Nili Gilbert has always enjoyed solving difficult problems. As a young girl, she spent hours poring over the mind-bending book The Lady or the Tiger? And other logic puzzles. Years later, while working as a quantitative investor, he was modeling human behavior which turned out to be a particularly difficult puzzle. Today, as Vice President […]
As Maryland senators wrestle with a massive overarching bill to zero the state’s carbon footprint, members of the House of Delegates are tackling these climate change issues in four separate bills. One such bill, requiring the state to gradually convert to an all-electric fleet, has already passed the House. Two others, calling for new construction […]
Women planting cassava on newly prepared land in Nigeria, July 12, 2017. [AFP, Courtesy] A walk through Nairobi’s Karura Forest on a cool morning is nostalgic. One cannot help but marvel at various native trees and shrubs. A shrub, we learned, is known as mutatis in Gikuyu language (umbrella tree). Its leaves and branches are […]
Compelling academic articles The Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment is a collaboration of universities committed to producing high-quality, interdisciplinary research and teaching programs in sustainable finance and investment. In this series, we highlight compelling papers presented at the last GRASFI conference, with commentary from a BNP Paribas Asset Management ‘practitioner’. As the […]
History of IPCC reports The IPCC has been sounding the alarm on climate change for decades, publishing regular and comprehensive assessments that summarize the most recent research on the warming of our planet. Periodically, it also publishes special reports on topics such as land use, the ocean and the cryosphere (frozen parts of the earth) […]
Climate change over the next few decades could lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones, which would incur huge costs for health systems, according to research by scientists in the United States. A study, published in Scientific Reports, found that even if measures were put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there […]
As for the cooling industry, researchers have estimated that by 2050 the number of room air conditioners will quadruple to 4.5 billion worldwide, becoming at least as ubiquitous as cell phones are today. . By the end of the century, greenhouse gas emissions from air conditioning will account for up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of […]
[ad_1] PARIS – After doing so much to elevate the global climate debate to the highest diplomatic levels, the European Union and the main governments of the Member States will soon be faced with a fundamental paradox. The world’s leading player and author of climate change standards are heading into a year of murderous and […]
[ad_1] The study reveals that greenhouse gas concentrations have been increasing since the last ice age. A University of Arizona study looked at Earth’s climate since the last Ice Age around 24,000 years ago, highlighting the main drivers of climate change and how far human activity has pushed the climate system out of bounds. The […]
[ad_1] Dr Richa Mahajan,Dr Rajiv K Gupta Climate change is a critical public health problem which, in addition to introducing new parasites and pathogens into communities, exacerbates many existing diseases and conditions. Climate change indicates an increase in sea surface temperature, an increase in the severity of extreme weather events, a rise in sea level, […]
[ad_1] Despite having played a negligible role in creating the climate crisis, African countries are already finding themselves paying the price. More creative and proactive forms of international support are needed to help African countries adapt and sustain progress towards broader sustainable development goals. KINSHASA – Africa hardly contributes to global warming. Its 1.4 billion […]
[ad_1] After tornadoes hit six U.S. states late last week, killing at least 88 people and razing warehouses, nursing homes and factories, many were quick to blame global warming for at least part damage. Over the weekend, numerous media speculated that global warming may have played a role and lobbied policymakers for answers. Deanne Criswell, […]
[ad_1] Twenty-two will bring another election to the United States, a blessing bestowed on Americans every 24 months. There will be the usual basket of questions to debate – or, at least, to overthrow the opposition with whatever it takes. We’ll hear about the economy, jobs, immigration, wages, vaccines, healthcare, housing, guns, abortions and – […]
[ad_1] The public is increasingly aware that climate change will impact society not only through changes in average temperatures and precipitation over the 21st century, but also in the occurrence of more pronounced extreme events, and more generally in the natural variability of the Earth system. Such changes could also have significant impacts on vulnerable […]
The public is increasingly aware that climate change will impact society not only through changes in average temperatures and rainfall during the 21st century, but also in the occurrence of more pronounced extreme events, and more generally in the natural variability of the Earth system. Such changes could also have significant impacts on vulnerable ecosystems […]
[ad_1] A Labor MP has failed to respond five times to a simple question about a key part of his party’s policy. Labor’s climate change policy has come under fire after a key leader failed to answer a simple question about when Australians would be able to buy an affordable electric vehicle. Last Friday, the […]
[ad_1] We cannot say for sure that climate change caused the heavy rains and severe flooding and landslides currently plaguing British Columbia, but global warming makes such disasters more likely, a Swiss speaker suggested Thursday. D. “Warmer air can carry more moisture, so there is generally this notion that the frequency of heavy precipitation events […]
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[ad_1] Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg greets after delivering her speech on the stage of a … [+] demonstration in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday 5 November 2021, which is the host city of the United Nations Climate Summit COP26. The protest took place as leaders and activists from around the world gathered in Scotland’s largest […]
