Coffee is grown by nearly 125 million farmers, from Latin America to Africa to Asia. As man-made climate change warms the atmosphere in places like Colombia, experts estimate the amount of land that can sustain coffee will fall 50 percent by 2050. It’s a crisis for consumers and cultivators alike. A Vox video.
Antarctica’s remote Thwaites Glacier is the size of Florida. This “Doomsday Glacier” could be on the verge of a rapid collapse. A Vox video by Sam Ellis, Dion Lee, Joss Fong, and Melissa Hirsch.
Related:
“Italian homes evacuated over risk of Mont Blanc glacier collapse,” Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian
Brazil backed out of hosting UN climate talks after the election of reactionary President Jair Bolsonaro, an alternative climate conference is taking place In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in a region known as Middle Earth. A Guardian video.
The Weather Channel is forecasting total devastation along America’s coastlines in the year 2100 if climate change continues ar the current pace. Glaciers will crumble and melt, raising sea levels. Better visit Norfolk, Charleston, Miami, and New Orleans soon.
“Ocean acidification explained in 2 minutes,” a Grist video animated by Amelia Bates and written by Amelia Urry.
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