A Planetary Crisis
A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to find evidence of the intrusion of warm, high-pressure seawater many kilometers beneath the grounded ice of West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier. Read more.
In this talk held March 20, 2024, Eric Rignot and Isabella Velicogna outline current tasks to understand the climate system better and the emerging possibilities of artificial intelligence to improve research. Eric Rignot, PhD. Professor – Earth System Science, UCI Isabella Velicogna, PhD. Professor – Earth System Science, UCI
Part of #TeamEarth Salesforce’s climate change campaign, read more.
After a fraught fortnight, COP28 has now officially ended. Despite low expectations even before the event started, some landmark progress on fossil fuel abatement was made – though the deal is far from what was hoped for, continue reading.
The annual COP (Conference of the Parties) summits are the focal point of international climate diplomacy, yet many feel they are being fundamentally undermined. COP28, currently underway in Dubai, has been particularly controversial even before it got started – but despite these controversies, there is hope that significant progress could [...]
New research by Australian scientists suggests deep Ocean slowdown within a few decades could alter world’s climate for centuries.
Highlighting the role of the military in a world by climate change.
New research indicates that the so-called fire-ice, which refers to frozen methane under the ocean, could be at risk of melting as a consequence of climate change, potentially leading to its release into the sea. The new findings highlight the potential ramifications of climate change-induced melting of frozen methane and [...]
CNN: King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the warning signs of the climate crisis are being ignored and that the world is heading for “dangerous uncharted territory,” with devastating consequences for lives and livelihoods, continue reading.