Tag: climate change
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6 Goals a Worldwide Climate Change Agreement Should Achieve
By Jennifer Morgan The latest round of U.N. climate talks came to a close in Bonn, Germany last week, with negotiators agreeing to start drafting the international climate agreement set to be finalized in 2015. As negotiators look towards the next United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in June, they’re faced with a key question:…
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Interactive Tool Makes Global CO2 Emissions Data Smartphone Accessible
By Johannes Friedrich “Big data” has never been bigger. New tools—such as satellites, cloud computing and other technological upgrades—are fueling a “data revolution,” allowing researchers to analyze the world in ways they’ve never been able to before. [caption id="attachment_324595" align="alignnone" width="500"] Graphic courtesy of Mom’s Clean Air Force[/caption] But while compiling and analyzing this data…
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Two New Reports, One Conclusion: Fossil Fuel Divestment Crucial to Combating Climate Change
Two new reports released today in Brussels and Sydney will help strengthen the case for fossil fuel divestment, with one report emphasizing the growing risk of a carbon bubble resulting from overexposure to high carbon assets, and the other concluding that responsibly divesting from fossil fuels will not hurt financial performance. [caption id="attachment_324455" align="alignnone" width="390"] Graphic…
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Bill Nye ‘The Science Guy’ and Michael Mann Explain The Difference Between Climate and Weather on MSNBC
Two weeks after a popular debate with a Tennessee congresswoman who said climate change was “unproven,” Bill Nye returned to MSNBC’s airwaves to discuss another climate-related issue. This time, it was to help clear the air on what the word actually means. “The Science Guy” was joined on The Reid Report by fellow guest Michael…
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Climate Change Effects Antarctica’s Ocean Salinity, Traping Heat in Deep Water
In the mid-1970s, the first available satellite images of Antarctica during the polar winter revealed a huge ice-free region within the ice pack of the Weddell Sea. This ice-free region—or polynya—stayed open for three full winters before it closed. Subsequent research showed that the opening was maintained as relatively warm waters churned upward from kilometers…