Latest Stories in Climate Change
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Out of 11,944 peer-reviewed climate papers, 97.2% agree on man-made global warming
Like in Groundhog Day, we have to relive the same day over and over again, not to become a better person and get the girl, but to break through the public perception that somehow there's still a scientific debate on global warming.
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Meet America's first climate refugees
The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.
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Should we geoengineer the climate? We already are.
Geoengineering can be more than doing stuff to the environment. We could try leaving it alone.
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Sea levels could rise 27 inches by 2100 because of melting ice
If it's hard to stop rising water from causing massive damage during a temporary storm surge in a single location, think of how hard it would be to prevent rising sea levels from wreaking havoc all around the world at the same time.
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Not too late to reverse dramatic declines in biodiversity
A new study finds climate change will halve the living space of half of plants and one third of animals if we don't act now; but there is hope.
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The Wall Street Journal's defense of CO2 is 'monumentally naive'
A recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled In Defense of Carbon Dioxide” suggests climate change isn't a problem because plants need CO2 to grow. Climate writers call it a new low for climate denial.
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Climate hits 400ppm of CO2 for first time in 3 million years
It is a sign of our rapidly changing world that we can get daily updates on the growing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere via Twitter.
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The Republican civil war on climate change
Coral Davenport at National Journal has a well-reported piece on the "coming civil war in the Republican party." Can the moderates turn the fundamentalists around?
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Vice President Biden talks climate to Rolling Stone
Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read
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CO2 levels in atmosphere reaching 400ppm for first time in 3 million years
The first measurements at the Mauna Loa observatory in 1958 had CO2 levels at 317ppm.
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Earth Day needs a new name
"Arguably, concern over the earth is elitist, something people can afford to spend their time on when every other need is met."
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Guy Callendar's groundbreaking scientific paper on man-made global warming is 75 years old
75 years ago this April, Guy Stewart Callendar, a steam engineer, inventor, and talented amateur meteorologist publish an important scientific paper linking the burning of fossil fuels to the warming of the Earth's climate.
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In 2011, China built as many coal plants as there are in Texas and Ohio combined
Solar and wind are growing fast - by 42% and 19% respectively during the past year - but coal has a much larger installed base, so even much lower growth represents a huge number of new dirty power plants that will pollute for decades to come.
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Antarctic peninsula melting at fastest rate in 1,000 years
By analyzing a 364-meter ice core, researchers have been able to go back in time and track the freezing and melting cycles of Antarctica's peninsula.
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Bill McKibben on Climate: "You need to do more than change light bulbs. You need to change the system."
Bill McKibben has a new piece in Rolling Stone about the growing momentum of The Fossil Fuel Resistance movement
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After 46 years at NASA, climate scientist James Hansen retires
Dr. James E. Hansen, who has been with NASA for 46 years and head of the Goddard Institute for Space Research since 1981, has announced that he was retiring from the space agency this week.
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Climate models for past 15 years proved extremely accurate
Modelling complex systems, such as our planet's global climate, isn't about predicting exactly what is going to happen. That's just too hard. But it can give us a much better idea of what is likely to take place.
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2013 drought may be worse than 2012, says NOAA
The historic drought of 2011 and 2012 cost more than $50bn, greater than the economic damage caused by hurricane Sandy. Unfortunately, NOAA predicts 2013 will be even worse.
