Tag: IPCC
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Climate change action
This year, humanity has seen some terrifying records. Climate change has caused heat extremes on land and in waters across the world, as well as extreme flooding and unprecedented wildfires in many areas – and yet, summer in the northern hemisphere is far from over. Not to mention, these headlines seem to be increasing in…
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Climate change and ocean acidification
It’s World Oceans Day, a day to celebrate and honour our planet’s oceans, as well as to educate the public on the ways that we are impacting it. The ocean covers most of the surface of our Earth (over 70% of it) and holds the vast majority of our water (over 96%)1 – the life…
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What is the IPCC?
It’s been two weeks since the final instalment of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment was released and I’m sure that at this point you have all seen news headlines about it (see examples from BBC, CTV, Forbes, and The Narwhal). But what exactly is the IPCC and why should we care about their reports? IPCC stands…
Larissa Thelin 