Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Headline: "…pumping water…"
Right in the goddamned article
“Trees contain lots of thin, hollow vessels and they suck water upwards by creating low pressure at the top,” said Professor Lucy Rowland, from the University of Exeter. (emphasis mine)
Come on, article writers, be kinder to the pedants!
I still don't really understand how trees could possibly suck something up higher than air pressure can push it. Are they like using surface tension or something?
Yes, surface tension causing capillary action with negative pressure at the top caused by evapotranspiration.
☝️ this one trees
I love trees. So majestic.
clearly