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If we want to understand global heating, we have to examine ocean temperature trendsClimate crisis: record ocean heat in 2020 supercharged extreme weatherAs if 2020 could get any worse, the latest research showed that oceans hit their highest recorded…

We must use energy more wisely going forward and trust in the actions of our youthEach year, unfathomable amounts of energy are added to the oceans. Scientists measure heat in joules; the amount of heat in the oceans is so large that we report it in…

Rising temperatures can be charted back to the late 1950s, and the last five years were the five hottest on recordLast year was the hottest ever measured, continuing an upward trend that is a direct result of manmade greenhouse gas emissions.The key to the…

By rebating the revenue to households, disposable income rises, which can be a boon for the Canadian economyLast week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, Canada will implement a revenue-neutral carbon…

Burning coal is the single largest contributor to global climate breakdown. Human rights violations at the sites of fossil fuel extraction are often hidden.The connections between County Clare, Ireland and La Guajira, Colombia may not be entirely obvious at…

Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate changeCountries that may not be thought of as climate leaders are emerging at the front-lines on responding to climate change.One great example is Iran. I have the fortune of performing…

There’s a 97% expert consensus on human-caused global warming, but most Americans are unawareWhen queried about the most recent IPCC report, Republican lawmakers delivered a consistent, false message – that climate scientists are still debating whether…

Journalists grilled GOP politicians on climate change. It didn’t go wellMajor climate science reports usually pass by largely unnoticed, but in the wake of the latest IPCC report a number of journalists laudably grilled Republican lawmakers about its…

Cut carbon pollution as much as possible, as fast as possibleThe Paris climate agreement set a target of no more than 2°C global warming above pre-industrial temperatures, but also an aspirational target of no more than 1.5°C.  That’s because many…

Elections have consequences. Denying science has consequences. And we are reaping what we sow.Hurricane Michael – live updatesFloridians are staring down a very powerful Category 4 typhoon that is causing extensive damage. The high winds, heavy rains, and…

If we’re already doomed to disastrous climate change, then there’s no reason to cut carbon pollution, argues the Trump administrationSeveral years ago, I wrote about the five stages of climate denial:To date, the Trump administration has pinballed between…

As a wealthy, warm country, the US would benefit from implementing a carbon tax to slow global warmingThe social cost of carbon is a measure of the economic damages caused (via climate change) by each ton of carbon pollution that we produce today.  It’s…

Do you know how an ice sheet can move? You’ll find out below.In this warming world, some parts of the planet are warming much faster than others.  The warming is causing large ice bodies to start to melt and move rapidly, in some cases sliding into the…

Unfortunately, mainstream climate scientists are still right, and we’re running out of time to avoid dangerous global warmingWe’re currently on pace to double the carbon dioxide-equivalent (including other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere by around…

Newly found documents from the 1980s show that fossil fuel companies privately predicted the global damage that would be caused by their products.One day in 1961, an American economist named Daniel Ellsberg stumbled across a piece of paper with apocalyptic…

Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order for statewide carbon neutrality by 2045Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed State Senator and US Senate candidate Kevin de León’s SB 100, which mandates that the state obtain all of its electricity…

A new study finds that warming in the Atlantic Ocean is changing rain patterns in the AmazonGlobal warming means truly global warming. The atmosphere, the oceans, and the ground are all warming. As a result, ice is melting, seas are rising, storms are getting…

Kavanaugh thinks Congress should address climate change. That’s true, but it doesn’t lessen EPA’s authorityDonald Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh accepts that humans are causing global warming and we need to take action to stop it.…

California’s Democratic leaders are determined to fight the climate change that’s ravaging their stateIn America today, it’s rare to see political leaders respond to a threat with an appropriate evidence-based policy solution. At the national level, more…

A new study finds that weather associated with El Niño events is becoming more severeAs humans put more and more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, the Earth warms. And the warming is causing changes that might surprise us. Not only is the warming…