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Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on climate science, energy, sea level rise . . . . Read More
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OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050. Read More
Climate Central’s report, “Surging Seas, has been featured by media across the country, and stories on the study have appeared in more than 600 broadcast reports, print and online publications. That includes featured coverage by the New York Times, The Associated Press, Reuters, NBC Nightly News, CBS News, CNN and PBS NewsHour. The following … Read More
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When F. Sherwood Rowland and his protégé Mario Molina first made the shocking discovery back in 1974 that manmade chemicals could eat away at the Earth’s protective ozone layer, they were greeted mostly with suspicion and scorn by the chemical industry and even by their colleagues. By the time he passed away this weekend, however, at the age of 84 … Read More
Say goodbye to Peyton Manning in Indianapolis. Say hello to the new iPad. And say, “Oh my God to the viral video on YouTube that deals not with cats, dogs or babies, but atrocities committed in Uganda.… Read More
Nine of the sites have been assessed as being vulnerable now, while others are in danger from rising sea levels and storms in the future. Read More
Notably missing from Gleick’s talk — which focused on a wide range of global and regional water issues central to the Pacific Institute’s core mission — was any specific mention of last month’s confession that he had impersonated of a board member of the Chicago-based, libertarian Heartland Institute to obtain internal documents outlining the group… Read More
While the cumulative effects of rising global temperatures have already caused dramatic changes to our planet, those changes often seem distant and it's hard to put faces to them. But as climate change becomes more disruptive to daily life around the world, it’s more likely than not that the faces of that disruption will be those of women. … Read More
With escalating tensions between the West and Iran over that country’s burgeoning nuclear program, the specter of a nuclear conflagration looms in the tinderbox that is the Middle East. While heads of state and military leaders game out every possible result, it's worth also contemplating its potentially dramatic effects on the climate. … Read More
