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The most probable outcome for the global climate in 2019 is that it will be one of the warmest years ever recorded in human history. That is not a shocking unexpected prediction, but instead comes via looking backwards, observing the ongoing warming trend, and so the probability of this being […]

What will the global climate do in 2019?

This entry was posted in Climate Change science and tagged 2019 climate predictions on February 16, 2019 by Dave

colonisation — Well this is fascinating. A new study by researchers from University College London and the University of Leeds in the UK have published a paper that lays out evidence that the colonisation of the Americas at the end of the 15th Century killed so many people, it altered Earth’s climate. […]

Did America colonisation ‘cooled Earth’s climate’?

This entry was posted in Climate Change science study and tagged climate colonisation on February 7, 2019 by Dave

climate — Today I’d like to point you towards a Washington Post article by Zoeann Murphy and Chris Mooney that directly addresses climate change in a truly exceptional way. Because of this, today’s posting is not my normal type of article. This is because the WashPo has done something that is quite […]

Climate change is already disrupting lives

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science and tagged climate washington post on January 31, 2019 by Dave

oceans and heat — The increase of greenhouse gases since the industrial revolution has in turn led to an increase in heat within both the atmosphere and also the oceans. Understanding the ocean impact is rather important because that is where about 90% of the increase in heat has gone. We do have accurate […]

Heat is Building up in the Oceans

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment science study and tagged climate heat oceans on January 11, 2019 by Dave

climate — In the context of climate science, what significant milestones in our understanding did we see emerge in 2018? Carbon Brief has a list. They have published the top climate science papers, or to be a tad more precise, the papers that resulted in the most media attention. You can surf […]

Top 10 Climate Change Milestones in 2018 – #climate

This entry was posted in Climate Change science study and tagged 2018 climate studies on January 10, 2019 by Dave

sea ice — Since the 1970s we have a very accurate measurement via satellites of what is going on with the extent of the sea ice in both the Arctic and also the Antarctic. It is actually possible to look even further back by using ships records, for example Cook encountered a wall […]

Record Low Sea Ice in Antarctica

This entry was posted in Antarctic Climate Change news science and tagged Antarctica climate sea ice on January 6, 2019 by Dave