Global Warming

The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they're waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen puts forth a bold plan for oil and gas companies to progressively decarbonize themselves and sequester CO2…

On Monday, Bloomberg reported that multinational oil company ExxonMobil has recently planned to increase its carbon dioxide emissions 17 percent by 2025 while doubling its earnings. According to internal documents obtained by Bloomberg reporters, the company’s seven-year, $217 billion investment plan would see it expand its core oil and gas…

How thawing permafrost could fuel climate warmingThe Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world, and some scientists believe that thawing permafrost — ground frozen since the last Ice Age — is about to release enormous amounts of climate-warming emissions.This interactive, sponsored by Sabic,…

Read More This ocean "stratification" means less deep water is rising towards the surface carrying oxygen and nutrients, while the water at the surface absorbs less atmospheric carbon dioxide to bury at depth. In a report published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the international team of climate scientists said…

Tobago Newsday Thursday 24 September 2020Habitat for shorebirds: Various species of shorebirds can feed in the same area comfortably without competition, as they all target different prey items. There are four species in this photo. PHOTO BY FARAAZ ABDOOL - Faraaz Abdool is looking out for high-flying tourists. He tells…

LONDON (Reuters) - The world must combine COVID-19 recovery packages with massive investments in renewable energy and low-carbon infrastructure or it will fail to meet a global warming limit target, a report by leading energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Wednesday.Currently, the world is on track for a 2.8 degrees…

FILE PHOTO: Windmills tower over a field near the city of Waremme, Belgium, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) - The world must combine COVID-19 recovery packages with massive investments in renewable energy and low-carbon infrastructure or it will fail to meet a global warming limit target, a report…

The 2020 election is both very different and very familiar when it comes to the politics of global warming and the stakes of the outcome.What's new: Democratic voters are more concerned than in prior presidential cycles, polling shows.“It became one of the top priorities for the base of one of…

The Republican Party this week is looking like a house divided on climate change: Specifically, it seems split between business interests who want at least the veneer of corporate responsibility and ideologues who think global warming is a conspiracy to make white men feel guilty. Visiting a burning California on…

Earlier, it was assumed that the planet Jupiter was responsible for most of the tidal heating associated with the moons’ liquid interiors. But a new study comes with another reason. The study conducted by scientists from the University of Arizona suggests that Jupiter’s moon’s interactions might be responsible for tidal…