
Scientific American joins trend, refers to climate change as 'climate emergency'
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Scientific American has joined the growing list of news outlets who are upgrading the term climate change to a "climate emergency." In its warning, SA compares climate change to someone losing their breath and being rushed to the hospital in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The statement, co-authored by Columbia Journalism Review, the Nation, the Guardian, Noticias Telemundo, Al Jazeera, Asahi Shimbun and La Repubblica, insists that the word "emergency" best describes the current predicament. "Why 'emergency'? Because words matter. To preserve a livable planet, humanity must take action immediately. Failure to slash the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will make the extraordinary heat, storms, wildfires and ice melt of 2020 routine and could 'render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable,'" warned the January Scientific American article.More Related News