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Of Earthquakes and Human Responsibility
From Slate’s Future Tense blog: A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience indicates that human activity triggered a...
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Could Solar Geoengineering Prove Effective?
Geoengineering has been a hot topic of late and now comes a new study looking at the possibility of...
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“Lethally Hot” Earth Was Devoid of Life—Could It Happen Again?
Extinctions during the early Triassic period left Earth a virtual wasteland, largely because life literally couldn’t take the heat,...
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No, Global Warming Hasn’t ‘Stopped’
A recent article, in the London tabloid Daily Mail, reports: “The world stopped getting warmer almost 16 years ago,...
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World Matched Record for Hottest September – Again
The globe last month matched a record for the hottest September, set in 2005. It was the third time...
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New World Bank Head Wants to Address Climate Change
Jim Yong Kim, the new president of the World Bank, said that dealing with climate change will be one...
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Saving Nature Will Require Billions
Reducing the risk of extinction for threatened species and establishing protected areas for nature will cost the world over...
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Climate-Proofing the Insurance Industry
The world’s largest reinsurer has examined the recent rise in the number and severity of natural disasters worldwide, and...
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Why Climate Change Is a Winning Political Strategy
He’s been called “America’s fiercest climate blogger.” And as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a...
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Researchers Map Carbon Emissions at Street Level
Typically, when we talk about pollution, including carbon emissions, the numbers are talking about entire areas rather than specific...