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Risk assessment: Climate change and Germany’s national security
The threats that climate change poses to Germany's national security through 2040 are described in a recent National Interdisciplinary Climate Risk Assessment. It offers the first thorough summary of the numerous accumulating and exacerbating climate hazards. In February 2025, the Assessment will be formally presented at the Munich Security Conference. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) co-authored it with a number of partners as part of Germany's National Security Strategy 2023. “Anyone thinking about security needs to think [...]
Neil deGrasse Tyson: How I Think About Climate Change
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains under-emphasized elements of climate change and humanity’s relationship to the Earth and our cities.
The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand
Where exactly do things stand? Climate impact scholar Johan Rockström offers the most up-to-date scientific assessment of the state of the planet.
Study: Little potential for climate plantations within planetary limits
One strategy to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and keep long-term global warming to 1.5 degrees is to grow plants that grow quickly, burn them, and then bind and store the CO2 that is released.
Tasmanian bushfires threaten ancient forests (Again)
A grove that is home to the oldest known Huon pine, thought to be 3,000 years old, is again threatened by a bushfire that rages in Tasmania.
Many plants and animals become less genetically diverse
According to new research, genetic diversity is decreasing in two-thirds of animal and plant populations, making it more difficult for these species to adapt to changes in their environment.
Luke Kemp: The biggest threats to life
Kemp, a researcher who focuses on existential risks, also known as X-risks, which include the possibility of human extinction, societal collapse, and dystopian futures, joins Nate's podcast.
January 2025 was the warmest on record!
Global temperatures were 1.75C higher than preindustrial levels, according to an EU monitor, continuing a trend of record highs.