(American Institute of Biological Sciences) In a year marked by unprecedented flooding, deadly avalanches, and scorching heat waves and wildfires, the climate emergency’s enormous cost–whether measured in lost resources or human lives–is all too apparent. Writing in BioScience, a group led by William J. Ripple and Christopher Wolf, both with Oregon State University, update their striking 2019 “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” with new data on the climate’s health. The news is not good.
(American Institute of Biological Sciences) In a year marked by unprecedented flooding, deadly avalanches, and scorching heat waves and wildfires, the climate emergency’s enormous cost–whether measured in lost resources or human lives–is all too apparent. Writing in BioScience, a group led by William J. Ripple and Christopher Wolf, both with Oregon State University, update their striking 2019 “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” with new data on the climate’s health. The news is not good.