An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe. Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation swirl and shift as winds disperse the greenhouse gas away from its sources. The simulation also illustrates differences in carbon dioxide levels in the northern... Continue Reading →
The Short Answer: There are approximately five main climate types on Earth: Tropical Dry Temperate Continental Polar Climate is the average weather conditions in a place over a long period of time—30 years or more. And as you probably already know, there are lots of different types of climates on Earth. For example, hot regions... Continue Reading →
What Are the Different Climate Types?
‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science
Two research psychologists analyze the all-too-familiar aspects of climate science denial found in the blockbuster new film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. By Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California and Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Every disaster movie seems... Continue Reading →
Black is white and white is black HIV does not cause AIDS. The world was created in 4004 BCE. Smoking does not cause cancer. And if climate change is happening, it is nothing to do with man-made CO2 emissions. Few, if any, of the readers of this journal will believe any of these statements. Yet each... Continue Reading →
Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond?
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Economies worldwide nearly ground to a halt over the 15 months of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to a startling drop in global greenhouse gas emissions. But the idle airplanes, boarded-up stores and quiet highways barely made a dent in the steady accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which scientists from the Scripps Institution of... Continue Reading →
Despite pandemic, carbon dioxide level in atmosphere hits record high
Co-editors-in-chief: Chris Derksen, Olaf Eisen, Christian Haas, Christian Hauck, Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson & Thomas Mölg The Cryosphere (TC) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of frozen water and ground on Earth and on other planetary bodies. The main subject areas are ice sheets and glaciers,... Continue Reading →
Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union (great resource for scientists)
clear thinking does not come easy…
Clear thinking does not come easy for us, and we make little effort to do better. For example, we have trouble balancing risks. Some suburbanites do not hesitate to jump into their automobile without fastening their seat belts, and as they talk on their cell phones spend several hours every day driving along busy... Continue Reading →
the climate scientists’ warnings have come true…
There is more carbon in the atmosphere trapping heat and moisture than ever before in the 165,00 yeas of human history. We are on the verge of the first ice-free summer in the Arctic in three million years—and back then the Earth was a much different place from the one currently cradling us. The consequences... Continue Reading →
millions of Americans exposed to ‘Off-the-Chart’
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer
I am obsessed with “large initial-condition ensembles”—LICE. These are climate models that run multiple scenarios to reflect uncertainties about the system’s past. I’ve been working with them for the last year. Most major climate modeling centers have LICE. They are a valuable scientific tool for trying to understand the relative sizes of a human-caused global... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 