A French physicist recounts the evidence affirming temperature changes are the cause of changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations throughout the last 423 thousand years of the ice core record, thus invalidating the claims of more than a negligible role for CO2 in affecting climate changes. In a new study Dr. Pascal Richet re-emphasizes the “most […]
Month: May 2021
Human-induced global heating ‘causes over a third of heat deaths’
Between 1991 and 2018, human activity contributed to 37% of all heat-related deaths in locations studied More than a third of all heat-related deaths around the world between 1991 and 2018 can be attributed to human-induced global heating, research has found. Climate breakdown has a range of effects ranging from wildfires to extreme weather. As […]
China finances most coal plants built today – it’s a climate problem and why US-China talks are essential
This story was originally published by The Conversation and is reproduced with permission. You can find the original article here. As nations gear up for a critical year for climate negotiations, it’s become increasingly clear that success may hinge on one question: How soon will China end its reliance on coal and its financing of […]
How You Can Run Your Home On Solar Power
You may not know what green energy really is, but you are not quite sure what it all means. This article can help you about green energy and why it is important. Read the tips and advice here to learn how to use green energy technology in your home.Use window treatments to shade the inside […]
“Likelihood Of A Sub-Cooled Summer For Europe In 2021”, Hale Solar Cycle Suggests
Significant influence of solar activity on winter temperature in Scandinavian polar night So far, much of Europe has seen a cold and wet 2021. It may be related to solar cycles. An essay at Die kalte Sonne by Dr. Ludger Laurenz looks at the relationship between solar activity and weather trends, and believes this summer’s […]
Heatwave deaths set to soar as UK summers become hotter
Met Office warning over impact of global heating prompts calls for action to protect elderly and vulnerable Britain is failing to protect its vulnerable citizens from the threat of intensifying heatwaves, health experts warned last week. Thousands of preventable deaths could be triggered every year because simple measures to keep houses and care homes cool […]
The Intersections between COVID and Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNpAQnaTZX0 The COVID-19 Pandemic has turned most of the world upside down in 2020. COVID-19 related shutdowns have resulted in significant changes in anthropogenic emissions in 2020. We use estimates of COVID-19 mitigation related emissions changes in an Earth System Model to tease out COVID related impacts across timescales, starting with impacts of aviation reductions […]
Atmospheric Electricity, Lightning and Convection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLaWrofpFoU Benjamin Franklin is considered to be the father of modern-day studies of atmospheric electricity, starting with his famous sentry box experiment in 1749. This clever but risky experiment demonstrated that convective clouds are electrified, yet, even today, there is not a complete theory for how electrified clouds lead to lightning. In this talk I […]
Ocean imprints: Small-scale air-sea interactions and ocean-weather climate connections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TctFCL0fDLk The transfer of energy between the ocean and atmosphere drives global weather patterns and climate variability, as the ocean contains close to 97% of Earth’s water and has absorbed more than 90% of the excess heating in the Earth system. These air-sea interactions are critical to large-scale weather and climate predictions because of the […]
A Machine Learning Approach Toward a “Seamless” Understanding Droughts, Heatwaves and Fire Weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1vBXEURNI The National Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) aims to improve earth system prediction from sub-seasonal to decade scales, with emphasis on “seamless” prediction. Yet, our understanding of weather-climate connection, especially in a changing climate, is still in its infancy. For example, it is not clear what weather patterns are responsible for dry spells and […]