News Archive
Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition)
Scientists now say that ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica could speed up faster than we previously thought. But that's not just going to raise sea levels - it could drive storms stronger than anything humans have ever seen.
Ted Scambos on Marine Ice Cliff Instability
Ted Scambos, Lead Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, weighs in on the latest study showing increased vulnerability of the Antarctic ice sheet to collapse.
John Kerry on the Future of Energy
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers keynote remarks at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance "Future of Energy" Summit in New York City on April 5, 2016.
Nuclear Winter – Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself
Mr. Robock says a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia would produce so much smoke that temperatures would get below freezing even in the summertime, crops would die and there would be no food for the entire planet.
Sea level rise estimates doubled
Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney from The Washington post, recently reported on updated sea level rise projections.
Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: The Threat of Irreparable Harm
The main point that I want to make concerns the threat of irreparable harm, which I feel we have not communicated well enough to people who most need to know, the public and policymakers.
Climate action
Climate action describes various efforts to prevent what is considered dangerous climate change.
Global temperatures are unstable because of increased greenhouse gases
Why global temperatures remain stable in the long run unless they are pushed by outside forces, such as increased greenhouse gases due to human impacts.