Findings of the U.S. Global Change Research Program Climate Science Special Report:
The Climate Science Special Report (CSSR) As a key part of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) oversaw the production of this stand-alone report of the state of science relating to climate change and its...
Rob Nixon: Gov’t Inaction on Climate Change Is “Slow Violence” That Hits World’s Poor the Hardest
Democracy Now: Interview with Rob Nixon August 2, 2018 Rob Nixon, I just want to turn to a couple of the statistics, which are so remarkable, that you’ve cited in terms of the massive disparities of countries that are responsible for—principally responsible for the...
Climate change: melting mountains
Euro News Sweden August, 3 2018 Ice on the glacier-capped southern top of Kebnekaise mountain has melted so much this summer that it is no longer Sweden's highest point. It has lost four meters making it only the second highest peak.
Fire Scientists Are Sure of Only One Thing: This Will Get Worse
Mother Jones August, 5 2018 Fire researcher have seen this coming for years. The fires here in CA have burned an enormous area – the Carr fire has now burned over 150K acres, The Ranch fire in Mendocino, over 200K acres, the River fire over 45K, and the Western fire,...
China could face deadly heat waves due to climate change
MIT News, July 31, 2018 A region that holds one of the biggest concentrations of people on Earth could be pushing against the boundaries of habitability by the latter part of this century, a new study shows. Research has shown that beyond a certain threshold of...
Arctic carbon cycle is speeding up
NASA August 3, 2018 A new NASA-led study using data from the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABOVE) shows that carbon in Alaska's North Slope tundra ecosystems spends about 13 percent less time locked in frozen soil than it did 40 years ago… The team combined...
Yosemite Closed Indefinitely As California Fires Grow To Largest In History: Map And Update
Forbes, August 8, 2018 The scope of California's fires is unprecedented and has resulted in the closure of Yosemite National Park as firefighters battle 17 large fires, one of which is the largest fire in California's history....To help give perspective, we'll cover...
Earth is at risk of entering ‘hothouse’ state, study says
CNN, August 9, 2018 • Temperatures could stabilize at 4 to 5 degrees C ( 9 degree F) above pre-industrial levels.• Rise in sea levels of 65 meters (213 ft)• "Feedbacks" could drive temperatures up further
How Did the End of the World Become Old News?
New York Magazine July 26, 2018 ...it has been a month of historic, even unprecedented, climate horrors. But you may not have noticed, if you are anything but the most discriminating consumer of news. The major networks aired 127 segments on the unprecedented July...
Arctic Blue Ocean Event Consequences: Air and Ocean Circulation Changes
A longish video by Paul Beckwith from the U. of Ottawa Laboratory for Paleoclimatology. You gotta love this guy with his three cats explaining the consequences of the melting of the arctic sea ice. He and his little cats too, give a very digestible presentation about...