Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual report on billion-dollar weather and climate-related disasters in the United States, which tells a grimly familiar story. Many of these disasters—including floods, storms, wildfires and droughts—were worsened by climate change. .

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The ocean is also experiencing record-breaking temperatures and more frequent marine heatwaves. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Up to this point, the ocean has been our greatest guardian against extreme heat and catastrophic climate changes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 10, 2024

Without the considerable carbon absorption capacity of our lands (and oceans), we’d currently have much more CO 2 in the atmosphere and an accelerated timeline of warming. These same environmental changes can also increase carbon losses from land-based ecosystems.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 5, 2022

In one scenario, humanity fights climate change by fertilizing the ocean, boosting the growth of tiny photosynthetic creatures that pull carbon out of the atmosphere. In another, scientists change the chemistry of seawater so it can absorb… Read more → Read the full story in the Washington Post.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Last week, the Nobel physics prize was (half) awarded to Suki Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for their work on climate prediction and the detection and attribution of climate change. This came as quite a surprise to the climate community – though it was welcomed warmly. Fred Singer, before his turn to the dark side).

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New Scientist

JUNE 29, 2022

Chemically altering the seas through iron fertilisation or alkalinity enhancement could be our best hope to suck vast amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere – but questions remain on whether it is worth the risk

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Circle of Blue

JULY 1, 2021

Warmer global temperatures cause more water to evaporate from Earth’s surface and oceans, meaning that there is more fuel for storms. Urban infrastructure in many cities was not built for current and future climate pressures. The post Detroit Flooding Previews Risks from a Warming Climate appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The consequences of climate change aren’t reserved for the oceans and atmosphere: Diseases have secured a larger presence in recent years thanks to global warming. We never imagined the magnitude of diseases impacted by climate change. Climate’s Contagion. A Conservative Crystal Ball.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For decades, scientists have tried to figure out ways to reverse climate change by pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it underground.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Bottom trawling disturbs the ocean floor, researchers found. Critics question whether “trawl disturbance” is different from the carbon flux that naturally occurs in oceans.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

No funding agreement by the deadline (October 1) means the government, including agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shuts down. putting undue stress on people, our economy and our ocean. A government shutdown will put a hard stop on NOAA’s ocean research.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Despite the ongoing debate on whether ITLOS has jurisdiction to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, if the Tribunal asserts jurisdiction (on jurisdiction, see here and here) , there is still much to uncover. Assuming the ITLOS will assert jurisdiction, this post’s objective is twofold. The question is divided into two parts.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For ocean advocates like me who have been tracking the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) rollout, the need for this long overdue investment in climate resilience is crystal clear. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 28, 2023

Today climate change has broken a new Danger Season record: 76 million people in the US—or 23% of the total population—are currently under extreme weather alerts including heat, flooding, storms, or wildfire weather conditions. High daily maximum temperatures on June 28, 2023 are attributable to climate change.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As deeply troubling reports continue to come in about ocean waters hitting historic hot temperatures, sectors like global shipping are trying to understand the consequences of a warmer ocean and what can be done to stop the heating. So, we’re seeing the ocean heat up, lose oxygen and get bigger.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Take Action for Climate-Ready Fisheries. The ocean has buffered our planet from the impacts of climate change, absorbing much of the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted and a substantial amount of the heat from our warming atmosphere. In short, the ocean is becoming less familiar and its patterns less recognizable.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I have a feeling that we are seeing the start of a new wave of climate change denial and misrepresentation of science. When looking at the effect of changes in greenhouse gases, one must look at how their forcing corresponds to the energy balance at the top of the atmosphere. References. 679-688, 2016.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The ocean as a carbon sink.

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Physics World

AUGUST 1, 2021

Sprinkling powered basalt over natural ecosystems would remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere while also improving soils. Therefore, most proposed routes to net zero also bank on our ability to capture carbon – at source or directly from the atmosphere – and store it securely over the long term.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

I followed with great interest the launch of the sixth assessment report Working Group 1 (The Physical Science Basis) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on August 9th. The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Sabin Center published a new report today recommending actions that federal agencies could take to ensure safe and responsible permitting and regulation of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. A variety of ocean-based CDR approaches—i.e., Those activities could raise a host of legal issues. and the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 4, 2022

A new study examined what the ocean will look like in the future if we keep burning all the fossil fuels we can lay our hands on. And if we do, the future for the ocean is grim indeed. The researchers applied powerful Earth system models that faithfully recreate the behavior of the ocean, land and atmosphere to game out the future.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 12, 2021

by Robert Kopp (Rutgers University) Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a new report.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

On June 30, Ocean Networks Canada's CEO Dr. Kate Moran was recognized for her contributions to support ocean and planet sustainability with her appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 27, 2023

We’ve heard so much about the effects of climate change on our ocean. Carbon pollution from fossil fuel use and land development have heated the atmosphere and ocean, leading to sea level rise, stronger storms, fisheries’ moving poleward, and widespread loss of sea ice and glaciers.

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Acoel

AUGUST 10, 2021

The IPCC has released its Sixth Assessment Report on the physical science basis of climate change. Here are a number of the lowlights: It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 1, 2024

New research shows how last year’s warming melted ice in Greenland that increased flows of fresh, cold water into the North Atlantic, upsetting ocean currents in ways that lead to atmospheric changes.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ocean Conservancy’s Ocean Justice team is proud to announce the first Ocean Justice Community Grants cohort. Climate change and ocean injustice present dual crises that disproportionately impact marginalized coastal and ocean communities. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2022

UCS Climate and Energy program policy director Rachel Cleetus breaks down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest report on costly, dangerous climate-related disasters in 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Right in the middle of Danger Season , we are going through a period of unprecedented global extreme temperatures driven by fossil-fueled climate change. The unrelenting heat has caused a dizzying number of air and ocean temperature records to be broken in recent weeks. High ocean temperatures also fuel tropical storms.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The ocean has absorbed nearly 33% of all greenhouse gas emissions and around 90% of the excess heat produced through climate change. It may seem like a good thing all around that the ocean is protecting us in this way, but the ocean actually pays a hefty price. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 24, 2023

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has sounded the alarm on climate change since their first report in 1990. Their reports provide policymakers with the information they need, like those in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) who set the ambition for global climate action.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Here we start by taking the Greenland mass loss rate into the ocean, times the temperature difference between the meltwater and the water it replaces. For the part entering the ocean as ice, we must also consider that to melt ice requires energy. Nature Climate Change, 5, 475–480, doi:10.1038/nclimate2554. Rahmstorf, S.,

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Climate change touches many aspects of our lives, including the food on our plates. Many of our foods are vulnerable as climate impacts worsen, from staple crops like maize to much-loved treats like coffee and chocolate. Wild-caught seafood from our ocean is no exception.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Media awareness about global warming and climate change has grown fairly steadily since 2004. My impression is that journalists today tend to possess a higher climate literacy than before. But because land isn’t quite as dark as the surface of the ocean, it doesn’t cause as much additional heating. Bintanja, E.C.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Two recent papers by researchers at Penn State University point to significant changes in flood risk due to climate change. FEMA does a good job in mapping flood hazards, but the part we are incorporating is the future climate so we can understand the impact of climate on flood hazards and exposure," said Mejia.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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