The ocean is as important to the climate as the atmosphere – The Economist
For Homo sapiens, a dry-land species, discussions of the climate and how it is changing tend to revolve around what is going on in the atmosphere. This is a dangerously parochial attitude, for the atmosphere is but one of two…
Temporary warming over 2°C may cause cascading tipping events – Earth.com
The target of the United Nations Paris Agreement, signed by 196 parties in 2015, was to limit the global temperature rise to an average of between 1.5 and 2°C. Although some countries have made some progress towards reducing their greenhouse…
Mathematical Alarms Could Help Predict and Avoid Climate Tipping Points – InsideClimate News
When New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell published the best-selling book The Tipping Point in 2000, he was writing, in part, about the baffling drop in crime that started in the 1990s. The concept of a tipping point was that small…
As a Result of an Impressive Cold Blob Anomaly in the North Atlantic, Glaciers in Parts of Greenland, Iceland, and … – Severe Weather Europe
An impressive cold water anomaly in the North Atlantic called “The Cold Blob” is something likely caused by the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, also known as AMOC. The cold blob, affecting air temperature in this crucial area…
Earth’s Warming Hole – Is It an Indication of an Impending Climate Change Catastrophe? – SciTechDaily
Despite global warming, a section of the North Atlantic Ocean, known as the warming hole, has been observed to cool. University of Miami researchers discover that a swath of cooling water in the subpolar region is unrelated to an ocean…
Global warming could collapse the Atlantic circulation system – Earth.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a vast system of ocean currents which carry warm water from the tropics into the North Atlantic ocean and transport cold water from the northern to the southern hemisphere, thus playing a major…
What we know — and don’t — about how climate change impacts hurricanes like Ian – news.wgcu.org
It’s a question that follows any natural disaster, especially monster hurricanes like Ian: Was this caused by climate change? When asked, scientists like Kevin Reed usually push back. Most researchers agree it’s not valid to point to a single storm…
How climate change impacts hurricanes like Ian – Tampa Bay Times
It’s a question that follows any natural disaster, especially monster hurricanes like Ian: Was this caused by climate change? When asked, scientists like Kevin Reed usually push back. Most researchers agree it’s not valid to point to a single storm…
Weâre headed in wrong direction: WMOâs United in Science report outlines action needed
During January-September 2022, CO2 levels were 1.2% higher than same period last year
Every tenth of a degree counts: Scientists sound alarm as number of climate tipping elements rises
While some tipping points may have been crossed or are close to being crossed, more would be crossed as the planet warms, says study
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