[ad_1] Earth’s climate system is interconnected and complex, and even small changes in temperature can have big impacts With the United Nations climate conference in Scotland shining a light on climate change policies and the impact of global warming, it helps to understand what the science is showing. I am an atmospheric scientist who has […]
[ad_1] Qatar unveils its strategy on environment and climate change Oct 29, 2021 – 11:41 AM Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani at the launch of the State of Qatar’s National Strategy on Environment and Climate Change at the Sheraton Doha hotel yesterday . In […]
[ad_1] I remember widespread public anxiety and depression in the 1960s and 1970s over the prospect of mutually assured destruction and a nuclear winter in the event of a global nuclear war. And today, public anxiety (“eco-anxiety”) about climate change is increasing around the world. The American Psychiatric Association recognizes that climate change is a […]
[ad_1] An official confirmation of Modi’s visit has yet to be announced. India, China, Brazil and some other developing countries have strongly advocated maintaining carbon credits, which allow companies to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, as part of the Paris Agreement of 2015, an ambitious global action plan to fight climate change. The carbon market […]
[ad_1] Sidney’s chief executive said there is still a lot of work to be done for the community to meet its carbon emissions targets in the municipality’s climate action plan and proposed but not yet formalized numbers for the new plan. official community. “Given that community-wide (greenhouse gas) emissions decreased 9.4 (percent) from 2007 to […]
[ad_1] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continues to ask the question: What will the future climate look like under several different emission scenarios? In a regular series of reports dating back to 1990, scientists have given the same answer: the more greenhouse gases we emit, the warmer the world will be. The repetition […]
[ad_1] From thermal domes in the Pacific Northwest to flooding in Henan, China, 2021 has been a year of extreme weather events. It is more crucial and more timely than ever to identify the appropriate means to tackle climate change. With the conclusion of climate talks at the United Nations General Assembly, the eyes of […]
[ad_1] The unprecedented increase in climate-related disasters has led more than 13,000 scientists from 153 countries to sign a declaration of climate emergency, according to an article published in September 2021 in a leading biological science journal. The call for such severe action as the declaration of a climate emergency is justified by the Sixth […]
[ad_1] A recent study led by Dr Wei and Dr Qiao of the First Institute of Oceanography at the Department of Natural Resources provides an assessment of the performance of recently published CMIP6 models to simulate the slowdown in global warming observed in the early 2000s. This study reveals that the key to simulating and […]
[ad_1] It cannot be denied that climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of the day, with experts worrying about the future of the world as we move forward at this rate. In its publication of the Fifth Assessment Report in 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of 1,300 independent […]
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[ad_1] Prehistoric deposits left in ancient New Zealand caves – like the Waipuna Cave in Waitomo – could help scientists better understand how precipitation changes as our climate warms. Photo / Supplied Scientists are looking to prehistoric clues left in New Zealand caves to predict how climate change will cause deluge in our warmer, wilder […]
[ad_1] Climate change could lead to worsening water scarcity in New Mexico, and state officials hope they can plan for hotter, drier decades. Earlier this month, state officials led by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and the Interstate Creek Commission released a draft analysis as part of its plan on the […]
[ad_1] September 30 (UPI) – The rich have a larger carbon footprint than their affluent neighbors, several studies have confirmed. According to new research, published Thursday in the journal Nature Energy, they also have a greater ability to effect change. For the new study, scientists have identified five ways rich and well-connected people disproportionately impact […]
[ad_1] Part of a scientist’s duty in today’s disinformation environment is to persuade the public about how science works. Making precise and measured projections about the future is necessary to convince the public to believe in science. Is it possible to make accurate predictions about how the world will look 50 years from now? (Photo: […]
[ad_1] The climate of our planet is an extremely complex subject. Of course, the underlying principles are simple, but incorporating the interaction between all the different elements is a very difficult task. To assess the situation on a large scale, researchers often turn to what are called climate models. A climate model is a quantitative […]
[ad_1] Climate change updates Sign up for myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about climate change news. New heat records were broken around the world this month, with Sicily setting a new European record of 48.8 ° C and Spain roasting with a national record of 47.4 ° C. While warm weather […]
[ad_1] Through Adam vaughan Flooding in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany on July 15 FERDINAND MERZBACH / NEWS5 / AFP via Getty Images Record-breaking climate events, such as Canada’s highest temperature on record, surpassed by nearly 5 ° C last month, will be increasingly likely over the next few decades, new research suggests. It comes as the […]
[ad_1] If you had made a list of possible locations for Hell on Earth before this week, the tiny mountain village of Lytton in Canada probably wouldn’t have occurred to you. Few people outside of British Columbia had heard of this community of 250 people. Those who had it were more likely to view it […]
[ad_1] Which areas will climate change make uninhabitable? Climate models alone cannot tell by Radley Horton and Alex de Sherbinin |June 17, 2021 This Somali family left their village after a drought killed most of their livestock. As climate change exacerbates droughts and food shortages in some areas, many people may be forced to leave […]
May 18, 2021 Led by Dr. Wei and Dr. Qiao of the First Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, a new study offers an evaluation of the performance of recently released CMIP6 models in simulating the deceleration of global warming seen in the early 2000s. Warming rate during the rapid warming period […]
