Climate News Network, 7 August 2018, Hothouse Earth could soon be unavoidable. Human actions threaten to push the planet into a new state, called Hothouse Earth. In such a world global average temperatures could stabilise at 4°C or even 5°C higher than they … Continue reading →
Category Archives: The Science
30 July 2018, The Conversation, The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat. The headlines in recent months read like an international eco-thriller. At Mauna Loa Observatory, perched high on a Hawaiian volcano, researchers measure unusual levels of CFC-11 in … Continue reading →
28 July 2018, World Weather Attribution Heatwave in northern Europe, summer 2018. The summer of 2018 has been remarkable in northern Europe. A very persistent high-pressure anomaly over Scandinavia caused high temperature anomalies and drought there from May to (at least) July. Southern … Continue reading →
26 July 2018, The Conversation, It’s a savage summer in the Northern Hemisphere – and climate change is slashing the odds of more heatwaves. In Australia we know about sweltering summer heat. We all remember the images of burned koala paws, collapsing tennis players and, far … Continue reading →