The iceberg is a part of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. It is twice the size of New York City. Researchers say the split could happen within a matter of days or weeks. It would be the largest iceberg to break off Brunt Ice Shelf since the area’s monit…
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The EPA has lost its mind
There’s something truly out of place amid a slew of uneventful news releases on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website: Six bizarre sentences, accusing the Obama Administration of distorting climate science.
Posted to the federal a…
The last 5 Augusts have been the hottest in recorded history
Earth’s accelerated warming trend continued this August, as the sweltering month proved to be one of the hottest Augusts in recorded history.
In fact, each of the last five Augusts are now the warmest since reliable record-keeping began nearly …
Climate change could mean more bugs and bad things for the world’s crops
More bugs, more problems.
A new study published in the journal Science suggests that as the world warms due to human-caused climate change, more and more bugs will populate the globe.
And while that seems like nothing more than a disgusti…
How to use AC without breaking the bank (and ruining the Earth) this summer
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The world is facing an environmental paradox.
It’s really, really hot outside. Temperatures in Paris this summer have climbed to nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit. A city in Japan just recorded its first 106 degree day. Multiple cities in California are reaching the 110s and above.
And this extreme heat, which is intensified by human-caused global warming, is driving those with air conditioning to push their machines to the limit.
However, since air conditioners require electricity, the increase in use is sending power plants into overdrive — creating more pollution and further contributing to global warming. Read more…
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View More How to use AC without breaking the bank (and ruining the Earth) this summerJudge tosses out climate suit against big oil, but it’s not the end for these kinds of cases
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A federal judge just tossed out a lawsuit brought against the world’s largest oil companies for selling fuels they knew would boost sea levels and disrupt the global climate.
This decision, on its surface, is a victory for big oil. But the fight against these huge companies and their roles in causing climate change is far from over.
The suit thrown out on Monday — which was filed by San Francisco and Oakland — won’t doom similar lawsuits by New York, Colorado and six others in California against big oil for the damages wrought by future floods, droughts, and wildfire.
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After attempts at censorship, National Park Service finally releases climate change report
Confederate cannon balls plunged into the brick walls of Fort Sumter at the outset of the Civil War, forcing Union troops to surrender. A century and a half later, surging storm waters are now the modern threat to the South Carolina national monument…
View More After attempts at censorship, National Park Service finally releases climate change reportResearchers hit back at climate change deniers twisting polar bear science
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Most polar bear populations are in okay shape today, and this comes with a problem: Climate change deniers, often in the form of bloggers, employ this fleeting reality to promote skepticism about the idea that the planet is warming.
The broad argument is that if polar bears — who largely depend on Arctic sea ice to find food — are doing okay, then there must be doubt about the effect that fossil fuel emissions have on the global climate.
Yet, observable evidence of human-caused global warming’s impact is abounding, especially when it comes to Arctic sea ice. The last four winters have seen the four lowest maximum sea ice extents on record. Read more…
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View More Researchers hit back at climate change deniers twisting polar bear scienceIn court, oil company admits reality of human-caused global warming, denies guilt
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On Thursday, in a packed federal courthouse in San Francisco, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup donned a space-themed tie and listened as scientists and lawyers formally presented the fundamentals of climate science. The hearing, dubbed a “tutorial” by Judge Alsup, marked the first time a judge has ever asked for and heard a presentation of climate science for the purposes of deciding a court case.
The case Alsup is presiding over involves several fossil fuel companies and two major cities — San Francisco and Oakland. The cities are suing the world’s oil giants — Chevron, BP, Shell, and others — for extracting and selling fuels that the companies knew would stoke climate change and sea level rise. Read more…
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View More In court, oil company admits reality of human-caused global warming, denies guilt‘Beast from the East’ to plunge UK, rest of Europe into historic deep freeze
A bone-chilling, frigid air mass will soon stretch from Ireland to Siberia, as a record-shattering weather pattern establishes itself across the North Atlantic Ocean. The cold will cause temperatures to plunge well below freezing in London, where sno…
View More ‘Beast from the East’ to plunge UK, rest of Europe into historic deep freezeThese visualizations make disturbing 2017 temperature milestone look like modern art
The news that 2017 was either the second or third-warmest year on record, depending on the agency doing the official tallying, is not shocking. The past three years were each among the top three warmest on record, with 2016 coming out as the clear wi…
View More These visualizations make disturbing 2017 temperature milestone look like modern artHey Donald Trump, this is the difference between climate and weather
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No, Donald. Just … no.
The president of the United States sent out an irresponsible and flat-out wrong tweet on Thursday that shows his total ignorance on the issue of climate change.
In case you hadn’t heard, it’s very cold in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. and parts of Canada. Here’s what Donald Trump had to say about it:
In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017 Read more…
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