Could volcanos hold key to climate crisis? Scientists are spilt – Al Jazeera English

Taipei, Taiwan – At opposite ends of Southeast Asia, researchers Pornampai Narenpitak and Heri Kuswanto are both working on the same problem: Is it possible to mimic the cooling effects of volcanic eruptions to halt global warming? Using computer modelling…

A high of 34 degrees in Boston today, while D.C. sees highs in the mid-70s. What’s with the huge difference? – The Boston Globe

Boston is getting pummeled with snow and wind on Thursday. But 400 miles south, the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore area is enjoying a balmy day, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-70s. The wide disparity is a pattern some…

Supporters of a controversial climate solution say it could be key. Critics believe it is the path to catastrophe – CNN

CNN  —  When US startup Make Sunsets released two weather balloons into the skies above Mexico’s Baja California peninsula last year, it kicked up a fierce debate about one of the world’s most controversial climate solutions. The plan was for…

Make Sunsets says it scored a geoengineering milestone. Was it real? – The Washington Post

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article In April 2022, in the Baja California region of Mexico near the Sea of Cortez, a man named Luke Iseman took a few grams of sulfur, lit it on fire and pumped the…

Inventor in Baja is testing a plan to cool the Earth by mimicking a volcanic eruption – CNBC

Luke Iseman conducting his balloon launch in Apr. 2022, before Make Sunsets was formally incorporated. When Luke Iseman was thinking of launching a solar geoengineering startup, he talked to experts in the field. The strongest advice they gave him was…

Doom isn’t inevitable: My top 10 climate lessons from 2022 – Los Angeles Times

This is the Dec. 29, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Another year gone by. Another 365…

Most TV shows and movies ignore climate change. That’s a problem – Los Angeles Times

This is the Nov. 3, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The climate crisis is the biggest…

Western heatwave broken by tropical storm

The western heatwave in the United States was broken by the drenching rain and cooler temperatures brought by Tropical Storm Kay.

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Breeding waters getting too hot for humpback whales due to global warming – The Yucatan Times

Gray Whale Festival in Puerto López Mateos BCS January 29-31 (Photo: Baja Insider) The warm, shallow waters near Hawaii are a renowned breeding ground for humpback whales. An estimated two-thirds of North Pacific humpback whales are born there, and the massive creatures — adult…

Global warming goes to sea — heat waves hit oceans worldwide – San Francisco Chronicle

While much research focuses on the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems in the near and distant future, a new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium finds that global warming had reached a turning point in 2014, when over…