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Stroud Water Research Center Honors Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., Leading Climate Scientist And Author

PA Environment Daily

one of the world’s leading voices on climate change on November 3. The data, which combined decades of work by paleoclimate scientists, and its stunning visual presentation served as a smoking gun in the case proving human-induced climate change. Mann, Ph.D., Executive Director David Arscott, Ph.D.,

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

The lightest lines are from the earliest projections, the lightest grey being from 1977, and the darker colors are later with the black line being from 2003. Corporate leadership was informed about advances in climate science and incorporated those advances when its scientists built their own models. Source: Supran et al.,

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Top 20 Leading Weather & Climate Voices to Follow in 2021

Breezometer

She leads numerous initiatives that promote a better understanding of our planet’s dynamic weather and climate changes. BreezoMeter’s own Paul Walsh is a data science leader in the realm of weather & climate sustainability strategy for small-medium enterprises (SMEs). Paul Walsh. Dr. Marshall Shepherd. Jen Carfagno.

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Stroud Water Research Center Honors Laura Turner Seydel Of Captain Planet Foundation With Freshwater Excellence Award

PA Environment Daily

The Award Since its inception in 2003, The Water’s Edge has featured an impressive list of individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to the world of science, fresh water, and conservation. Please join me in using your individual superpowers for the planet. Stroud Executive Director David Arscott, Ph.D.,

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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental Progress

On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. I have been a climate activist for 20 years and an environmentalist for 30. Lire en français ici. Leer en español aquí. It’s just not the end of the world.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

We know we must now work to both cut greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the severity of climate change and at the same time work to adapt to the impacts we can no longer avoid. Gleick disagrees and defends the Malthusian notion that future food surpluses are highly uncertain due to climate change, and argues that I ignore such risks.

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Acts of Pessimistic Hope for the Anthropocene

HumanNature

With announcements from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) growing bleaker by the year, climate change activism has become increasingly bold and desperate. [1] To avoid the agony of perpetual disappointment, we may need to learn how to embrace despair while actively willing social change.

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