Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 16, 2023
Since that 2014 study, which laid the foundation of what is called climate source attribution science , UCS scientists have collaborated with Heede on two other studies that pinpointed the major carbon producers’ culpability for specific climate change-related trends. percent of total emissions. Licker et al. CP: Great question.
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. This has since changed many times.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 31, 2022
Koch’s most recent public comments about climate change came during lengthy interviews with the Washington Post in 2015 and 2016. Climate scientists, he added, “have these models that show it, but the models don’t work….”. Notably, Koch did try to get to the truth of the matter in his own way a few years earlier.
Physics World
APRIL 22, 2021
C above the average,” says the report’s lead author Freja Vamborg , a climate scientist at Copernicus. Despite localized temporary reductions in air pollution , the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had minimal impact on climate trends. C above the 1981–2010 reference period, almost two degrees higher than the previous record.
A Greener Life
APRIL 11, 2022
The UN agency concluded global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are at the highest levels in human history and without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors limiting climate change to 1.5°C They pointed to the fact that since 2010 the cost of solar, wind and battery technology has decreased by up to 85%.
Physics World
OCTOBER 29, 2021
But the United Nations has just said that the latest commitments of the 192 parties of the 2015 Paris agreement will equate to a 16% rise in global greenhouse-gas emissions in 2030 compared to 2010. While most climate scientists are not directly involved in high-level negotiations, their work is essential to the process.
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. 2010, November 2). C temperature target.
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