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Climate Scientists on “Don’t Look Up:” It’s Infuriating, Soul-Sucking and On-the-Nose

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS climate scientist reviews "Don't Look Up," an allegory for climate inaction.

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Embattled Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wins $1 Million in Defamation Lawsuit

Scientific American

Michael Mann secured a win in his legal battle against conservative bloggers who said the climatologist “molested and tortured data” and compared him to a convicted child abuser

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US climate scientist Michael Mann wins $1m in defamation lawsuit

Environmental News Bits

The high-profile climate scientist Michael Mann has been awarded $1m by a jury in a defamation lawsuit against two conservative writers who compared his depictions of global heating to the work of a convicted child molester. Read the full story in The Guardian.

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Americans continue to have doubts about climate scientists’ understanding of climate change

Environmental News Bits

Only about one-third of Americans think climate scientists understand very well whether climate change is happening, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Read the full story from Pew.

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What do climate scientists tell their kids about the future?

Environmental News Bits

Climate change threatens sweltering global temperatures, rising seas, catastrophic storms and disappearing wildlife. Many of us worry about the data climate scientists generate—about the future we are leaving to our children. Yet many of these experts are parents themselves.

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Earth911 Podcast: Coastal Flooding in 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick

Earth 911

Listen to “Earth911 Interview: Coastal Flooding In 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick” on Spreaker. The post Earth911 Podcast: Coastal Flooding in 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick appeared first on Earth911.

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Climate scientist finds new way to measure the Earth’s ability to offset carbon emissions

Environmental News Bits

Plants that currently take up a quarter to a third of humanity’s carbon emissions might not be … Continue reading Climate scientist finds new way to measure the Earth’s ability to offset carbon emissions Their study is the first to find the temperature-carbon dioxide release relationship at the landscape level.