Iceberg C-38 Has Calved as the Conger Ice Shelf Broke Free in the Wilkes Land Region

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 […]

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Court Case In Hawaii Against Fossil Fuel Companies Passes Major Milestone

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, […]

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Spoiler Alert: We Can Still Knock The “Comet” Off Course

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:21:56 +0000

Solutions? Methane emissions. Image from NASA, Scientific Visualization StudiI 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. […]

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Ideal US Cities To Survive Climate Change

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

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Scientists Tell Us How To Deal With Ecological Grief

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:31:33 +0000

Great Barrier ReefMany 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.

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Rising Seas, Melting Ice, Raging Fires — Why Didn’t Anybody Warn Us?

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:00:10 +0000

melting polar ice NASAAre 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?

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