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Opinion: I’m a climate scientist. If you knew what I know, you’d be terrified too | CNN
2024-03-07 in CNN InternationalClimate scientist Bill McGuire writes on his conundrum: what’s happening to our planet scares the hell out of him—but if he shouts the unvarnished truth from the rooftops, will that inspire you to act or to give up?
Tagged under: Climate Change | Climate Anxiety and Grief | Climate Change Impacts | Activism | Science
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn
2023-12-06 in The GuardianHumanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms
Tagged under: Science | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change | Tipping Points | El Niño
The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
2023-10-25 (or before) in Oxford AcademicLife on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extrem
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Climate Data | Climate Change | Science
Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn
2023-10-24 in The GuardianLife on planet is in peril, say climate experts, as they call for a rapid and just transition to a sustainable future
Tagged under: Wildlife | Wildfires | Science
European summer weather linked to North Atlantic freshwater anomalies in preceding years
2024-03-14 (or before) in wcd.copernicus.orgAbstract. Amplified Arctic ice loss in recent decades has been linked to the increased occurrence of extreme mid-latitude weather. The underlying mechanisms remain elusive, however. One potential link occurs through the ocean as the loss of sea ice and glacial ice leads to increased freshwater fluxes into the ocean. Thus, in this study, we examine the link between North Atlantic freshwater anomalies and European summer weather. Combining a comprehensive set of observational products, we show that stronger freshwater anomalies are associated with a sharper sea surface temperature front between the subpolar and the subtropical Nor...
Tagged under: Climate Data | Europe | Science | Arctic
Melt rate of Greenland ice sheet can predict summer weather in Europe, scientist says
2024-03-14 in The GuardianLocation, extent and strength of recent freshwater events suggest an unusually warm and dry summer over southern Europe this year
Tagged under: Europe | Science | Climate Data | Greenland | Ice Melting
Earth Is on the Cusp of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Here’s What Paleontologists Want You to Know
2024-03-10 (or before) in discovermagazine.comDiscover satisfies everyday curiosity with relevant and approachable science news, feature articles, photos and more.
Tagged under: Science | Extinction | Collapse
The impact factor of engaged research: Metrics for conservation outcomes
2024-03-09 (or before) in ScienceDirect.comWill this paper lead to any measurable impact on biodiversity conservation? In this essay, we examine the relevance of scientific publications for con…
Tagged under: Conservation | Science
From Publications to Public Actions: The Role of Universities in Facilitating Academic Advocacy and Activism in the Climate and Ecological Emergency
2024-03-09 (or before) in FrontiersThousands of universities have made climate emergency declarations; however the higher education sector is not rising to the collective challenge with the urgency commensurate with scientific warnings. Universities are promoting an increased focus on sustainability through their research, teaching and their own institutional footprints. However, we suggest that such initiatives will be insufficient to catalyse the required transformations in our societies and economies because of i) the time lags inherent in education and research pathways to impact, and ii) their failure to address either real-world political processes or the f...
Tagged under: Climate Justice | Science | Activism | Sustainability
Mainstream Climate Science: The New Denialism? - Jonathon Porritt
2024-03-07 by in jonathonporritt.comThis is a bit of a long one! So here’s my “Executive Summary” so you can decide whether to commit the time to the rest of it: mainstream climate scientists run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers.
Tagged under: The Paris Agreement | IPCC | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Science | Activism
Opinion: I’m a climate scientist. If you knew what I know, you’d be terrified too | CNN
2024-03-07 in CNN InternationalClimate scientist Bill McGuire writes on his conundrum: what’s happening to our planet scares the hell out of him—but if he shouts the unvarnished truth from the rooftops, will that inspire you to act or to give up?
Tagged under: Climate Change | Climate Anxiety and Grief | Climate Change Impacts | Activism | Science
Exponential Growth Arithmetic, Population and Energy, Dr. Albert A. Bartlett
2024-03-06 (or before) in YouTubeDr. Albert A. BartlettProfessor EmeritusDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of Colorado, Boulder
Tagged under: Energy | Science
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
2024-03-06 (or before) in NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring LaboratoryThe Global Monitoring Laboratory conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in clouds, aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.
Tagged under: USA | Science | Climate Data
Geologists reject the Anthropocene as Earth’s new epoch — after 15 years of debate
2024-03-06 in NatureBut some are now challenging the vote, saying there were ‘procedural irregularities’. But some are now challenging the vote, saying there were ‘procedural irregularities’.
Tagged under: Science
Living Planet Index
2024-03-03 (or before) in livingplanetindex.orgTagged under: Data | Science | Wildlife
The Alliance of World Scientists
2024-03-03 (or before) in Conservation Biology InstituteThe Alliance is an international assembly of scientists, independent of governmental organizations. As stewards of human knowledge and champions of evidence-based decision making, the goal of the Alliance is to […]
Tagged under: Activism | Science
Opinion | Does High-Profile Climate Science Tell the Full Story?
