Global scorching ahead of schedule. Well done, humanity.
Earth’s average global temperature has 50-50 chance of crossing the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold as early as 2023.
Global warming
Political will all we need to avert climate catastrophe, say Mann, Whitehouse
Solving the climate emergency is merely a matter of policy, say two leading voices who long have championed urgent action.
Forests cool the planet as well as store carbon, new research finds
The role forests have countering the effects of global warming is far more impactful than originally thought, new research finds.
Climate-related regulation at risk as Supreme Court considers case lacking facts
Note: Updated Feb. 28 with links summarizing oral arguments and the threat to separation of powers. The U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 28 will hear arguments…
New paradigm clarifies how global temperatures can stop rising within years, not decades
The gloom-and-doom scenario Earth will continue warming for decades even if we immediately stop emitting greenhouse gas emissions is wrong, …according to research highlighted in…
Only a few degrees of global warming? So what.
As Earth’s temperature has fluctuated back and forth between ice ages, its ideal temperature range for human survival is just as narrow as the ideal…
And now we’re changing ocean currents — threatening to disrupt and worsen global weather
In the context of the familiar “man versus nature” saying, nature generally appears always to have the upper hand. But man, or, more appropriately, humanity,…
Thunberg summarizes One Planet Summit: “Bla bla bla…”
The 2021 One Planet Summit held January 11 in Paris was meant to be a collaborative approach to “tackle the challenge of climate change,” but…
2020: The year without a climate conference
The classic holiday movie “The Year Without a Santa Claus” introduced us to two unforgettable bickering siblings: Snow Miser and Heat Miser. While their subplot…
Climate guidance for the Biden-Harris administration
The Climate 21 Project’s guidance on ways President Biden can take immediate steps to address the climate emergency and sidestep Republican obstructionism.
