Will August 2018 be the hottest month on record?

July and August are typically about 3.6ºC or 6.5ºF warmer than December and January. August is typically 1.8°C or 3.24ºF warmer than the a...

Read More

Peaks Matter

When calculating how much warmer we can expect, climate models typically use linear projections based on temperature averages, such as annua...

Read More

Global fires, droughts and Orwellian Newspeak while Nero fiddles

By Andrew Glikson There was a time when the contamination of drinking water constituted a punishable crime. Nowadays those who willfully i...

Read More

Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice

The image on the right shows the sea surface temperature on July 6 for the years 2014 to 2018 at a location near Svalbard (at 77.958°N, 5.5...

Read More

Numerous Benefits of 100% Clean, Renewable Energy

An excellent new paper by Mark Jacobson et al. describes 100% clean and renewable Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS) all-sector energy roadma...

Read More

Can we weather the Danger Zone?

[ click on image to enlarge ] As an earlier Arctic-news analysis shows, Earth may have long crossed the 1.5°C guardrail set at th...

Read More

'Electrogeochemistry' captures carbon, produces fuel, offsets ocean acidification

Researchers analyze global potential for 'negative emissions energy' using electricity from renewable sources to generate hydrogen f...

Read More