2024-02-27 in The Chronicle of Higher EducationSocial feedbacks and career incentives cause scientists to leave out a lot.
Tagged under: Communication | Science | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation
Climate change: university researchers feel powerless to take action – survey
2024-01-30 by in The ConversationSome study the crisis, but all are worried – and frustrated.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Science | Activism
More than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 — a new record
2023-12-12 in NatureThe number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg. The number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Tagged under: Science
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn
2023-12-06 in The GuardianHumanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms
Tagged under: Science | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change | Tipping Points | El Niño
The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
2023-10-25 (or before) in Oxford AcademicLife on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extrem
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | Climate Data | Climate Change | Science
Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn
2023-10-24 in The GuardianLife on planet is in peril, say climate experts, as they call for a rapid and just transition to a sustainable future
Tagged under: Wildlife | Wildfires | Science
Earth's energy budget - Wikipedia
2023-10-06 (or before) in WikipediaTagged under: Science | Earth Energy Imbalance
First Calibrated Methane Bubble Wintertime Observations in the Siberian Arctic Seas: Selected Results from the Fast Ice
2023-07-28 in MDPI - Publisher of Open Access JournalsThis paper presents the results of an acoustic survey carried out from the fast ice in the shallow waters of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) using a single beam echosounder. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate an improved approach to study seafloor seepages in the Arctic coastal zone with an echosounder calibrated on site. During wintertime field observations of natural rising gas bubbles, we recorded three periods of their increased activity with a total of 63 short-term ejections of bubbles from the seabed. This study presents quantitative estimates of the methane (CH4) flux obtained in wintertime at two levels of th...
Tagged under: Science | Data | Methane | Arctic | Russia
The Greenhouse Gas Demo
2023-06-09 (or before) in YouTubeThis discusses a short, but very effective and dramatic demo to show the effect on temperature of increased levels of carbon dioxide.
The Science of the Climate Emergency with Dr Aaron Thierry | Part 1: The Science | 16 March 2023
2023-05-21 (or before) in YouTubeDr. Aaron Thierry (@ThierryAaron) received his PhD in Ecology from the University of Sheffield. He subsequently researched the impacts of global warming on t...
Tagged under: Activism | Science | Fossil Fuels
Climate simulations: recognize the ‘hot model’ problem
2022-05-04 in NatureThe sixth and latest IPCC assessment weights climate models according to how well they reproduce other evidence. Now the rest of the community should do the same. The sixth and latest IPCC assessment weights climate models according to how well they reproduce other evidence. Now the rest of the community should do the same.
Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s
2019-12-10 by Fiona Harvey in The GuardianScale and speed of loss much higher than predicted, threatening inundation for hundreds of millions of people
Tagged under: Oceans | Predictions | Science | Glaciers | Global Warming | Ice Melting | Greenland | Climate Change | Sea Level
Welcome to Carbon Atlas | Global Carbon Atlas
2019-12-05 (or before) in Global Carbon AtlasTagged under: Science | Global Warming | CO2
Empirical evidence that humans are causing global warming
2019-10-25 (or before) in Global Warming and Climate Change skepticism examinedDirect observations find that CO2 is rising sharply due to human activity. Satellite and surface measurements find less energy is escaping to space at CO2 absorption wavelengths. Ocean and surface temperature measurements find the planet continues to accumulate heat. This gives a line of empirical evidence that human CO2 emissions are causing global warming.
Tagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | Science | CO2 | Climate Change
Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks - BBC News
2019-09-22 (or before) in The BBCA snapshot of the latest science, published as politicians gather in New York, says climate change is speeding up.
Tagged under: Science | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
NASA Studies How Arctic Wildfires Change the World – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
2019-08-17 (or before) by in Climate Change: Vital Signs of the PlanetNASA is studying why boreal forest and tundra fires have become more frequent and powerful and what that means for climate forecasting, ecosystems and human health.
Tagged under: Global Warming | Wildfires | Science | Arctic | Climate Change | Forest Fires | Health | Trees
What is climate change?
2019-07-24 (or before) in Met Office UKClimate change refers to a large-scale, long-term shift in the planet's weather patterns and average temperatures.
Tagged under: Science | Climate Change
Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months - BBC News
2019-07-24 (or before) in BBCThere's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures.
Tagged under: Science | Global Warming | Climate Change
Hockey stick graph - Wikipedia
2019-03-03 (or before) in WikipediaTagged under: Global Warming | Predictions | Science
What the 2018 climate assessments say about the Gulf Stream System slowdown
2019-01-28 in RealClimateLast year, twenty thousand peer reviewed studies on ‘climate change’ were published. No single person can keep track of all those – you’d have to read 55 papers every single day. (And, by the way, that huge mass of publications is why climate deniers will always find something to cherry-pick that suits their agenda.) That is why climate assessments are so important, where a lot of scientists pool their expertise and discuss and assess and ...
Tagged under: Gulf Stream (AMOC) | Science | Climate Change
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