[ad_1] image: Warming rate during the rapid warming period (1975 / 01-1997 / 12) (a) and warming gap period (1998 / 01-2013 / 12) (b) and the change in warming rate during the period of hiatus from the period of rapid warming (c). All warming rates are derived from 28 simulated global temperature time series […]
[ad_1] Apr 7, 2021 In recent decades, the Tibetan Plateau, called “the roof of the world”, has warmed faster than the world average. Projected future warming of the Tibetan plateau in the CMIP5 ensemble. The thick lines indicate the multi-model ensemble means, and the shadows indicate the 90% model intervals, derived from the raw model […]
[ad_1] The new report from the Australian Academy of Sciences, The risks for Australia of a 3 ° C hotter world, has grim predictions for the nation’s future under current carbon emissions policy and action. All of these predictions are based on climate models. Among the now familiar predictions of ecological and economic damage, the […]
[ad_1] A recent analysis of the latest generation of climate models – known as CMIP6 – provides a caveat on interpreting climate simulations as scientists develop more sensitive and sophisticated projections of how the Earth will react to levels. increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers from Princeton University and the University of […]
[ad_1] A recent analysis of the latest generation of climate models – known as CMIP6 – provides a caveat on interpreting climate simulations as scientists develop more sensitive and sophisticated projections of how the Earth will react to levels. increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers at Princeton University and the University of […]
[ad_1] A notable scenario in the climate system over the past two years has been the effort to make sense of the latest generation of climate models. In support of the upcoming report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global climate models have submitted their simulations to the latest database, known as CMIP6. […]
[ad_1] Past carbon dioxide concentrations (left) versus possible future emission scenarios (right): the rate of current emissions is much faster – occurring over decades – unlike geological changes, which occur over millions of years. If emissions continue unabated, carbon dioxide levels could reach or exceed values ​​associated with warm climates of the past, such as […]
[ad_1] One fascinating aspect of the climate system is that its variability is governed by simple mathematical relationships. A recent paper in Geophysics Reviews explains how these mathematical relationships — in the form of power laws– structure a large part of climate variability in terms of time, space and intensity. Understanding how climate variability is […]
The Maranoa River south of Mitchell, Queensland during the 2017 drought. Credit: Chris Fithall (Flickr Creative Commons CC BY 2.0) An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers at the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes shows South West Australia and parts of South Australia will experience longer and more intense droughts […]
Climatologists use mathematical models to project Earth’s future in a warming world, but a group of latest models included surprisingly high values for a measure called “climate sensitivity.” Climate sensitivity refers to the relationship between changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and warming. High values are a bad surprise. If they’re right, that means […]
Climate skeptics have long questioned the accuracy of computer models that predict global warming, but most early climate models turn out to be spot-on, according to a flashback from University of California climatologists at Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA. Of 17 climate models published between the early 1970s and late 2000s, 14 were […]
In climate science, models are essential tools in trying to understand an uncertain future. But attempts to predict the future are easy targets, and climate change skeptics have long sought to poke holes in past climate change predictions to undermine the credibility of today’s dire warnings. Now a full review of climate models dating back […]
It’s a common refrain from those who question the findings of climate science: the computer models scientists use to project future global warming are inaccurate and shouldn’t be trusted to help policymakers decide whether to they must take potentially costly measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions. A new study effectively quells this argument by examining […]
There’s a favorite argument among those who doubt mainstream climate science: climate models overestimate the rate at which the Earth is warming. This claim resurfaces time and time again and is often based on single instances of uncertainty or hand-picked data. Various studies have looked closely at individual climate models in recent years and have […]
This color-coded map shows global surface temperature anomalies. Temperatures above normal are shown in red and temperatures below normal are shown in blue. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Of the 17 climate change models examined, 14 were accurate enough to predict the effects of global warming. The researchers fed the actual emission levels into the […]
A new reconstruction of global mean surface temperature trends over the past 2,000 years has identified the major causes of decade-scale climate change. The analysis suggests that the Earth’s current rate of warming, caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases, is greater than any previously observed rate of warming. The researchers also found that airborne […]
Source: Geophysical Research Letters One of the most difficult questions regarding climate change is how the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere will affect water availability around the world. Climate models present a range of possible scenarios, some more extreme than others– which can complicate planning for cities, states and countries. Now, however, in a new […]
Professor Stephen Belcher is Chief Scientist at UK Met Office; Doctor Olivier Boucher is at the head of Pierre Simon Laplace Institute (IPSL) Climate Modeling Center; and Professor Rowan Sutton is director of climate research at UK National Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS), Reading University. The first results of a new generation of global climate […]