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…
Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
More than 1,000 “super-emitter” sites gushed the potent greenhouse gas methane into the global atmosphere in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, mostly from oil and gas facilities. The worst single leak spewed the pollution at a rate equivalent to 67m…
How not to science – RealClimate
A trip down memory lane and a lesson on scientific integrity. I had reason to be reviewing the history of MSU satellite retrievals for atmospheric temperatures recently. It’s a fascinating story of technology, creativity, hubris, error, imagination, rivalry, politics, and…
What would the perfect climate-change lender look like? – The Economist
Imagine, for a second, that you are a guest at the Mount Washington Hotel in the ski resort of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. You have arrived to enjoy neither the slopes nor the hotel’s 18-hole golf course. Instead, you are…
Where are all the leaders? Climate policy as seen from outer space | Fiona Katauskas
Where are all the leaders? Climate policy as seen from outer space | Fiona Katauskas | Opinion | The Guardian Skip to main content
Sen. Cory ‘Save The Whales’ Booker Silent On NJ Whale Deaths, Offshore Wind
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has been silent on the recent surge in whale deaths along the coastlines of his home state New Jersey and a handful of other East Coast states despite his previous advocacy for whale protections. Booker’s office…
We Need To Do More – Global Warming Will Likely Exceed the 1.5 … – SciTechDaily
The 1.5 degree Celsius threshold of global warming refers to the maximum temperature increase above pre-industrial levels that the international community has agreed to strive to limit warming to, as outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement. This target is considered…
Antarctic sea ice in rapid decline
Earlier this year, on February 25, Antarctic sea ice extent was at an all-time record low of 1.924 million km², as the above image shows. Throughout the year, Antarctic sea ice extent has been low. On December 14, 2022, Antarctic…
New Cumbria coal mine in UK gets approval despite climate concerns
The new coal mine decision by the UK once again highlights the failures of developed nations in keeping up with their climate promises
How we can keep global warming below the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal – The Washington Post
Keeping warming this low will help save the world’s coral reefs, preserve the Arctic’s protective sea ice layer and could avoid further destabilizing Antarctica and Greenland, staving off dramatic sea level rise. But with the world having already warmed by…
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