News Archive
Climate Inaction Figures (Collect them all!)
Despite what many Climate Inaction Figures would have us believe, there is meaningful action we can take to deal with climate change. […]
Ice sheet deglaciation and methane emissions, with the scope on Greenland’s melt season
On June 9 2016, Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, reached the warmest temperature ever recorded for the month of June anywhere on the island, 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit). An article from NSDIC, published June 22 elaborated on the broader situation: Surface melting on Greenland’s Ice Sheet proceeded at a brisk pace, with three spikes in the melt extent in late spring. At this point, the pace rivals but is slightly behind the record surface melt and runoff year [...]
Heat wave, air pollution, mortality, and adaptation, a quick look
While summer currently gears up, during exceptional continued record global warming, temperatures are set to reach the highest so far this summer in many parts of the northern hemisphere - within the next few day's (Germany, U.S. etc). Here we look at the past 2003 heat wave and what attributed to excess deaths during that extensive heat period in Europe. The point is to understand possible interconnections of air pollution and heat, and to help decision making under such extreme conditions. THE 2003 [...]
Wetterchaos in Deutschland: Hagel, Fluten, Wirbelwinde
Fast täglich bildeten sich neue Gewitterfronten, Tornados schlugen Schneisen der Verwüstung, Hagelstürme vernichteten Ernten. Sind die Unwetter unvermeidbare Naturkatastrophen oder Folgen des Klimawandels?
David Barber on Arctic Sea Ice
Dr. Barber on the first leg of his Dark Snow fieldwork, at a meeting in Lund, Sweden.
Climate and Hurricanes 2016
Leading Atmospheric Scientists weigh-in on impacts of climate change on this year's hurricane season and beyond.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Die Klimawandel Verharmloser
Der Deutsche Wetterdienst bestätigte die Forschung von Klima Wissenschaftler Rahmstorf, aber beim SPIEGEL wird das Gegenteil behauptet.
Time to Choose (2016)
Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced – and it is also our greatest opportunity. We have the solutions we need, but we are in a race against the clock to implement them in time.