Several manufacturers have launched models that produce more pollutants when driven in real-world conditions The Guardian: New diesel cars are still emitting many times the official limit for polluting nitrogen oxides when driven on the road, almost a year after the Volkswagen emissions scandal broke. Renault, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda and Hyundai have all launched diesel models…
Seeping methane is driving a global warming feedback loop. Some Arctic lakes are starting to look like witches’ cauldrons. The above video shows an increasingly common site in northern latitudes. As global warming heats these areas up, the frozen ground is melting. And when permafrost turns from solid ground to looser mud, it releases gases…
Merchants of Doubt is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and inspired by the 2010 book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. The film traces the use of public relations tactics that were originally developed by the tobacco industry to protect their business from research indicating health…
The Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts recently claimed on a ABC television show to the audience that there is a pause in global warming, and added that NASA manipulates their data. He then went on to argue that there is no evidence. Roberts refers to a blogger called Steven Goddard aka Tony Heller, who has no scientific background, but ties to…
There are many actions for gamers when it comes to computer games. Back in 2013, I highlighted a project to count carbon dioxide at power plants, but there is much more gamers can do. Playing video games of all sorts has become increasingly popular as a form of entertainment. A review published by the American Psychological Association found various…
Climate change is expected to alter the geographic and seasonal distributions of existing vectors and vector-borne diseases [Likely, High Confidence]. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and a higher frequency of some extreme weather events associated with climate change will influence the distribution, abundance, and prevalence of infection in the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus…