Heartland Documents Leaked, Climate Skepticism Exposed
Leaked internal documents from U.S. thinktank expose funding and policy strategies to undermine climate science. Read More
A Bittersweet Future for Chocolate and Valentine’s Day
Today, as we indulge in truffles, bonbons, and bars, we’re here to tell you that chocolate may not always be at the heart of this holiday. That’s because over the next 20-40 years, rising temperatures in West Africa — the world’s most important cocoa-growing region — are expected to make the area too hot to grow this key ingredient for chocolate. … Read More
How Much Ice Is Vanishing? You Don’t Want to Know
By measuring tiny changes in gravity, a pair of satellites has made the best measurement yet of how much ice has vanished into the sea over the past decade or so. The answer: enough to make sea-level rise just as worrisome as scientists have been saying … Read More
It’s the Economy. And Politics. And Not Much Else.
Economics and political cues dictate climate change concern for a public that has a remarkably short attention span on the topic, researchers find. Read More
The Week That Was: Floods, Steroids & Hollywood Stars
A summary of the Week That Was at Climate Central. It’s all here for you, the best of the best in a week that featured floods, the climate on steroids and a few Hollywood stars.… Read More
Flood Warnings at Risk as Cuts to Critical Gauges Loom
Cuts to the USGS stream gauge network threaten to undermine the accuracy of flood forecasts and warnings, officials say.… Read More
Bill Gates Backs Scientists Lobbying for Geoengineering
Concern is growing that a small but influential group of scientists, and their backers, may have a disproportionate effect on major geoengineering decisions. Read More
To Catch a Glacier Thief, Follow the Ice Cubes
Climate change skeptics have acquired a new explanation for why glaciers are retreating: it's not global warming, it's theft. Police in Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing five tons of ice from the Jorge Montt glacier in the Patagonia region to sell as designer ice cubes in bars and restaurants.… Read More
