Covid-19 and the climate: key impacts so far
March 13th, 2020
Earlier this month, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said the recent decline in particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in China’s atmosphere was likely...
Guest post: Cost of extreme weather due to climate change is severely underestimated
Over the past decade, a compelling body of evidence has linked a range of extreme weather events to human-caused climate change.
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Up in Flames: Data reveals extent of wildfires across Ireland this summer
July 26th, 2018
The recent heatwave has had a devastating impact across the globe. Abnormally high temperatures and a lack of rainfall have led to...
Greenland melt speeds East Coast sea level rise
Gravity is putting its thumb on the scale of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast, a study tracing the effects of Greenland ice-melt shows.
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Colombian youths suing their State over environmental and climate issues
February 14th, 2018
A group of young Colombians has taken legal action against the government, demanding that it safeguards their rights to a better environment,...
SkS Analogy 22 – Energy SeaSaw: Part III
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Illustrating what causes complex temperature patterns.
Climate Science
What causes the complicated patterns in measured temperature anomalies from year to year? Why is there so...
Hope in the time of Corona
March 24th, 2020
Could the frightening pandemic now raging be a catalyst initiating the behavioural and economic changes necessary to offset the profound danger to...
New study ‘reduces uncertainty’ for climate sensitivity
Posted on 23 January 2018 by Guest Author
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne
Scientists have presented a new, narrower estimate of the...
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