Renewable Energy Capacity Grows At Fastest Ever Pace
Wind, solar and other renewable power capacity grew at its strongest ever pace last year and now produces 22% of the world’s electricity, the International Energy Agency said in a new report.
UN Panel: Global Warming Human-Caused, Dangerous
Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous, and it’s increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report says.
Cause Of Global Warming Hiatus Found Deep In the Atlantic Ocean
Observations show that the heat absent from the Earth’s surface for more than a decade is plunging deep in the north and south Atlantic Ocean, and is part of a naturally occurring cycle.
Greenland Ice Melting At Record Speed
Satellite data shows ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are declining at record speed. The annual loss of ice has doubled in the case of Greenland and tripled in the West Antarctic compared to figures from 2009.
1-Month Countdown Until Climate Marches In NYC And Around The World
September 21, 2014 is shaping up to be a day for the history books. Echoing the words of Paulo Coelho, “Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.” That moment is now…
Human Contribution To Glacier Mass Loss Increasing
By combining climate and glacier models, scientists have found unambiguous evidence for anthropogenic glacier mass loss in recent decades.
NASA’s New Carbon Counter Collects Its First Data
As NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, OCO-2 will produce the most detailed picture to date of the manmade and natural sources of carbon dioxide, as well as their natural “sinks”—places on Earth’s surface.
Climate Effects Of Keystone XL Significantly Underestimated
The U.S. State Department’s final environmental review of the Keystone XL Pipeline may have underestimated carbon dioxide emissions associated with the pipeline by as much as four times, according to a new study.
Atlantic Warming Turbocharges Pacific Trade Winds
Rapid warming of the Atlantic Ocean, likely caused by global warming, has turbocharged Pacific Equatorial trade winds. This has caused eastern tropical Pacific cooling, amplified the Californian drought, accelerated sea level rise three times faster than the global average in the Western Pacific…