Tag: Global Warming Science - Page 10
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Rogue NASA Satellite Will Crash Into Earth Sometime Soon, Somewhere
In late September, NASA's Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite will crash into Earth. Weighing more than 1,300 pounds and roughly the size of a school bus, the satellite will likely land somewhere between Canada and South
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Nations Under-Reporting Emissions of Highly Potent & Long-Lived Greenhouse Gas
Most TreeHugger readers will probably correctly cite carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases, but less will cite trifluoromethane (HFC-23) as being a
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Past Changing Climate Shouldn't Be Cause For Comfort, It Should Cause Concern (Video)
In this final in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes guest writers here) over at Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how logical fallacies are employed by climate deniers--such as claiming
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Climate Science Will Never Be 100% Settled, But We Certainly Know Enough To Know We Must Act (Video)
In this fifth in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes guest writers here) over at Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how some skeptics and climate deniers set impossible expectations of
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Fungi Thriving in a Warmer World Suspected in Mass Forest Extinctions
Image: Dominic/CC Pandas and tigers make better poster children for human impacts on biodiversity. But in the face of news like the massive recall of turkey meat with antibiotic resistant salmonella, it is worth remembering that altering the
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Cherry Picking Data, A Climate Deniers' Favorite Weapon (Video)
In this fourth in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes guest writers here) over at Skeptical Science, John Cook explains climate deniers often will cherry pick data to attempt to prove their
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Polluters & Climate Change Deniers Use Same Tactics As The Tobacco Industry (Video)
In this third in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes guest writers here) from Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how climate change deniers and the polluting industries that they are often
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When You Can't Attack The Climate Science, Try To Smear The Climate Scientists (Video)
In this second in a series of six videos TreeHugger has done in collaboration with the good folks (and sometimes guest writers here) from Skeptical Science, John Cook explains how climate deniers often attempt to smear climate scientists, in an effort
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What's the Difference Between Climate Skepticism & Climate Denial? It's Important (Video)
When it comes to climate change skepticism versus climate change denial, the distinction between the two may seem slight, but it's very important.
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Without China's Coal Burning The Hottest Decade On Record Would've Been Even Hotter
According to NASA data, the past decade was the hottest ten years on record, but it would have likely been even hotter if it weren't for air pollution from China's rapid
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Could Eurasian Snow Predict America's Freeze?
If the reindeer of northern Scandinavia or Siberia are up to their antlers in snow, it could mean a deeper freeze for North Americans in the subsequent winter season. Scientists from the University of Georgia report in the
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Teaching Climate Change Shouldn't Be Mandatory Says UK Education Advisor
Even though teaching global warming science has been part of UK school curriculum since the mid 90s, the head government advisor reviewing national education plans says schools should "get back to the science in science." Commenting that prominent
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Examining Dr. John Christy's Global Warming Skepticism
By far the three most prominent and most frequently referenced climate scientists who are "skeptical" of the dangers of human-caused global warming are Dr Richard Lindzen of MIT, and
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Rocky Mountain Snowpack Decline Since 80s More Significant Than Anytime in 1000 Years
It may have been a snowy winter this year in the Rocky Mountains, as it was in many areas of the US, but new research of tree rings from the US Geological Survey shows that the long term trend is solidly towards less snowpack. In fact the decrease
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Global Warming, Now It's Serious - Warming Since 1995 Statistically 'Significant'
Pardon the attempt at melodrama, which seemed justified since global warming was serious before the latest announcement from climate scientist Phil Jones and it's serious afterwards. According to reports from BBC News Jones says that when new
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IEA CO2 Emissions Update 2010 - Bad News, Very Bad News
photo: apollo 1981/Creative Commons The following post from Skeptical Science is by Dana Nuccitelli and John Abraham. It originally appeared on The Conversation. TreeHugger already wrote about the report mention in this post, but this provides more
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Are You A Genuine Skeptic Or A Climate Denier?
In the charged discussions about climate, the words skeptic and denier are often thrown around. But what do these words
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Wakening the Kraken: Methane & Warming Oceans
Methane (CH4) is a very potent greenhouse gas, 20-30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) on a century timescale. Fortunately, it only occurs in very low
