Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000
Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:58:00 +0000
As these so-called calving events become more common, scientists are increasingly worried about the integrity of the glaciers.
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:00:50 +0000
Are climate models accurate? Do “worst case scenarios” do more harm than good? In the end, none of that will matter if humans don’t stop depending on fossil fuels as the basis of their existence.
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:00:55 +0000
“While global climate-related threats like droughts, wildfires and biodiversity loss get a lot of attention (and rightfully so), one problem is quietly creeping up on us, and it could have disastrous consequences,” Mansie Hough at the World Resources Institute (WRI) recently wrote in an email to CleanTechnica
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:00:26 +0000
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has directed the state’s DEP to draft new land use rules that will take into account the impact of climate change before new permits are issued.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 19:20:19 +0000
A team of researchers from the US and the UK are camped on the Thwaites Glacier in a remote part of Antarctica where they will attempt to drill through 600 meters of ice to insert a torpedo shaped drone into the waters below.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:55:19 +0000
What do we protect? What do we make resilient? What do we abandon, and how? What do we avoid? These are major global questions for the 21st Century
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:05:33 +0000
AOC is actually holding out false hope for Miami. She thinks that southern Florida has a chance still. But that’s because she doesn’t yet know enough
Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:47:50 +0000
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down again with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, to talk about a number of hot topics, including shifting public opinion on climate change and the role of climate action plans in the next presidential election. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player is a brief summary of the topics covered, but tune into the podcast to follow the full discussion
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:00:23 +0000
The latest IPCC report says sea levels may rise by 3 to 5 feet this century. Richard Alley, Michael Mann, and Mark Jacobson believe the actual amount of ocean rise could be up to 5 times greater.
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