17 June 2018, Resilience, Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth. The Reuters news service managed a genuine journalistic coup by getting an advance copy of a U.N. climate change report not due out until October. Given what the report says—it’s … Continue reading →
Category Archives: The Science
6 June 2018, Climate Central, Global Conveyer Belt: Ocean Current Slowing. June 8 is World Oceans Day, a time to raise awareness about the importance of the oceans to our planet. Ocean currents and broader circulations move vast amounts of water around … Continue reading →
4 June 2018, SMH, Limiting global warming to 2 degrees now ‘aspirational’: scientists. The chance of limiting human-induced global warming to less than 2 degrees is rapidly disappearing as carbon emissions again ramp up in China while reductions in the US and … Continue reading →
16 May 2018, COSMOS, If it’s not one thing, it’s another: the challenge of compound weather events. The deadly Russian wildfires of 2010, the Brisbane floods of 2011 and the inundation of New York by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 were all … Continue reading →