Sea Level Projections Drive San Francisco’s Adaptation Planning
As a utilities planner for the City and County of San Francisco, David Behar knows that access to the latest information about sea level...
Calls grow to postpone vote on Canada-Europe trade agreement
14 December 2020
Academics and civil society organisations are urging the Government to postpone a vote on a Canada-Europe trade agreement, which they warn would...
2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #50
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European Council endorses target of “at least” 55 per emissions reduction
11 December 2020
The European Council has approved a binding emissions reduction target of “at least” 55 per cent over the coming decade for the...
Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel and industry are expected to drop by 7% in 2020, new analysis shows, as economies around...
NASA, US, European Partner Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to measure global sea surface height, has sent back its first measurements of sea level. The...
Beyond Ice: NASA’s ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents
For a satellite with ice in its name, and measuring ice as its mission, NASA’s ICESat-2 is also getting a lot of attention from...
Climate groups: New ag roadmap will fail to deliver necessary emission cuts
10 December 2020
Climate groups have warned that the recently published Ag Climatise roadmap will fail to deliver the necessary agriculture emission cuts.
The blueprint for...
New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making
A new tool developed with funding from NASA’s Earth Science Division helps decision makers and others assess how sea level rise and other factors...
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #49, 2020
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Because we've had an unusually large number of articles come in, this week's New Research has bumped up against a length limit. Hence...
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