AI on climate change: Dire forecast on rising temperatures, study says – USA TODAY
The world faces a significant risk of passing a crucial global warming threshold earlier than scientists had suggested, possibly as soon as 2050, a paper published Monday found. The threshold is the point at which Earth’s overall temperature has increased by 2.0 degrees…
How Climate Change Is Shaping California’s Winter Storms – The New York Times
Drenching rains forecast to pummel California on Wednesday and again over the weekend are poised to be the third and fourth major storms to march through in less than two weeks, raising the prospect of more misery in a season…
Fact check: Satirical claim that Greta Thunberg’s global warming conference was canceled due to cold weather – USA TODAY
The claim: Greta Thunberg’s global climate conference was canceled because of subarctic temperatures Some social media users are sharing an Instagram post that claims Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was one of the many people whose plans were disrupted by recent winter weather….
The first climate change candidate: Inside Al Gore’s oddly prescient 1988 presidential run – Salon
The United States quietly hit a political tipping point some time in the 2010s, although few noticed at the time. That was the decade in which a majority of Americans polled said that climate change was really happening. Today, as…
Winter storms are back — and scientists say climate change is … – Salon
As winter storms continue to pummel much of the United States, is climate change partially — or majorly — to blame? As with any natural disaster that relates to the weather, it is natural to wonder whether climate change plays a…
New Study: Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Causing 21st-Century Warming
A new study by a team of leading climate scientists suggests that the effect of carbon dioxide this century might be small if not undetectable when compared to natural climate variability. Global surface temperature is and always has been the…
Global warming is real despite bad winter weather, snow. Here’s why. – USA TODAY
Cold, wintry weather might make global warming seem like less of a threat or something to joke about. But cold winters still happen as the planet warms. Data shows how winters are getting warmer, but that doesn’t make cold weather…
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: Alaska and Hawaii – Yahoo News
This Yahoo News series analyzes different regions around the country in terms of climate change risks that they face now and will experience in the years to come. For other entries in the series, click here. As the negative consequences…
Finding safe haven in the climate change future: The Pacific Northwest – Yahoo News
A house destroyed by the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest near Yreka, Calif., on Aug. 3. (David McNew/AFP via Getty Images) This Yahoo News series analyzes different regions around the country in terms of climate change risks that…
Human-caused global warming, natural climate variability in vicious cycle – University of Colorado Boulder
Scientists show how the two factors combined to cause extreme ocean events in Indonesia Extreme weather and ocean events are on the rise around the world, due largely to human-caused climate change. But to fully understand these changes—and, ideally, to…
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