Monthly Archives: May 2018

Does global warming make tropical cyclones stronger?  Four leading scientists team up to state the case as based on the best available data.  Satellite observations taken over the last four decades are in agreement with climate models, showing that the … Continue reading →

The ill effects of climate change will not be equally distributed.  There is new research on this topic, discussed in this post by the two authors of a principal study.  “In general, missing the 1.5C limit and reaching 2C of … Continue reading →

Vast changes in the global food industry are critically required.  A forthcoming report (due on June 5) will show that 43 to 57% of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans are associated with modern practices of production, packaging and distribution … Continue reading →

Latest information from the study of atmospheric rivers (NASA).  A direct link has been found between the extent of global warming and the frequency and severity of atmospheric river conditions.  The “rivers” are becoming longer and wider, carry far more … Continue reading →

When CO2 levels rise the nutritional value of rice declines.  That is the result of new field research, entirely consistent with studies of this and other grains that were conducted in the past, with an additional look at the impact … Continue reading →

Did you read the top story in yesterday’s Climate Letter?  If not, please go back and do so.  Then save the link to the full report and when you get some extra time browse through it well enough to see … Continue reading →

How risks due to climate change grow as temperatures rise.  A new study shows how much of the world”s population will suffer intolerable consequences at 1.5C and where they are located, then the same for 2.0C and again at 3.0C.  … Continue reading →

Insights into the nature of hurricanes:  An interview with top scientist Kevin Trenberth, by Scientific American.  A hurricane is nature’s way of pulling excess heat out of the ocean, depositing much of that energy over land in the form of … Continue reading →

A major new study about the risk of biodiversity loss stresses the importance of insects.  The study provides a thorough analysis of how all of the major categories of life will be affected by climate change as temperatures rise to … Continue reading →

Atmospheric CO2 update.  This is the time of year when a critical turning point is reached at the Mauna Loa station in Hawaii.  A rising trend caused mainly by plant decomposition rather suddenly becomes a falling trend as photosynthesis takes … Continue reading →