Posts Tagged ‘greenhouse gas’
Methane likely fueled Earth’s big warm-up
While the event that began the carbon-discharge cycle 56 million years ago remains a mystery, the implications are clear, says Rice University professor Gerald Dickens. "I've always thought of (the hydrate layer) as being like a capacitor in a circuit...
Has Sulfate Pollution from Asia Masked a Decade of Warming?
Warming overwhelms the cooling effect of sulfates by about 2045 even if China and India continue to grow and put off pollution controls. Science News, the Washington Post, and Climate Central have all covered a new study, published this week by PNAS...
Watch: The Simpsons Take on Climate Change
By Sara Peach, The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media In 1989, cartoonist Matt Groening told a reporter that his new television show, “The Simpsons,” would tackle the serious subjects in life. “It always amazes me how few cartoonists in ...
Republican congressmen vote away scientific facts
by Dave Hawkins. Cross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Barry Goldwater famously said, “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” Maybe so, but extremism in the defense of fantasy is a tougher sell. Still, th...
What impact would sun dimming have on Earth’s weather?
(Wiley-Blackwell) From the building of vast dams to conquering space, science has always taken human beings to the height of their ambition. Now, faced with a globally changing climate could Geoengineering provide an audacious solution? A special secti...
Climate Refresher: Runaway Global Warming (Video)
It's good to brush up on the basics once in a while -- especially when political and ideological arguments have consumed the public narrative on climate change. It's important to understand the scientific reasons addressing climate change is so urgen...
Climate Change to Kill 5 Million People Globally by 2020 & It Just Goes Up Each Year After That
From sea level rise, to extreme weather, to desertification, the US has among the highest risk for damages. Photo: US Army/Creative Commons. Each year there are 350,000 people dying due to climate change, with a total death toll by 2020 of five milli...
Long Trapped Methane Bubbling Up From Arctic Seabed
ABC News and Reuters are reporting that "large amounts of ...
Cows with Gas: India’s Global-Warming Problem
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