IT’S OFFICIAL: 2016 WAS SECOND HOTTEST YEAR FOR U.S.
2016 was the second hottest year for the U.S. in more than 120 years of record keeping, government scientists announced on Monday, marking 20 above-average years in a row. Every state had a temperature ranking at least in the top seven, with two, Georgia and Alaska, recording their hottest year...
Read moreMEXICO’S CLIMATE MIGRANTS ARE ALREADY COMING TO THE UNITED STATES...
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If one person is forced to leave home, that shift can feel world-changing. When that upheaval happens on a global scale, it is...
Read moreDESPERATE EXODUS OF THE CLIMATE REFUGEES...
Mongolian nomadic homes on the outskirts of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Many such districts have sprung up as nomads are forced to abandon their traditional way of life by climate change. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
In the last six years, some 140 million people have been forced to move because of climate-related disasters (Mongolian herders fly steppe blighted by climate extremes and social change, 5 January). Climate change is driving long-term environmental damage and sudden catastrophes, presenting a global long-term threat to human security...
Read moreOBAMA: DENYING SCIENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE BETRAYS SPIRIT OF AMERICA...
“Without bolder action, our children won’t have time to debate the existence of climate change — they’ll be busy dealing with its effects.”
Read moreTHIS WAS BEFORE THIS PAST HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD! 13 DEVASTATING PHOTOS TO SHOW YOUR FRIEND WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE...
Add your reaction ShareGLOBAL WARMING COULD SEE RISE IN TOXIC SHELLFISH THAT CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LOSS AND POTENTIALLY KILL...
A satellite image of the US West Coast taken in 2016 shows dark green colours near the continental margin, indicating blooms of phytoplankton, some of which produced toxins Image courtesy of Nasa’s earth observatory
Giant blooms of micro-algae that can produce a potent neurotoxin which gets into shellfish are increasing as the water warms, study finds...
Read moreENDANGERED SPECIES POLAR BEARS UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE WITHOUT CLIMATE ACTION — FWS
The Fish and Wildlife Service warns that continued climate warming could doom already dwindling polar bear populations. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.
The Fish and Wildlife Service today said "decisive" action is needed to slow climate change and stop sea ice melting that threatens to wipe out polar bears in the Arctic...
Read moreCALIFORNIA FLOODS JANUARY 2017...
On January 3 and 4, the first of two back-to-back atmospheric river storms brought heavy rain, mountain snow, and localized flooding to central California. The second storm, fueled by a powerful, long-duration atmospheric river funneling warm and moist air from southeast of Hawaii, hit central and northern California beginning late on January 7 and pushed major rivers past flood stage levels and drove extreme gusts, leading to power outages as well as rock and mudslides...
Read moreMETHANE MAY NOT LAST LONG IN THE ATMOSPHERE — BUT IT DRIVES SEA LEVEL RISE FOR CENTURIES...
Add your reaction ShareSWITZERLAND JUST HAD THE WORST MONTH FOR SKIING IN 100 YEARS...
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The ski season is a month shorter than it was four decades ago because of changing snowfall patterns...
Read moreCOLLAPSE OF ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT COULD TRIGGER ICY APOCALYPSE, RESEARCHERS WARN...
Yale University scientist Wei Liu has calculated that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could collapse within 300 years. The graphic illustrates predicted responses on surface temperature and precipitation. Wei Liu et al
“Engine” of the sea could sputter to a halt due to climate change...
Read moreANTARCTIC PAST POINTS TO SEA LEVEL THREAT...
Global warming is causing land-based ice to melt in parts of Antarctica such as the Weddell Sea region. Image: NASA/Jeremy Harbeck via Flickr
Evidence of Antarctic ice sheet melting and sea level rise almost 15,000 years ago raises alarm over current climate change dangers...
Read moreTHE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND AN ACTUAL DEBATE IN CLIMATE SCIENCE...
In 1769, Ben Franklin became the first person to map the Gulf Stream when he made the above chart. (NOAA)
Scientists have recently begun to re-examine a scary question: Will a crucial ocean current shut down?
Read moreTHE RATIONALE FOR ACCELERATING REGIONALLY FOCUSED CLIMATE INTERVENTION RESEARCH...
Image by NOAA shows projected surface air temperature change by the year 2050.
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Ten years ago, Paul Crutzen asked whether the time had come to consider undertaking research into intentionally intervening in the climate system so that it might be considered a policy option comparable to reducing emissions for limiting human-induced climate change...
Read moreHERE’S THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN CLIMATE CHANGE TO YOUR INQUISITIVE KIDS...
How do I explain climate change to my teenager? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights...
Read moreONE YEAR FROM TODAY, WE'LL HAVE BLOWN THE WORLD'S ENTIRE CARBON BUDGET...
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By one calculation, we have 365 days left to do something drastic with our carbon emissions before we lock in a future of drastic climate change...
Read moreOBAMA SAYS WORLD WILL MOVE FORWARD ON CLEAN ENERGY, WITH OR WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP...
“This should not be a partisan issue. It is good business and good economics to lead a technical revolution.”
NOAA CHALLENGED THE GLOBAL WARMING ‘PAUSE.’ NOW NEW RESEARCH SAYS THE AGENCY WAS RIGHT...
Add your reaction ShareALASKA FACES UP TO $5.5 BILLION IN CLIMATE DAMAGE BY 2100...
As global temperatures rise Newtok village, which is being relocated to Nelson Island, is being threatened by the melting of permafrost, greater ice and snow melt and larger storms from the Bering Sea. Credit: Andrew Burton Getty Images
Spending money to adapt will likely be a good investment in Alaska and other states facing sea-level rise and shifting precipitation patterns...
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