Monthly Archives: April 2019

Jared Diamond has written a review of Bill McKibben’s new book about climate change (New York Times).  The review is headlined as, “Striking a Balance Between Fear and Hope on Climate Change,” making it not just a book review but … Continue reading →

Global temperature update for the month of March.  It was the third warmest March in 140 years of record keeping.  Note that, seasonally, the monthly anomalies over the 1950-1981 base period are greater in winter than in summer, mostly due … Continue reading →

A different kind of El Nino is happening in the Pacific.  It is different because the heat build-up is in the center of the ocean, along the equator, rather than close to the coast of Peru which is normally the … Continue reading →

Food has a key role to play in the solution to climate change (The Globe Post).  This was the topic of a World Bank-hosted forum.  “In fact, Rockström stated in his keynote speech that both the Sustainable Development Goals and … Continue reading →

How the Middle East is suffering from climate change (World Economic Forum).  This is the region where the highest temperatures on record have been set, with an absolute peak of 54C (129.2F).  It suffers from having a hot location to … Continue reading →

Earth’s mountain glaciers are disappearing more rapidly than previously estimated (AP).  “The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands of inland masses of snow compressed into ice are shrinking 18 percent faster than an international panel of scientists … Continue reading →

A major new study provides in-depth analysis of physical changes in the Arctic due to temperature gains (Inside Climate News).  The study, which begins in 1971, covers a period when the Arctic was warming 2.4 times as fast as the … Continue reading →

A Carbon Brief profile:  Australia.  A superlative look at a fascinating country that exhibits one extreme after another.  It has the potential to go 100% carbon-free, maybe sooner than any other nation—something fiercely and openly resisted by the federal government … Continue reading →

New information from scientists who study the Pliocene epoch (BBC News).  This covers a time when the CO2 level at its peak was in the same range as where we are today and temperatures were warmer by 2-3 degrees C … Continue reading →

A strong new push has begun toward furthering restoration of the world’s ecosystems.  An international group of scientists and activists have organized a campaign to promote that goal, briefly described in a joint letter of introduction.  Here is a copy … Continue reading →