Rate of worldwide forest loss is truly shocking

deforestation

In a warming world where we are pumping out vast quantities of CO2, trees truly do matter. They absorb CO2 sucking it out of the air and in return they emit oxygen. Tree loss is a huge deal because as we reduce forest we are in effect increasing CO2. Once gone, the CO2 that they … Read more

‘Atlantification’ of Arctic Barents sea tipping it towards new climate regime

barents sea

Roughly about one year ago I was writing about a study that appeared in Science concerning fundamental changes within the Arctic Ocean. Today I have an update on that. A new study has been published in Nature titled “Arctic warming hotspot in the northern Barents Sea linked to declining sea-ice import“. Quick Summary Basically they used … Read more

30 years after Hansen’s testimony

hansen

This posting is perhaps yet another that highlights the bias of OpEd’s within the Wall Street Journal. Once again we find that a distorted extremely biased article has popped up and so they once again are quite determined to ensure that they maintain their reputation for anti-intellectual bias. The Article Titled “Thirty Years On, How … Read more

James Hansen wishes he wasn’t right about global warming

James Hansen

Almost 30 years ago to the day in June 1988, NASA Scientist James Hansen testified before a Congress committee in Washington. He explained … “Global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and observed warming…It is already … Read more

Has the UN Special Report into 1.5C been leaked? #SR15

1.5C

Regarding the “leak” of the UN Special Report into 1.5C, er no, it is not really a leak. Various media outlets have published an article regarding this “Leaked” copy of the UN’s special report into limiting global warming to 1.5C. This is officially supposed to be issued later this year and hence a review draft … Read more