Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 03:01:24 +0000
FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. FUD about global warming persists, despite the science being solid for decades. Below, I’ll go through some common and important questions about global warming as well as responses to them. Global Warming — Is It Real? How Do We Know? Is Global Warming Climate Change Or Is It Weather? […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 08:45:12 +0000
Days after record heat, lots of ice breaks free of glaciers in Antarctica.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 08:46:12 +0000
The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) has confirmed that iceberg C-38 (Figure 1, below) has calved from the Conger Ice Shelf in the Wilkes Land Region of Antarctica. As of March 17, C-38 was centered at 65° 40′ South and 102° 46′ East and measured 16 nautical miles on its longest axis and 10 nautical […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:36:13 +0000
History was made in Hawaii recently when a state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking damages from major oil and gas companies for their climate disinformation campaigns can move forward in state court. The ruling sets an important precedent that the fossil fuel industry has been fighting to prevent in similar cases across the country. The case against ExxonMobil, […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:25:26 +0000
A climate scientist explains the connection between fossil fuels and war.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:21:56 +0000
I am far from the only UCS staffer to feel “seen” by Don’t Look Up, a satire that I found to be infuriating and cathartic all at once. You don’t have to like it. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb was heavy-handed, too. But we are going to keep talking about it. […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:50:41 +0000
Climate scientists have shared where they think would be an ideal place to live in the United States in order to avoid natural disasters. An article, published by Business Insider, posed a question to 12 climate scientists and they gave us a few cities that they thought would be safest
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:31:33 +0000
Many find ourselves grieving for the planet we used to know before fossil fuel pollution began to destroy it. Here are some examples of how climate scientists deal with their grief and a few small suggestions about what you can do to turn your grief into a positive force.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:00:10 +0000
Are timid scientists to blame for not telling us years ago that rapid changes in the climate are possible, or are there other forces at work that made them more conservative in presenting their views?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 21:15:17 +0000
Katherine Hayhoe explains how to address the fears of evangelical Christians about climate change