Oil and gas greenhouse emissions ‘three times higher’ than producers claim
Fiona Harvey in Sharm el-Sheikh Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd. Climate Trace reports half of 50 largest sources of greenhouse gas are oil…
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Good COP, bad COP — but not the Hollywood trope
No, the good cop/bad cop Hollywood trope has nothing to do with the climate emergency, but this year’s intergovernmental gathering on climate change, COP 27, may finally result in meaningful change.
More global heating ‘baked in’ than previously thought, but so is more cooling, new research finds
Focusing only on reducing CO2 emissions misses the warming already baked into the system, as well as the extra cooling we’d enjoy if all emissions stop.
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,…
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…
Human-caused global heating attributable to half or more of Hurricane Harvey damages
The link between rising global temperatures and the increased severity of storms is increasingly evident, according to new research.
Climate shlimate – yet another urgent climate warning for “leaders” to ignore
Another day, yet another authoritative warning from scientists the climate catastrophe is imminent. For how much longer will world leaders fail us?
Anti-Thunberg op-ed rests climate crisis hope on America’s failing “democracy”
Christopher Caldwell‘s Aug. 2 op-ed in, of all papers, the allegedly leftist New York Times, “The Problem With Greta Thunberg’s Climate Activism,” is shockingly dismissive…
