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WMO: 80% chance Earth will exceed Paris Climate Agreement warming limits in next five years

World News // 7 months ago

WMO: 80% chance Earth will exceed Paris Climate Agreement warming limits in next five years

The World Meteorological Organization gave a stark warning how there is the 80% likelihood that Earth's average temperature will temporarily go over the limit set by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

James Hansen study warns Earth warming faster than previously thought

Science News // 1 year ago

James Hansen study warns Earth warming faster than previously thought

A new study lead by James Hansen, a scientist responsible for raising public consciousness about climate change in the 1980s, suggests global temperatures are increasing faster than expected.

Big Oil's trade group allies way outspend clean energy groups

Voices // 1 year ago

Big Oil's trade group allies way outspend clean energy groups

You've probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They're meant to be inspiring and hopeful, with scenes of a green, clean future.

Early climate change models were pretty accurate, study finds

Science News // 5 years ago

Early climate change models were pretty accurate, study finds

Early climate models get a bad wrap for being imprecise, but new research suggests they were surprisingly accurate.

Supreme Court denies request to halt teenagers' climate change lawsuit

U.S. News // 6 years ago

Supreme Court denies request to halt teenagers' climate change lawsuit

The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request to halt a lawsuit seeking increased action by the federal government to combat climate change.

Growing crops with crushed rocks could reduce CO2 emissions

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Growing crops with crushed rocks could reduce CO2 emissions

Scientists showed the addition of silicate rocks to agricultural soil can boost crop production while limiting the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere.

Ryan Gosling, Damien Chazelle to reunite for Neil Armstrong biopic

Movies // 8 years ago

Ryan Gosling, Damien Chazelle to reunite for Neil Armstrong biopic

"La La Land" lead Ryan Gosling and his director Damien Chazelle are working on an adaptation of James Hansen's book "First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong."

Science News // 9 years ago

Climate science pioneer calls Paris climate agreement "a fraud"

A former NASA scientist and climate science pioneer declared the climate agreement reached in Paris "a fraud."

Freight train carrying oil crashes, ignites in Illinois

U.S. News // 9 years ago

Freight train carrying oil crashes, ignites in Illinois

A freight train hauling more than 100 cars of oil derailed in Illinois on Thursday, which ignited at least two of the containers of crude, the railroad said.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

NRDC challenges latest report on global warming

Dan Lashof, director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said now is not the time to relax over global warming.

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Given our expectation that the next El Nino will begin this year or in 2010, it still seems likely that a new global surface air temperature record will be set within the next one to two years, despite the moderate cooling effect of reduced solar irradiance
2008: Earth's coolest year since 2000 Feb 23, 2009

Following a path that leads to a lower CO2 amount
Study: Earth's CO2 level already dangerous Nov 11, 2008

Failure to correct the book's errors will leave students gravely misinformed about the facts and science of global warming -- one of the most serious problems that we as a society and a species face
Advocacy group demands textbook revision Apr 09, 2008

This is analogous to the issue of slavery faced by Abraham Lincoln or the issue of Nazism faced by Winston Churchill
Top climate scientist wants Copenhagen to fail Dec 09, 2009

This is analogous to the indulgences that the Catholic Church sold in the Middle Ages
Top climate scientist wants Copenhagen to fail Dec 09, 2009

James E. Hansen (born March 29, 1941) heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, a part of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Earth Sciences Division. He has held this position since 1981. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University.

After graduate school, Hansen continued his work with radiative transfer models and attempting to understand the Venusian atmosphere. This naturally led to the same computer codes being used to understand the Earth's atmosphere. He used these codes to study the effects that aerosols and trace gases have on the climate. Hansen has also contributed to the further understanding of the Earth's climate through the development and use of global climate models.

Hansen is best known for his research in the field of climatology, his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in 1988 that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to limit the impacts of climate change.

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