News Archive
Nothing less than a ‘space race’ approach to saving the planet
In the late 1960s a good chunk of the world’s brightest minds and fanciest labs were devoted to one thing: space exploration.
How the benefits of climate action may outweigh the costs
Economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a look at how we might weigh the costs and benefits of taking serious action to prevent disaster.
How to deal with orchestrated climate denial online
But as longer we wait with real climate action and let us distract, chances are that we will see food shortages, civil unrest, deserted towns, pests, extensive heatwaves, extensive floods, more extreme weather, collapse of ecosystems, and so on.
Why 2 degrees Celsius is climate change’s magic number
We hear all the time that we need to stop the planet from warming an additional two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Research Confirms ExxonMobil and Koch funded Climate Denial
Unearthing America's Deep Network of Climate Change Deniers!
Robert Redford: Let’s Stand Up to Big Oil
Who gets to decide our energy future? You see, oil companies may have big bucks, but you and I have what politicians fear most: a voice and a vote.
Kevin Anderson: Delivering on 2°C Evolution or Revolution?
This lecture will revisit the mitigation agenda in light of the IPCC’s carbon budgets for 2°C.
Research links abrupt paleoclimatic change to possible methane hydrate destabilization
Using a core sample from the Santa Barbara Basin, UCSB researchers decipher the history of paleoclimate change with surprising results.