“The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies showed their muscle in 2022, delivering record-high aggregate revenues of $41 trillion. But the Fortune Global 500 has been anything but static, as technological change and scientific breakthroughs threaten established leaders and elevate new winners. Walmart remains No. 1 for the 10th consecutive year,… Continue Reading
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Global Climate Shift Index
“The Global Climate Shift Index™ is a tool that quantifies the local influence of climate change on daily temperatures around the world. Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives. We are a policy-neutral 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Climate… Continue Reading
Record-breaking heat: visualizing the effects of the climate crisis
Flourish: “We explored rising temperatures and their impact through interactive data visualizations.Summer has only just started and the world’s warmest day since records began was hit last week, the UK has recorded the hottest June in history, several countries in Asia saw some of the highest temperatures to date and wildfires are raging across Canada.… Continue Reading
NASA Launches Beta Site; On-Demand Streaming, App Update Coming Soon
“NASA is elevating its digital platforms for the benefit of all by revamping its flagship and science websites, adding its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app. With these changes, everyone will have access to a new world of content from the space agency. Users can access the early, in-progress preview of the… Continue Reading
Millions of pensions at risk because investment consultants overlook threat of climate tipping points
Carbon Tracker: “Financial institutions, banks and politicians misled by ‘flawed’ economic research. Pension funds are risking the retirement savings of millions of people by relying on economic research that ignores critical scientific evidence about the financial risks embedded within a warming climate, warns a report released today by Professor Steve Keen – Loading the DICE… Continue Reading
State of the UK Climate 2022
State of the UK Climate 2022 – published 27 July 2023. Annual publication which provides an up-to-date assessment of the UK climate. The 2022 report is published as a special issue [open access] of the International Journal of Climatology Volume 43, Issue S1 – Pages 1-82. Highlights of the 2022 report – The report reviews… Continue Reading
8 Best Free Online Landscape and Garden Design Tools
Make Use Of: “You don’t need expensive software to plan out a patio, deck, or garden. While you could plan your garden or landscape design just by using your own imagination, visualizing it on paper or on a design software usually yields better results. You don’t have to spend money on expensive software to plan… Continue Reading
Climate Reanalyzer
“Climate Reanalyzer began in early 2012 as a platform for visualizing climate and weather forecast models. Site content is organized into three general categories: Weather Forecasts, Climate Data, and Research Tools. Pages within the first two groups are the easiest to use and include maps, map animations, and interactive time series charts (with data export… Continue Reading
Generative AI and the future of work in America
McKinsey Report, July 26, 2023 Generative AI and the future of work in America During the pandemic (2019–22), the US labor market saw 8.6 million occupational shifts, 50 percent more than in the previous three-year period. Most involved people leaving food services, in-person sales, and office support for different occupations. By 2030, activities that account… Continue Reading
People are using Google Maps to cut down tailpipe pollution
The Verge: “Drivers are taking Google Maps’ advice for how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their trips, according to the company. In late 2021, Google debuted a feature in Google Maps that allows users to see the most fuel-efficient routes. The feature has since helped prevent around 1.2 million metric tons of planet-heating carbon… Continue Reading
Migration Into America’s Most Flood-Prone Areas More Than Doubled Since the Start of the Pandemic
Redfin News: “The most flood-prone U.S. counties saw 384,000 more people move in than out in 2021 and 2022—a 103% increase from the prior two years, when 189,000 more people moved in than out. The same trend took hold in the places most vulnerable to wildfires and heat as the pandemic homebuying boom and a… Continue Reading
Gulf stream could collapse as early as 2025
The Guardian: “The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring catastrophic climate impacts. Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years owing to global heating and… Continue Reading
