Global Warming

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 1872, when Yellowstone was designated as the first national park in the United States, Congress decreed that it be “reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, and sale and … set apart as a…

The blistering heat wave that scorched the Pacific Northwest last month would have been “virtually impossible” without the influence of climate change, scientists say. In fact, it was nearly impossible even with it. That’s according to a new study from World Weather Attribution, a climate research initiative that investigates the…

Imagine a scenario where an evil super-genius finds a way to suck all the oxygen out of the air, then buries it in the ground. Sounds like the stuff of comic books? Well, yes, if we're talking about oxygen. But scientists are working on a way to do just that…

In a blockbuster report from Greenpeace journalistic arm Unearthed this week, top Exxon lobbyist Keith McCoy all but claimed credit for helping excise climate policies from the Biden administration’s much-hyped infrastructure package. Exxon, McCoy explained to an undercover reporter with the outlet in May, has targeted 11 senators—including several authors of the bipartisan…

There’s no longer any need to ask if heat waves are influenced by climate change. On Monday, temperatures in Washington and Oregon soared to well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, crushing records and leaving locals — many of whom don’t have air conditioning — struggling to find shelter from the suffocating…

Lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies and governments for causing global warming have met a decidedly mixed fate, with most getting dismissed for failing to prove a causal link between emitters' actions and harm done to the plaintiffs. However, that could soon change, a new study finds. Why it matters:…

As temperatures soared to record highs in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday, a global warming expert warned that the "heat dome" over the region was a sign of the future. Portland broke its all-time heat record on Saturday, reaching 108 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday afternoon. The temperature at Seattle-Tacoma International…

The climate change the planet has seen so far, now that the world has warmed by about 1.2°C (2.16°F) since the preindustrial era, is already resulting in unprecedented and destructive events worldwide. Why it matters: In the past few decades alone, climate change has shifted from a far-off problem disconnected…

This month, climate change celebrates its 33rd birthday. On June 23, 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified that the greenhouse effect had been detected. Read Full Article » Read More

Bukowińska, Poland, 25 June 2021, ZEXPRWIRE, Over fifty years ago, The Global Warming Plot was invented as a means to scare humanity into submission—and unfortunately, it’s working just as they planned. In this new book, Howell Woltz reveals how the plot came to be while sharing tips on how the…