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In a Warming World, Deadly Bacteria Are More Resistant to Antibiotics
E. coli bacteria. Source: NIAID
Tom Patterson became ill in 2015…
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Climate change impacts
Mankind
The Inequality of Climate Change From 1.5 to 2°C of Global Warming (open access)
"The Paris Agreement aims to keep global warming well below 2°C above…
Tar sands are the dirtiest fossil fuels. These are low-quality heavy tar-like oils that are mined from sand or rock. Much of the mining occurs in Alberta Canada, but it is also mined elsewhere, in lesser quantities.
Tar sands are the…
Those who oppose policies to cut carbon pollution and slow climate change always claim that doing so will be too expensive and cripple the economy. They argue that instead we should maximize economic growth so that we can pay for…
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Artificial Intelligence—A Game Changer for Climate Change and the Environment
AI is continually improving climate models. Photo: Los Alamos National Lab …
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Overcoming early career barriers to interdisciplinary climate change research
Projected climate over the Greater Horn of Africa under 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming (open access)
Temperature, precipitation, wind…
When we think of global warming and climate change, most of us ignore the impacts that animals have on the environment. Climate affects animals, but is the reverse true? Can animals affect the climate?
I don’t know how to answer…
After recently publishing an article about Climate Science websites around the world, some suggestions came in via comments or emails to add more sites to the post. But, these were mostly for blogs instead of full-fledged websites so they didn't quite…
Over the past two weeks, media attacks on solar panels and electric vehicles have been followed by Trump administration policies aimed at boosting their fossil fueled rivals.
Efforts to undermine solar power
The first salvo came via a Forbes article written by…
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It’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuels
A new paper makes the case for supply-side…
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Climate change as a polarizing cue: Framing effects on public support for low-carbon energy policies
"• We evaluate how framing affects support for…
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne
Limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels rather than 2C could halve the number of vertebrate and plant species facing severe range loss by the end of the century, a…
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Climate change may lead to bigger atmospheric rivers
In early 2017, the Western United States experienced rain and flooding from a…
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Assessing the Impacts of Extreme Agricultural Droughts in China Under Climate and Socioeconomic Changes (open access)
"Our simulations project a rise of 2.5~3.3% in average rice,…
Skeptical Science is not alone when it comes to sharing reliable information about climate science. There are many websites around the world which regularly write about the latest studies or set the record straight when misinformation gets spread. Our website…
Last summer, the United states was pummeled with three severe hurricanes in rapid succession. It was a truly awesome display of the power of weather and the country is still reeling from the effects. In the climate community, there has been…
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Benjamin Cook
Dr Benjamin Cook is a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Few areas of the world are completely immune to droughts and their often-devastating impacts on…
Last week, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held yet another climate science hearing similar to those from April 2017, February 2017, January 2016, May 2015, June 2014, December 2013, and so on. It seems as though disputing established climate science is House Republicans’ favorite…
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Urgent Climate Action Required to Protect Tens of Thousands of Species Worldwide, New Research Shows
Limiting global warming to 2 degrees…
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Temperature, precipitation, wind
Comparing daily temperature averaging methods: the role of surface and atmosphere variables in determining spatial and seasonal variability
Dynamical analysis of extreme precipitation in…
Tag Line
A sinking ship reaches new heights.
Elevator Statement
For a sinking ship the stern may be unusually low, the bow unusually high, and on average, the whole thing is going down. We cannot infer what is happening to…
In 1988 – the same year Nasa’s James Hansen warned Congress about the threats posed by human-caused global warming – water expert Peter Gleick wrote about the wet and dry extremes that it would create for California:
California will get the worst of all…
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Methane, Climate Change, and Our Uncertain Future
Methane is generally considered secondary to carbon dioxide in its importance to climate…
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Bringing the Heat Home: Television Spots about Local Impacts Reduce Global Warming Denialism
"Respondents exposed to the campaign were more likely to believe…
We all know intuitively that in a warmer world there will be less ice. And, since the North and South Pole regions contain lots of ice, anyone who wants to see evidence of climate change can look there.
But beyond…
In Part I of this look back at 1970s climate science I reviewed the findings of Peterson, Connolley, and Fleck's seminal 2008 survey of 1970s peer-reviewed literature (hereafter referred to as PCF08) which found no 1970s "consensus" about a future global…
