Global Warming

EVAN VUCCI | AFP | Getty Images The world will not be able to avoid overshooting the goal established in the 2015 Paris Climate Accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-Industrial levels, according to Bill Gates. The billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder answered questions from…

Animation showing global average surface temperature departures from average vs. 1951-1980. Image: NASA GISS. Believe it or not, average global surface temperatures have actually been relatively cool over the last three years — but that's about to change. Why it matters: Temperatures are expected to jump this year — and…

It’s been seven years since journalists first revealed Exxon Mobil Corp.’s decadeslong efforts to undermine the scientific certainty around climate change, despite knowing how serious a problem it was. Now, a new analysis demonstrates exactly how much the company knew — and how its public disinformation campaigns sabotaged the warnings…

Early modelling suggests the world’s climate could shift to an El Niño pattern towards the end of 2023, which is likely to increase the global average temperature Environment 13 January 2023 By Madeleine Cuff A field of dead maize plants in Malawi during a drought caused by El Niño in…

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ExxonMobil downplayed climate change even though scientists for the oil giant had accurately predicted global warming, according to a new study. Photo: Saul LOEB / AFP/File Source: AFPLegit.ng is celebrating business personalities of 2022. See top entrepreneurs of Fintech, Startup, Transportation, Banking and other sectors! ExxonMobil publicly downplayed climate change…

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Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study says. The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying,…

Data: Supran et al. Science 2023; Chart: Axios Visuals ExxonMobil's own climate science research, which began in the 1970s, accurately predicted the pace and severity of global warming, a new study finds. Why it matters: The study is the first to examine the performance of Exxon's internal climate modeling as…

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