Climate change - Evidence, Causes, Impacts: All historical sciences share a problem: As they probe farther back in time, they become more reliant on fragmentary and indirect evidence. Earth system history is no exception. High-quality instrumental record
Whether they call it global warming or climate change, activists on the left act as if the issue is just an excuse to extort money and expand the power of government. In Part I, I wrote about kleptocrats exploiting the issue to shake down western governments for enormous amounts of aid mo...
Data from the fossil record, together with computational modelling, are used to assess the response of foraminifera (marine zooplankton) to temperature changes through time and to predict how well they will adjust to future climate-change-induced ocean warming. ...
E. Local response to water crisis: explaining variation in usage restrictions during a Texas drought. Urban Affairs Rev. 53, 752–774 (2017). Google Scholar Norgaard, K. M. Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life (MIT, 2011). Lang, C. Do weather fluctuations ...
There's lots said about why climate change now confronts us, and what it means, but the real issue is what to do about it. Plenty is said about that too, but there's not enough discussion on the practical aspects of implementation. Focusing on energy, that's what my blog sets out ...
Climate Change Newsreports : ByChloé Farand Germany is considering support for at least 10 foreign fossil fuel projects worth over €1 billion ($1bn), despite its pledge to end international funding for coal, oil and gas. Inresponse to a parliamentary questionfrom a left-wing German lawmaker...
Despite studying air pollution and climate change, Qiu does not have HEPA filters in every room and, by his own admission, does not live a particularly green life. He does not have an electric car, although he plans to get one when he needs a new vehicle. He urges people not to sacrif...
The adverse consequences of climate change will be severe for China. More droughts will occur, the drought-prone area will continue to expand, and droughts will grow more intense. Except for the increased rainfall in the western part of the northwest, the northern and southern part of the nort...
We utilize a statistically representative sample of Australian residents (n= 2,002) and show empirically that climate change is perceived to be the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef, and that the Great Barrier Reef inspires Australians, promotes pride, and instills a sense of individual ...
Climate change alters the future of natural floristic regions of deep evolutionary origins ArticleOpen access02 November 2024 Inferring historical survivals of climate relicts: the effects of climate changes, geography, and population-specific factors on herbaceous hydrangeas ...