Energy and Environment: We may avoid the very worst climate scenario. But the next-worst is still pretty awful.

Newly released satellite data reveals the patterns of record warmth in 2019 ; The Mekong River basin is under threat. Chinese damming projects and climate change are to blame.; Australia's greenhouse gas emissions effectively double as a result of unprecedented bush fires; Science ranks grow thin in Trump administration; Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds to midnight, the symbolic hour of the apocalypse ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Love Energy and Environment? Try one year of The Post for 50% off. Subscribe now Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters) We may avoid the very worst climate scenario. But the next-worst is still pretty awful. A widely used climate change scenario may be too pessimistic, some scientists say, sparking a debate in the climate science community. By Chris Mooney and Andrew Freedman ●  Read more »   Newly released satellite data reveals the patterns of record warmth in 2019 Visualizations of satellite-derived temperature measurements show where 2019 was record warm. By Andrew Freedman and John Muyskens ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Mekong River basin is under threat. Chinese damming projects and climate change are to blame. A river journey reveals displaced villages and a ruined ecosystem. By Shibani Mahtani ●  Read more »   Australia's greenhouse gas emissions effectively double as a result of unprecedented bush fires Scientists estimate that Australia's devastating bush fires have dramatically boosted that country's planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. By Andrew Freedman ●  Read more »   Science ranks grow thin in Trump administration There's been an exodus of federal scientists across government agencies since 2016. By Annie Gowen, Juliet Eilperin, Ben Guarino and Andrew Ba Tran ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds to midnight, the symbolic hour of the apocalypse The symbolic clock represents how close we are to the end of the human species. By Hannah Knowles and Abby Ohlheiser ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out To Your Health for news to help you live a more healthful life, from the latest research to new health guidelines, delivered every Friday. Sign up »

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