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The Most Important Climate Stories of 2023 Aren’t All Bad News
December 27, 20236 min readIn 2023 climate news was a mixed bag: we saw unrelenting heat but also glimmers of hope of progress toward reducing greenhouse gas emissionsBy Andrea ThompsonA person rides a bicycle as heat waves shimmer, causing visual distortion, as people walk in “the Zone,” Phoenix, Ariz.’s largest homeless encampment, amid the city’s
Unlocking Climate Secrets: The Hidden Physics Behind Temperature and Radiation
By Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences December 16, 2023A groundbreaking study explores the intricate link between Earth’s surface temperature and outgoing longwave radiation, revealing deviations from the expected quartic pattern. This research enhances our comprehension of climate sensitivity and the factors influencing it, such as greenhouse gases and atmospheric dynamics. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearch
Ancient climate analysis suggests CO2 causes more warming than thought
Environment A reconstruction of 66 million years of climate history indicates global temperature may be even more sensitive to carbon dioxide levels than current models estimate By Alison George Illustration of Earth 65 million years ago, when CO2 levels were much higher than those of todayCHRIS BUTLER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY It is possibly the toughest question
Climate tech is back—and this time, it can’t afford to fail
Lost in a stupor of déjà vu, I rang the intercom buzzer a second time. I had the odd sensation of being unstuck in time. The headquarters of this solar startup looked strangely similar to its previous offices, which I had visited more than a decade before. The name of the company had changed from
To Earn Trust, Climate Alliances Need to Improve Transparency
Business alliances play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis — and through greater disclosure, they might be able to gain greater legitimacy. November 29, 2023 Yaroslav Danylchenko/Stocksy Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Businesses are increasingly joining together as part of climate alliances to accelerate the transition away from
The Download: how to talk about climate tech, and Sam Altman’s past
Plus: the new US AI executive order has landed This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Your guide to talking about climate tech over Thanksgiving Ah, the holidays. Time for good food, quality moments with family, and hard questions about
Human-driven climate change is increasingly shaping the Earth’s living environments. Rising temperatures, rapid shifts in rainfall and seasonality, and ocean acidification are presenting altered environments to many animal species. How do animals adjust to these new, often extreme, conditions?Animal nervous systems play a central role in both enabling and limiting how they respond to changing climates.
‘Cigarette-style’ climate, pandemic and health labels on meat can reduce meat consumption, study suggests
The study, published in the journal Appetite, assessed the impact of warning labels, including images calculated for maximum emotional impact, on whether or not respondents would choose a meal containing meat, as well as willingness to eat, buy and recommend the meal, their emotional response to the labels, and whether they would support a policy
Why Have Climate Catastrophes Toppled Some Civilizations but Not Others?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The Roman Empire fell more than 1,500 years ago, but its grip on the popular imagination is still strong, as evidenced by a recent trend on TikTok. Women started filming the men in their lives to document their answers to a simple
Key Biden Climate Pollution Metric Is Safe–For Now
CLIMATEWIRE | The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a fight by Republican-led states over the federal government's method of estimating the costs of climate change, in a win for President Joe Biden's push to address rising emissions. In a short, unexplained order, the justices rejected a challenge led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew