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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
As momentum builds for a new deal on climate change, investors are becoming increasingly nervous about having their cash in fossil fuels, according to a firm that advises philanthropies and individuals.
Climate News Network October 2, 2015
The question belies the complexity of weather events and their link to climate. But scientists are finding ways to probe subjects like how sea level makes flooding worse and how warming has intensified hurricane seasons.
Climate Central August 30, 2015
The new regulations are meant to help combat climate change by reducing leakage of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from new, hydraulically fractured oil wells, natural gas pipelines and other infrastructure.
Climate Central August 19, 2015
A recent battle over imposing a “climate fee” on coal-fired power plants highlights Germany’s continuing paradox: Even as the nation aspires to be a renewable energy leader, it exploits vast reserves of dirty brown coal.
Yale Environment 360 July 30, 2015
Human-caused climate change – rather than natural causes – is the main reason for Alaska’s accelerating glacier loss, they concluded. That trend is now set to boost sea-level rise in coming decades, the lead researcher says.
Climate News Network July 7, 2015
The pope lays out the main findings of climate science – humans’ greenhouse emissions are causing temperatures to rise, sea levels are rising, weather extremes are getting worse, and polar ice is melting.
Climate Central June 22, 2015
A new paper by federal scientists argues that any slowdown in global warming ended (if it ever really existed) because of two simple factors – correctly dealing with temperature readings from buoys and the passage of time.
Yale Climate Connections June 9, 2015
A letter from the CEOs of the six oil-and-gas giants was a stunning reversal of years of obstructionism to creating a global framework to deal with climate change.
Climate Central June 5, 2015
The deadly episode has focused world attention on vulnerable populations and raised questions about how to improve preparedness for such disasters, whose likelihood is projected to increase
Climate Central June 3, 2015
The findings of a new study have key implications for planning on the U.S. West Coast, as growing coastal communities there may have to prepare for even higher ocean levels in a warmer future.
Climate Central May 31, 2015
The Indian Ocean can be an angry, sometimes lethal neighbor, but those living beside it are learning how to prepare for its next onslaught. With government-encouraged international cooperation, they’ve produced a hazard map.
Climate News Network May 30, 2015
Climate change brings mixed prospects for people threatened by hurricanes – they are likely to occur less often, but to be even more destructive. In a new study in Nature Climate Change, scientists report finding a pattern.
Climate News Network May 30, 2015
Biologists say a destructive insect is likely to cause even more damage than usual as rising temperatures prompt leaves to sprout earlier.
Climate News Network May 30, 2015
Increasing aridity – driven in part by rising temperatures – makes Yellowstone grasslands less productive despite carbon dioxide’s fertilizing benefits, according to a recently published research report.
The Daily Climate May 30, 2015
Evidence of rapid reduction of West Antarctica’s shelf ice could have serious implications for global sea levels in a warming world.
Climate News Network March 30, 2015
Scientists warn humans will face epidemics of diseases never encountered before as global warming drives animals and parasites into new habitats.
Climate News Network February 27, 2015
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