Culture Column: Princess Mononoke
7 April 2021
Welcome to the second installment of our culture column!
We’re taking a look at how our books, films, TV and more take on...
Guest post: Identifying three ‘tipping points’ in Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier
Antarctica may seem far away for most of us, yet this remote continent contains enough ice to raise sea levels around the world by...
Suez Canal shutdown shows the vulnerability of the global economy to extreme events
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters, PhD
A critical global shipping node – Egypt’s Suez Canal – was reopened on Monday,...
After COVID-19 Delay, Delta-X Field Campaign Begins in Louisiana
In Brief:
Teams are headed out by land, water, and air to collect data that will be used to forecast land gain and loss in...
2021 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #13
Listing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Mar 28, 2021 through Sat, Apr 3, 2021
The...
Clock is running on our reliance on vegetation as a steady ‘carbon sink’
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Kristen Pope
Trees and other plants have been critical in helping to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from...
Getting energy and electricity to net-zero by 2050: key takeaways
31 March 2021
You might have already seen it – but earlier today the MaREI Centre published their report (commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland) on...
Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2021 is joint-seventh lowest on record
Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, peaking at 14.77m square kilometres (km2) on 21 March. This is the joint-seventh...
Biden’s executive orders on climate have broad public support
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Ben Santer, and Richard Richels
Governing from the White House by executive actions –...
Fossil subsidies were €2.4 billion in 2019
30 March 2021
Fossil fuel subsidies amounted to €2.4 billion in 2019, a one per cent increase from 2018.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released the...
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