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Here’s what record-breaking temperatures looked like around the globe
Here’s what record-breaking temperatures looked like around the globe Climate change is affecting every continent and the oceans. (Photo credit: Anthony Quintano / CC BY 2.0 DEED) You probably know that 2023 was a very warm year for our planet — and that this heat is continuing into 2024. And you likely know some effects of this heat […]
The Great Experiment
The Great Experiment Is stratospheric aerosol injection inevitable now? A government test of solar radiation management (SRM) was conducted from the deck of the retired aircraft carrier, Hornet, the first of its kind, on April 2. “Desperate times breed desperate measures.” ~ William Shakespeare Democracy has been referred to as the Great Experiment. As it teeters […]
Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds
Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds Evolution and strength of the 2021 PNW heat dome. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01346-2 As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered—and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across […]
Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: study
Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: study Paris (AFP) – Colonies of emperor penguin chicks were wiped out last year as global warming eroded their icy homes, a study published Thursday found, despite the birds’ attempts to adapt to the shrinking landscape. The study by the British Antarctic Survey found that record-low sea […]
2023 Was Even Hotter Than Predicted, Raising Fears We’re in Uncharted Territory
2023 Was Even Hotter Than Predicted, Raising Fears We’re in Uncharted Territory Sea surface temperature anomalies for 9 April 2024. (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) Last year Earth warmed around 0.2 °C more than climate models predicted. While that may not seem like much in isolation, when you consider it’s a measure across an entire planet it […]
Science Snippets: Planting Trees in Some Locations Warms Earth
Science Snippets: Planting Trees in Some Locations Warms Earth Draft script: A paper in Phys.Org published 31 March 2024 is titled Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: Study. The study referenced in the title appeared in Nature Communications on 26 March 2024. It was produced by 11 scholars. One of the study’s co-authors was quoted in the Phys.Org article: “There […]
‘We were in disbelief’: Antarctica is behaving in a way we’ve never seen before. Can it recover?
‘We were in disbelief’: Antarctica is behaving in a way we’ve never seen before. Can it recover? Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back. A small boat glides around patches of sea ice in the water off Deception Island in […]
Pinning down climate change’s role in extreme weather
Pinning down climate change’s role in extreme weather and did climate change contribute to the flooding in Dubai? In the wake of any unusual weather event, someone inevitably asks, “Did climate change cause this?” In the most literal sense, that answer is almost always no. Climate change is never the sole cause of hurricanes, heat […]
Europe’s historic temperature shift, from summer to winter in just one day
Europe’s historic temperature shift, from summer to winter in just one day Europe has experienced one of the most rapid temperature flips on record in April 2024 — moving from numerous record-breaking summer-like temperatures at the beginning of the month to record-breaking late April records and frost. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera said Europe has never seen […]
Protect the Arctic Region: Already Threatened Arctic Ecology Can be Devastated Further by Rapid Militarization
Protect the Arctic Region: Already Threatened Arctic Ecology Can be Devastated Further by Rapid Militarization The Arctic region is warming at twice the global rate, leading to rapid melting of ice–some have even predicted ice-free summers by year 2034. This has brought unprecedented threats to various species of the region including the polar bear. Some […]
0.04%: Small Does Not = Immaterial
0.04%: Small Does Not = Immaterial Think CO2 Concentration at 0.04% is Low? These 10 Toxins are Deadly at Far Lower Concentrations. Photo by Markus Spiske / Unsplash If you follow me on Twitter , you’re probably familiar with the onslaught of nonsense from the anti-science crowd. I’m fine with respectful, reasoned responses, but many of the […]
‘We were in disbelief’: Antarctica is behaving in a way we’ve never seen before. Can it recover?
‘We were in disbelief’: Antarctica is behaving in a way we’ve never seen before. Can it recover? Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back. A small boat glides around patches of sea ice in the water off Deception Island in […]
Should we tweak the atmosphere to counteract global warming?
Should we tweak the atmosphere to counteract global warming? With severe climate impacts becoming more and more apparent, many scientists think we should explore ways to block out solar radiation, but doing so would be risky. Earlier this month, on the deck of a second world war aircraft carrier docked in San Francisco, a giant […]
Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average rate, report says
Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average rate, report says The latest 5-year averages show that temperatures in Europe are running 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, compared to 1.3 degrees higher globally. Residents walk along a footbridge as the sun sets during a heat wave in Ourense, Spain, on Aug. 8. Brais […]
Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra
Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra Open-top chambers (OTCs) in Latnjajaure, Sweden, provide a controlled environment to study simulated warming of the tundra ecosystem. Credit: Sybryn Maes The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform […]
