Climate Science

14/01/23
Author: 
Nicholas Kusnetz
People take part in a protest against ExxonMobil before the start of its trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019 in New York. Credit: Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress

Jan. 12, 2023

For climate activists, the term “Exxon Knew” has settled deeply into the lexicon of climate accountability, shorthand for the contradiction between the oil giant’s long campaign to publicly question climate science and its internal understanding that the science was sound. 

Now, new academic research lends statistical rigor to this concept by showing that the company’s own climate projections, dating back decades, consistently predicted the warming that was to come primarily from burning fossil fuels.

11/01/23
Author: 
Rose Abramoff
Hemlock trees are dying because of a pest that now survives the warming winters.Credit...Desmond Picotte for The New York Times

Jan. 10, 2023

Dr. Abramoff is an earth scientist who studies the effect of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems.

01/01/23
Author: 
Stephanie Pappas
In this aerial view, icebergs and meltwater are seen in front of the retreating Russell Glacier on Sept. 8, 2021 near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Image credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Dec. 19, 2022

Greenland's glaciers are melting 100 times faster than previously calculated, according to a new model that takes into account the unique interaction between ice and water at the island’s fjords. 

19/12/22
Author: 
What On Earth - CBC
The Petroleum Papers is a nonfiction book by Geoff Dembicki. (Greystone Books, Submitted by the Writers' Trust of Canada)
In his book The Petroleum Papers, journalist Geoff Dembicki traces the money behind climate disinformation back to Canada. 
Aired: Dec. 18, 2022
 
clip is from the beginning to 23:17 point.
 
13/12/22
Author: 
Seth Klein
But what early climate signals can be found in B.C. Premier David Eby's new cabinet and their mandate letters? asks Seth Klein. Photo via Province of British Columbia/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Dec. 13, 2022

The past few years have hit most British Columbians hard — from COVID-19 to floods and fires to the escalating cost of living. The new premier has hit the ground running, delivering an ambitious string of initiatives in his first weeks.

13/12/22
Author: 
Robert Hunziker
Photograph Source: Gary Bembridge – CC BY 2.0

Dec. 9. 2022

Refreezing the Arctic sounds like a crazed impossible idea, but a knowledgeable group of scientists believe it has the potential to be the best most efficient quickest way to reduce manifold risks of a climate system that’s already in shaky condition.

03/12/22
Author: 
Arctic Sea Ice Forum - Just Have a Think

Sept. 2022

This is being passed on to you via Arctic Sea Ice Forum, What’s New in the Arctic.  The forum is a place where scientists studying the arctic get to compare notes.  There’s an enormous amount of information there and the scientists report on all the new papers, discussions, technology, etc concerning the Arctic.  In the link above, the commentary was: “Another brilliant comprehensive survey of what's going on in the Arctic and in Grønland in the series "Just have a Think". 

02/12/22
Author: 
Stewart Phillip, Peter McCartney, Seth Klein, Tracey Saxby, Alexandra Woodsworth, Kiki Wood, Jens Wieting
LNG Canada site construction activities in Kitimat in September. jpg

 

 

Website editor: Indigenous leader and many prominent BC environmental non-governmental organizations speaking together here.  Good to see.

Dec. 2, 2022

01/12/22
Author: 
Matt Simon
If we burn less gas, oil and coal, we’ll stop loading the sky with planet-warming carbon, but we’ll also load it with fewer planet-cooling aerosols. Photo by Roy Luck/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Dec. 1, 2022

This story was originally published by Wired and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

14/11/22
Author: 
Daniel Tanuro
The River Rhine running dry

Nov. 11, 2022

November 11, 2022  

Global warming, extreme severity of drought in Europe, heatwaves, snowball effect (or cascading reactions) among all these crisis factors… Risk of sudden changes in ocean circulation with incalculable consequences… This article addresses three points: the explanation of this incontestable observation, the possible evolution, and the policies to be implemented.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Climate Science