FRACTURES SEEN IN RAPIDLY MELTING ARCTIC SEA ICE, AND IT'S ONLY MAY!
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Even accounting for the accelerating pace of Arctic climate change, sea ice loss in the Far North is running well ahead of schedule. This may signal a near record or record low sea ice extent to come in September...
Read moreWHERE ARE CLIMATE GOALS IN EIA ENERGY OUTLOOK? IT’S COMPLICATED...
The EIA foresees energy-related emissions rising steadily to 2040 (Pic: Flickr/kris krug)
US advisory body disregards Paris Agreement in energy projections, to the chagrin of climate campaigners...
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DUKE STUDY FINDS A "LEGACY OF RADIOACTIVITY," CONTAMINATION FROM THOUSANDS OF FRACKING WASTEWATER SPILLS...
Photo Credit: North Dakota, Williston - Bakken - Oil and Gas - Missouri River, by EcoFlight
Thousands of oil and gas industry wastewater spills in North Dakota have caused “widespread” contamination from radioactive materials, heavy metals and corrosive salts, putting the health of people and wildlife at risk, researchers from Duke University concluded in a newly released peer-reviewed study...
Read moreGLOBAL WARMING CITED AS WILDFIRES INCREASE IN FRAGILE BOREAL FOREST...
Charred trees near Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada. Climate change is a prime suspect in a rise of wildfires in the boreal forest. Credit Ian Willms for The New York Times
Scientists say the near-destruction of Fort McMurray
last week by a wildfire is the latest indication that
the vital boreal forest is at risk from climate change...
UNRAVELING SPIRAL: THE MOST COMPELLING GLOBAL WARMING VISUALIZATION EVER MADE...
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Over the years, scientists have attempted to visually communicate the Earth’s warming in many ways. They’ve developed an array of maps, charts, and animations that present an unmistakable picture of a warming world...
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THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY IS AT THE TIPPING POINT — BUT WE NEED TO HELP IT GO FASTER...
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The world is approaching a tipping point, with renewable energy taking over from the fossil fuel industry...
Read moreRIGHTING CLIMATE WRONGS BY EMPOWERING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
A Syrian refugee walks among severely damaged buildings in downtown Homs, Syria, on June 3, 2014. Photo by Chaoyue Pan/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
It is widely recognized that the poorest countries in the world are both the least responsible for and likely to be hardest hit by climate change...
Read moreEATING LESS MEAT ESSENTIAL TO CURB CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS REPORT...
Dietary change is essential if global warming is not to exceed 2C, says report. Photograph: Brent Lewin/Getty Images
Global livestock industry produces more greenhouse gas emissions than transport but fear of a consumer backlash is preventing action, says Chatham House report...
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HEY, BILL GATES, OUR 'ENERGY MIRACLES' ARE ALREADY HERE!
A FISHERMAN’S FEARS: THE THREAT OF SEISMIC TESTING ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...
cartoonist: Colin Suggett
As President Obama pulls the plug on offshore drilling off the Atlantic Coast, a North Carolina fisherman illustrates the magnitude of the decision...
Read moreTHE HIDDEN DRIVER OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT WE TOO OFTEN IGNORE...
Cows gather in a field near wind turbines in Chauve, France, on June 19, 2015. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)
Humans are making global warming worse, all right — but in more ways than you think...
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WILL AUSTRALIA'S RETREAT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH BE A GLOBAL TREND?
The Australian federal science agency responsible for climate change research is shifting its focus, asserting that climate change is proven and so needs no more research. Does this make sense, and is it a sign of things to come?
THE NEW 10 COMMANDMENTS, A VIDEO TO END THE GLOBAL WARMING EMERGENCY AND SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT...
GOP CANDIDATES AGREE TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH FLORIDA MAYORS...
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Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush should be getting an education in climate change soon...
Read moreTHE OCEANS ARE HEATING UP MORE RAPIDLY THAN WE THOUGHT. WHY THAT MATTERS...
Vacationers cool off in the Pacific Ocean in Vina del Mar city, Chile, in this January 15. The world's oceans appear to be absorbing more heat from global warming than previously thought, according to research published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. But a new study that culled data from the 1870s British research ship Challenger's archives, and from modern Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters
The deep ocean has warmed as much in the past two decades as it did in the previous 100 years, researchers found...
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