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Some U.S. investors, already stung by their holdings’ tumbling value in the oil-price slump, say giant oil and gas corporations are failing to disclose vital information about future financial effects of climate change.
Climate News Network October 5, 2016
Historians will likely regard September 2016 as a milestone for the world’s climate. At a time when atmospheric carbon dioxide is usually at its minimum, the monthly value failed to drop below the symbolic 400 ppm level.
Climate Central October 5, 2016
German scientists conclude high-income countries may be no better protected than the poorest in extreme weather events and hurricane damage could increase dramatically in the United States.
Climate News Network August 30, 2016
The initial Brazilian outbreak appears to have been aided by a drought driven by El Niño, and by higher temperatures caused by longer-term weather cycles and by rising levels of greenhouse-gas pollution.
Climate Central August 9, 2016
Expert thinking on shorelines has undergone big changes on the issue of ‘hard’ vs. ‘soft’ approaches. Many now believe that softer shoreline defenses are better.
Yale Climate Connections July 14, 2016
New research shows that a ‘controlled implosion’ of the fossil-fuel industry and a technological explosion of renewable energy are needed to meet the targets set by 195 nations on restricting global warming.
Climate News Network July 5, 2016
Analysts looked at a handful of UNESCO’s 981 World Heritage Sites. In all cases, they found pressures from climate change could permanently alter some of Earth’s most spectacular places unless carbon emissions are cut.
Climate Central June 3, 2016
Lloyds, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies, is calling for an end to federal subsidies that it says encourage expensive house-building schemes in areas of the U.S. at high risk of floods and storms.
Climate News Network May 24, 2016
North America forest findings by Washington State scientists included projections that Gulf Coast woodlands may end up looking more like Cuba while parts of Texas might become home to the hot, dry forests now found in Mexico.
Climate News Network May 17, 2016
The giant oil company for the first time has sketched out what it thinks it would take for the world to avoid 2 degrees Celsius of global warming. Shell previously studied such a scenario but refused to make it public.
Carbon Brief May 12, 2016
Recent real-world data suggest it may be possible to cut greenhouse emissions while growing the economy. Whether this can be accomplished is a major question for policymakers hoping to combat climate change.
Carbon Brief April 8, 2016
Scientists have encouraging news for planners along the East Coast about the worsening crisis of sea level rise: If managed well, most of the region’s shorelines could adapt naturally to drenching changes that lie ahead.
Climate Central April 1, 2016
Just days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clouded the future of a new United Nations climate pact, the passing of one of its most influential justices has boosted the pact’s chances of succeeding.
Climate Central February 17, 2016
A number of factors have had to line up for the Zika virus, which causes a disease that’s been associated with birth defects, to spread so far and wide so quickly. Chief among them are heavy rain and heat.
Climate Central February 5, 2016
CO2 from electricity production could be cut by 78 percent over 15 years if the U.S. makes a Herculean effort to expand solar and wind technology like the one that built the Interstate Highway System, a new study concluded.
Climate Central January 26, 2016
Post-industrial impacts on Earth and its atmosphere – “a pervasive and persistent signature” – may pinpoint the mid-20th century as the start of a new geological epoch, a multinational group of scientists write.
Climate News Network January 21, 2016
Texas had more energy-related CO2 emissions in 2013 than it did in any year since 2004. The state’s natural gas boom and pipeline construction were major reasons, an analyst for the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.
Climate Central October 29, 2015
Guardian journalist Fiona Harvey examines what must happen for negotiations to succeed. All of the world’s major greenhouse-gas emitters have now submitted post-2020 pollution-reduction targets, signaling their commitment.
Ensia October 26, 2015
An analysis of insurance data convinces environmental economists that climate change is pushing up the cost of dealing with the disastrous effects of extreme weather events.
Climate News Network October 25, 2015
Researchers at the University of Wyoming found that even the smallest increase in average temperature – 0.9 degree F – could dramatically increase high-altitude wildfire activity.
Climate Central October 12, 2015
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