We’ve Got About 10 Years Left On This Whole Climate Change Things: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today:
1. Climate change could cross key threshold in a decade
“The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists said this week.Last December, 195 nations agreed to try to hold world temperature rise to ‘well below’ 2 degrees Celsius, with an aim of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
But the planet is already two-thirds of the way to that lower and safer goal, and could begin to pass it in about a decade, according to Richard Betts, head of climate impacts research at the UK Met Office’s Hadley Centre.”
+1: In his final U.N. address, Obama warns of “mass migrations” if climate change not confronted.
2. Trudeau defends moving expenses for senior aides
“Justin Trudeau is defending more than $200,000 his office spent to move two of his top aides and their families from Toronto to Ottawa. Mr. Trudeau said the moving expenses, which his office says covered mostly real estate and legal fees, are within the rules.”
+1: Just 3 per cent of Americans don’t like Canada.
3. Rush to capitalize on boring iPhones led to exploding Samsung batteries
“Earlier this year, managers at the South Korean company began hearing the next iPhone wouldn’t have any eye-popping innovations. The device would look just like the previous two models too. It sounded like a potential opening for Samsung to leap ahead.” What came next is the story of literally the hottest smartphone on the market.
4. Instagram’s creepy new ads look like posts from your friends
“This is why I feel so creeped out by the beer ads: They make it look like an inanimate object is out having a great time with its #squad. In the images, the bottle or the can is always the central focal point. It’s usually being extended toward us, the trapped viewers, as we hold our phone screens. A closer look reveals that all of the human faces are cropped out or blurred into anonymity by the camera lens, the better to encourage consumer identification, making it easier to mistake the models for people you know. Without realizing it, you insert yourself into the world of the ad.”
5. Why the TV schlub should’ve died with Jerry Gergich
Kevin James has a new show that is, essentially, the same as his old show. How is this still a thing?
