Controlling methane is a fast and critical way to slow global warming, say experts – EurekAlert
IMAGE: James McSpiritt, an optomechanical engineer in Princeton University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, adjusts an eddy covariance tower, a stationary device used to measure air pollution. The device allowed… view more In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams…
How to discuss climate change with your uncle
Most people know better than to bring up politics, religion or climatology in polite company. It’s a recipe for arguments, or at least for awkwardness. But when families get together, that recipe is often dusted off anyway. And whether it’s…
EPA: Wheeler defends method of counting deaths from ACE rule
A lawmaker yesterday put EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on the spot over the more than 1,000 extra deaths his agency initially projected its power plant carbon rule would cause.
‘No Planet B’: Hundreds of thousands join global climate strike – Al Jazeera English
School students in Sydney join the Global Strike 4 Climate rally; a global day of protest to demand governments take urgent steps to prevent environmental disaster [Steven Saphore/AAP Images via AP Photo] Hundreds of thousands of protesters, many of them…
To prevent catastrophic global warming, China must hang tough – The Economist
AFTER DONALD TRUMP became America’s president in 2017 and thumbed his nose at international efforts to curb global warming, China emerged as a hero in the campaign. Other Western leaders were relieved that it did not take the opportunity to…
The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C – Science Magazine
The need to stabilize global climate Climate change will be the greatest threat to humanity and global ecosystems in the coming years, and there is a pressing need to understand and communicate the impacts of warming, across the perspectives of…
Controlling methane is a fast and critical way to slow global warming, say Princeton experts – Princeton University
In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams recently identified surprisingly large sources of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, being leaked into the atmosphere. Pound for pound, methane causes a far greater warming effect in the atmosphere than does carbon…
EMISSIONS: Ancient warming paints ‘scary’ picture for the future
A new study of the Earth’s climate 50 million years ago suggests that the rate of global warming could ramp up in the future as carbon dioxide levels rise.
UNITED NATIONS: 4 things to watch at next week’s climate summit
Nations will gather Monday in New York City for a high-profile climate summit that U.N. officials hope will lead to more aggressive carbon reductions under the Paris Agreement.
How summer 2019 was hellish for the Arctic, the frontline of climate change and global warming – Euronews
Winter is coming slowly to the Arctic. With the arrival of the autumn, the region will set into darkness and the ice and sun will have a truce after another dreadful melt season. Outside of major anomalies occurring, the ice…
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