Geoengineer polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise Stalling the fastest flows of ice into the oceans would buy us a few centuries to deal with climate change and protect coasts, argue John C. Moore and colleagues. The ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica will contribute more to sea-level rise this century than any other source. […]
The Nuclear Option Is the Real Green Deal.
Alan Emery has spoken to the CACOR lunnch meetings in Ottawa recently; this appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Feb 25. The Nuclear Option Is the Real Green Deal. A coal plant produces about as much toxic waste in an hour as a nuclear plant produces in a year. John Rie and Alan Emery […]
reminding–1.5 degrees
Nearing 1.5 degrees I try not to be repetitive here, but,…
clock video
Doomsday clock video Interesting as a history lesson. The animation moves rapidly. I advise you to pause it frequently and read the onscreen text to see the state of the mind of the editorial board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [who set the clock] as it evolves through the years. Climate change only […]
Taking the Oceans’ Temperature
Climate change is rapidly warming the world’s oceans, killing off aquatic organisms — like coral reefs and kelp forests — that anchor entire ecosystems. The warmer waters also cause sea levels to rise and make extreme weather events like hurricanes more destructive. If scientists can more accurately measure the speed at which oceans are warming, they can better […]
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