A Greener Life
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Climate scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. Only then is the world going to have any chance of meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of keeping temperature increases well below 2 degrees C.
A Greener Life
JUNE 24, 2022
I had just turned nine years old in 1988 when one of the world’s most prominent and daring climate scientists James Hansen gave evidence to the US Congress on the link between fossil fuels and climate change. Today, wind energy production is a global industry rivalling the fossil fuel industry.
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Real Climate
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
We have examined the effect of the geographical distribution of measurements in a study that was cited by New Scientist in 2019 , and we found that the uneven distribution of thermometer measurements can give a misleading impression that the perceived warming rate has been slower than the actual global warming.
HumanNature
APRIL 10, 2023
Altering cloud properties influences Earth’s climate On sunny days, it’s clear that clouds leave shadows on the landscape. Climate scientists are interested in clouds for exactly this reason- clouds reflect sunlight, which has a cooling effect on surface temperatures. Cirrus clouds formed this way have many, small ice crystals.
Physics World
MARCH 16, 2022
It turns out, for example, that climate-change researchers fly more frequently than scientists in other fields. Change 65 102184 ), climate scientists jet off two to three times a year on average, whereas other researchers get on planes just twice during that time. But other scientists also fly a lot.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 5, 2023
It makes them ripe for disproportional impacts from climate change, relative to the nation in general. degree Fahrenheit limits set by the Paris Agreement to avoid catastrophic climate impacts—more than double the 22 percent of the US as a whole that would exceed that temperature.
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