To preserve a livable planet, humanity must take action immediately. Failure to slash the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will make the extraordinary heat, storms, wildfires and ice melt of 2020 routine and could “render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable,” warned the January Scientific American article.

    The media’s response to COVID-19 provides a useful model. Guided by science, journalists have described the pandemic as an emergency, chronicled its devastating impacts, called out disinformation and told audiences how to protect themselves (with masks and social distancing, for example).

    We need the same commitment to the climate story. As partners in Covering Climate Now, a global consortium of hundreds of news outlets, we will present coverage in the lead-up to Earth Day, April 22, 2021, around the theme “Living Through the Climate Emergency.” We invite journalists everywhere to join us.


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    Well then fuck all the covid precautions. Maybe with the end being so close we can finally get out and enjoy ourselves before the planet burns up.

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    It was predicted and the wealthy and corporations wanted the profits more than saving the planet. So it is now here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    Well then fuck all the covid precautions. Maybe with the end being so close we can finally get out and enjoy ourselves before the planet burns up.
    sounds good, those who die from covid needn't worry about dying from the destruction of the planet's atmosphere and fuck everyone else

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    Quote Originally Posted by reagansghost View Post
    sounds good, those who die from covid needn't worry about dying from the destruction of the planet's atmosphere and fuck everyone else
    Now you got it dumbass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    It was predicted and the wealthy and corporations wanted the profits more than saving the planet. So it is now here.
    it's always about the benjamins, always

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    It was predicted and the wealthy and corporations wanted the profits more than saving the planet. So it is now here.
    Good. We had a harsh and long winter here. Record number of consecutive days with a high below freezing. All last week the highs were below freezing with some highs close to 10*.
    At least I can ski into mid May if I want before I sizzle to death.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Good. We had a harsh and long winter here. Record number of consecutive days with a high below freezing. All last week the highs were below freezing with some highs close to 10*.
    At least I can ski into mid May if I want before I sizzle to death.
    The difference between climate and seasonal weather eludes the right. This is on Rush Limburger level when he said global warming does not exist because it was bitterly cold one day in NYC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by reagansghost View Post
    it's always about the benjamins, always
    If you have a job which I doubt would you work for free? If the answer is No then shut the fuck up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    The difference between climate and seasonal weather eludes the right. This is on Rush Limburger level when he said global warming does not exist because it was bitterly cold one day in NYC.
    This is akin to the argument that "systemic" racism still exist even though obama was elected president. The planet is warming even though it's colder not are you arguing that weather is climate change.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    The difference between climate and seasonal weather eludes the right. This is on Rush Limburger level when he said global warming does not exist because it was bitterly cold one day in NYC.
    Exactly. Meanwhile, here in the UP where our average winter high is below freezing -- we had rain in January. The least amount of snow for nearly 40 years (only a foot here at our house compared to several feet in a normal year.) This doesn't indicate climate change or warming either; it's just an isolated anomaly just like Moose's cold and snowy Alaska winter.
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    Scientific American ... used to be a good magazine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    The difference between climate and seasonal weather eludes the right. This is on Rush Limburger level when he said global warming does not exist because it was bitterly cold one day in NYC.
    This is what climate change looked like about an hour ago at Alyeska ski resort.


    It’s terrible. Horrible. People are dying.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy View Post
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    Scientific American ... used to be a good magazine
    I'll second that. It's still okay when the subject isn't something politically popular like Gorebal Warming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Good. We had a harsh and long winter here. Record number of consecutive days with a high below freezing. All last week the highs were below freezing with some highs close to 10*.
    At least I can ski into mid May if I want before I sizzle to death.
    See how stupid denying science makes you look

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