Skeptical Science New Research for Week #37, 2020

2,082,476,000,000,000 Viability of greenhouse gas removal via the artificial addition of volcanic ash to the ocean  (not open access, unfortunately) walks us through the numbers on a...

EU Commission proposes a 55 per cent emissions reduction by 2030

16 September 2020  The European Commission has proposed increasing its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to “at least” 55 per cent by 2030.  The announcement was...

Experts: How do diets need to change to meet climate targets?

The food system is a major contributor to climate change and, without significant shifts in global diets, it is unlikely the world will achieve...

NASA Monitors Carbon Monoxide From California Wildfires

NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), aboard the Aqua satellite, captured carbon monoxide plumes coming from California wildfires last week. There were 28 major wildfires...

A first-hand look: What it’s like to live in a 2020 California wildfire evacuation...

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daisy Simmons It felt like 100 degrees in my in-laws’ Grass Valley, California, kitchen, but at least...

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