This Week in Climate Science: Better Biofuels, Climate Extinction, and Global Warming Slowdown
It turns out that, since 1998, an increase in sulfur pollution, largely from a boom in Chinese coal power plants, has temporarily compensated for much of the impact of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.… Read More
Replacing Coal With Clean Energy — Let Me Count the Ways
Construct 243 new Hoover Dams; 200,000 wind turbines; or place solar panels on an area triple the size of Delaware. These are just a few of the options for generating 80 percent of US electricity from clean sources.… Read More
Heat Wave Continues, With Record Warm Overnight Lows
To allow you to explore the recent record warm low temperatures, as well as trends going back at least a decade, Climate Central data journalist David Kroodsma created this interactive.… Read More
New York Times Publishes a Searing Drought Story, But Completely Misses the Climate Change Angle
The fact that the Times story detailed both the drought and the record heat accompanying it, yet left out any mention of climate change, was a particularly puzzling error of omission.… Read More
What’s Normal Weather, Anyway?
Climate Central's new interactive graphic lets you explore the new definition of "normal weather."… Read More
Global Warming Goes Nuclear
Thus, the U.S. currently faces a bizarre display of what happens when nuclear energy/weapons issues and the climate crisis meet. If we're lucky, the results won't be too damaging - this time.… Read More
Who’s to Blame for Global Warming? Not the Sun
Recently it has been suggested that the sun may be headed into an extended period with few sunspots, like what occurred during late 1600s.… Read More
This Week in Climate Science: “Unprecedented Heat,” Declining Snowpack, and Wildfire Feedbacks
Think about what average summer temperatures are like in your neighborhood. Now, think about the hottest summer you can remember. In the future, what is now regarded as an unusually warm summer may be the norm.… Read More
