New Modelling of Antarctic Ice Sheet Shows Rapid and Unstoppable Sea Level Rise
New Study: Failure to meet Paris Climate Agreement (keeping warming below 2C) may result in rapid, irreversible ice loss and sea level rise.
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The Scientific events of the Decade
Nature editorial looks back and also looks forward to the key events of the decade. Key point: The 2020s will be make-or-break
The Unprecedented decline of Nature
The UN’s IPBES have issues a rather stark warning – 1,000,000 species threatened with extinction. Most comprehensive assessment of its kind.
Correction: Ocean heat Buildup
On the 31st October a paper was published in Nature that laid out the evidence for Earth’s oceans soaking up about 60% more heat that had been previously estimated. On 2nd Nov I wrote a posting that highlighted it. Since then there has been an update on all of this. Mathematician Nic Lewis, who is … Read more
Are some people born religious?
There has been some previous research that suggested that people who hold strong religious beliefs are more intuitive and less analytical, and when they think more analytically their religious beliefs decrease. This opens up an interesting question – are they born that way, or do they simply inherit this modality? It is a rather fundamental Nurture … Read more