Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

If the AMOC weakens, this region will cool. And in fact it is cooling – it’s the only region on Earth which has cooled since preindustrial times. that the sea surface temperature there in winter is a good index of AMOC strength, based on a high-resolution climate model. They aren’t trying to end fossil fuels.

Ocean 243

Ocean Fossil Fuels Cooling 2016 243

A Greener Life

JUNE 3, 2022

If people everywhere stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, stored heat would still continue to warm the atmosphere. The radiators are, in fact, cooling down, but their stored heat is still warming the air in the room. Countries aren’t close to ending fossil fuel use. By Richard B. Ricky) Rood.

Carbon Dioxide 98

Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Sea Level Ocean 98

Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

While the main focus has been on operational activities in Antarctica, global warming caused by fossil-fuel burning by these (and other) countries has left Antarctica on the brink of irreversible change. In the ocean, 19 marine heatwaves have been recorded between 2002 and 2018.

Ocean 98

Ocean Fossil Fuels Radiation Environmental Science 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

If you’ve been to any conference or convention, imagine the blue zone as the rooms where official conference business happens, and the green zone as the lobby where people spend time informally and vendors dispense cool swag.

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Paris Agreement Climate Change 2015 Sea Level 130

Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Carbon Dioxide A naturally occurring gas, and also a byproduct of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and other industrial processes. Relative sea level rise is measured with respect to a specified vertical datum relative to the land, which may also be changing elevation over time.

Greenhouse 98

Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2022

It led to severe disinvestment in urban communities of color, which—because of the lack of funds—have relatively little vegetation and few, if any, public parks, which help keep neighborhoods cool. The Phoenix climate action plan includes the creation of “cool corridors” consisting of canopied vegetation to form shaded pedestrian corridors.

Climate Change 223

Climate Change Cooling Carbon Emissions Climate Scientist 223

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Last month, I returned from COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, where I and a small but mighty group of UCS scientists and advocates sought actions that would dramatically curb and cease fossil fuel emissions, and put science-informed solutions into the hands of communities dealing with already severe climate impacts.

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Government Sea Level Fossil Fuels Law 142