Cyclone Biparjoy and Chennai
When is a natural disaster a natural disaster? It began raining in Chennai last evening and hasn't stopped as of this morning. But it's been intermittent, with highly variable intensity. In my…
climate crisis
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Real heat
In the aftermath of Chicago's infamous week-long heatwave in July 1995, the city's residents, but including the mayor Richard Daley and his administration, couldn't believe that so many ha…
Tech solutions to household labour are also problems
Access to leisure is crucial in the climate crisis era, and technological solutions bereft of social change won't help.…
A why of how we wear what we wear
There are many major industries operating around the world commonly perceived to be big drivers of climate change. Plastic, steel and concrete manufacturing come immediately to mind – but fashion does…
A windier world
A new paper in Nature Climate Change reports a reversal in "terrestrial stilling" since 2010 – i.e. global wind speeds, thought to be in decline thanks to deforestation and real estate devel…