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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. Scientists are sounding the alarm because this warming is shockingly bigbigger than what we would have expected given the long-term warming trend from fossil fuel-caused climate change.

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RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists

Legal Planet

is on when it comes to the war on scientists. That war was on display recently in the defamation trial of two right-wing bloggers who attacked climate scientist Michael Mann to try to smear his work and ultimately climate science itself.

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Earth is heading for a second year above 1.5°C climate goal

New Scientist

After record temperatures in 2024, climate scientists had expected this year to be cooler, but instead the planet seems to be heading for a second year above the 1.5C climate goal

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As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction

Union of Concerned Scientists

There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.

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Twenty years of blogging in hindsight

Real Climate

Today there exist AI tools that can translate a scientist’s Powerpoint presentation into something that is more pedagogic and understandable for a lay person, so maybe this situation will improve. Obviously, the message from climate scientists has not reached those decision-makers who could bend the Keeling curve downwards.

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Soaring Insurance Rates Show Climate Change Is a Pocketbook Issue  

Union of Concerned Scientists

As 2024 winds down, with its parade of climate-and extreme weather-fueled disasters , people across the nation are feeling the sharp pinch of rising insurance premiums and dropped policies. Further, his work analyzing premium increases at the county level shows a stark correlation with places that are more exposed to climate risks.

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Summer 2024 Was the Hottest Ever Measured, Beating Last Year

Scientific American

The year 2024 could easily shape up to be the hottest ever measured, climate scientists say

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