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Losing time, not buying time
Control of methane, soot, and other short-lived climate-forcing agents has often been described as a cheap way to "buy time" to get carbon dioxide emissions under control. But is it really?See it on...
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How we know we're causing global warming in a single graphic
In 1859, physicist John Tyndall ran an experiment demonstrating the greenhouse effect. Visible sunlight easily passes through our atmosphere to warm the Earth. However, invisible heat rays rising from...
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The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science
How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link. "A MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and...
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Going Down the Up Escalator, Part 1
One of the most common misunderstandings amongst climate 'skeptics' is the difference between short-term noise and long-term signal. In fact, 'it hasn't warmed since 1998' is ninth on the list of...
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Biologist On The Midwestern Drought: ‘It’s Like Farming In Hell’
As intense heat and drought conditions continue across much of the Midwest, they are starting to take a toll on crop yields. According to a university plant biologist, operating in such conditions is...
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Drought leads to declaration of natural disaster in 26 US states
Decision means farmers who have lost crops in more than 1,000 counties are eligible for assistance from government...See it on Scoop.it, via Climate Impacts and Climate Science
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It's Simple: Global Warming Is Causing the Extreme Weather
A Pot, A Baseball Player, Two Dice, and One Simple Graph — Four quick and fun explanations of how global warming is causing extreme weatherSee it on Scoop.it, via Climate Impacts and Climate Science
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Loading the Climate Dice
Yes, weather fluctuates, and that variability is making climate change even harder to fight. On one side, the variability of temperatures from day to day and year to year makes it easy to miss, ignore...
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Greenland ice sheet melted at unprecedented rate during July
Scientists at Nasa admitted they thought satellite readings were a mistake after images showed 97% surface melt over four days... The Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate this month than at...
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The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic
The average land temperature on earth has risen 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit over the past 250 years — essentially all of it caused by human emission of greenhouses gases. - The Koch-funded BEST study...
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James Hansen: Climate change is here — and worse than we thought
When I testified before the Senate in the hot summer of 1988 , I warned of the kind of future that climate change would bring to us and our planet. I painted a grim picture of the consequences of...
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IEA: Global warming may lead to ‘Miami Beach in Boston’ situation unless...
The way energy is produced and consumed must change if the world is to respond to wide-ranging energy security, economic and environmental challenges, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Deputy...
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Top-Ökonomen - Der Sommer der Wahrheit
Die Dürre in den USA und die Unwetter auf der anderen Seite des Erdballs sind zum Großteil menschengemacht. Politiker müssten dringend handeln - doch die Macht von Öl- und Kohleunternehmen lässt sie...
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Melting over Greenland ice sheet shatters record, say scientists | RTCC -...
Latest data shows melting over the Greenland ice sheet in 2012, has surpassed previous seasonal records – four weeks before the melting season is expected to end.See it on Scoop.it, via Climate...
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New California Government Website Takes on Climate Deniers
As so often on environmental issues, California is far ahead of most of the USA in combating climate change. The state has done what the federal government has failed to do, legislated a legally...
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Arctic sea ice declines to record low
With a few weeks in the melt season yet to go, Arctic sea ice has broken the record for minimum summer extent.See it on Scoop.it, via Climate Impacts and Climate Science
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Talk about Stark Contrast – American Meteorological Society and Paul Ryan on...
I saw two interesting statements on climate change from the USA today. The first one is brand new, an update of the American Meteorological Society’s information statement on climate change, “based on...
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Climate change breaks the ice: 3-man sailboat makes record voyage
Warming global temperatures and melting polar ice caps have helped a trio of explorers go where few men have gone before.See it on Scoop.it, via Climate Impacts and Climate Science
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Why climate change causes BIG increases in extreme weather
Jim Hansen just published a terrific summary of the past few decades of temperature measurements, and it shows the stark reality: increasing the average temperature even a modest amount substantially...
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Arctic sea ice melt 'may bring harsh winter to Europe'
The unprecedented loss of polar sea ice may lead to 'wild extremes' in the UK and northern Europe, say researchers. The unprecedented expanse of ice-free Arctic Ocean has been absorbing the 24-hour...
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