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How COVID-19 Could Ruin Weather Forecasts and Climate Records

How COVID-19 Could Ruin Weather Forecasts and Climate Records

As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.

Decades of Science Denial Related to Climate Change Has Led to Denial of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Decades of Science Denial Related to Climate Change Has Led to Denial of the Coronavirus Pandemic

After the fossil fuel industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars undermining climate science, it's easy to see how epidemiology came next.

Coronavirus and Mild Winter Helps Germany to Reach 2020 Climate Target

Coronavirus and Mild Winter Helps Germany to Reach 2020 Climate Target

Think-tank Agora Energiewende calculates emissions to drop by 50-120m tonnes this year but warns of lower green investments post-crisis

Airlines Are Burning Thousands of Gallons of Fuel Flying Empty 'ghost' Planes So They Can Keep Their Flight Slots During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Airlines Are Burning Thousands of Gallons of Fuel Flying Empty 'ghost' Planes So They Can Keep Their Flight Slots During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Airlines are running empty "ghost" flights because of European rules forcing operators to run their allocated flights or risk losing their slots.

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.

A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research

A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research

An Interior Department official has pressed scientists to include misleading climate language - including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial - into their work.

JP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis is Threat to Human Race

JP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis is Threat to Human Race

A leaked report for the world's major fossil fuel financier says Earth is on an unsustainable trajectory.

EPA Can't Kick Scientists Off Science Advisory Panels, Court Says

EPA Can't Kick Scientists Off Science Advisory Panels, Court Says

In a victory for science and public health, a federal court determined that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot exclude scientists who have received EPA research grants - who happen to be mainly academic scientists from research universities - from serving on its advisory panels.

NOAA Gets Go-ahead to Study Climate Plan B: Geoengineering

NOAA Gets Go-ahead to Study Climate Plan B: Geoengineering

The top climate change scientist for NOAA said he has received $4 million from Congress and permission from his agency to study two emergency - and controversial - methods to cool the Earth if the U.S. and other nations fail to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Trump's Dismantling of Environmental Regulations Unwinds 50 Years of Protections

Trump's Dismantling of Environmental Regulations Unwinds 50 Years of Protections

President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to "ensure" that the United States has the "cleanest air" and the "cleanest water," but his administration's efforts to slash environmental regulations have been extensive.

Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second

Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second

The world's oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said.

In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here's How

In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here's How

If words make worlds, then we urgently need to tell a new story about the climate crisis. Here is one vision of what it could look and feel like to radically, collectively take action.

EPA Science Advisers Slammed the Agency for Ignoring Science. Here is What They Said

EPA Science Advisers Slammed the Agency for Ignoring Science. Here is What They Said

In a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of science, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advisory panel has found major shortcomings in the agency’s pursuit of key regulatory rollbacks.

Three Ways Advocacy Has Enabled Market Forces to Clean Up the Power Grid

Three Ways Advocacy Has Enabled Market Forces to Clean Up the Power Grid

Market forces are powerful-but advocacy by independent groups has played a critical role in making sure economics and market forces can do their job.

Reflections from COP25 in Madrid

Reflections from COP25 in Madrid

You've seen the news: COP25, the recent UN climate talks in Madrid, ended in disappointment and also set a record for the longest-ever COP. UCS's press release headline says it all: World's Nations Take Immoral Stance at COP25, Side with Trump, Bolsonaro Rather Than Youth Across the Globe. Here are

We Are Seeing the Very Worst of Our Scientific Predictions Come to Pass in These Bushfires | Joëlle Gergis

We Are Seeing the Very Worst of Our Scientific Predictions Come to Pass in These Bushfires | Joëlle Gergis

As a climate scientist I am wondering if the Earth system has now breached a tipping point

A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought

A Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought

The findings mark a step forward in using space technology to detect leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas sites worldwide.

'Opportunity Lost' As Longest Climate Talks End

'Opportunity Lost' As Longest Climate Talks End

Exhausted delegates postponed tricky issues. The weak rules on a market based mechanism, promoted by Brazil and Australia, that would have undermined efforts to reduce emissions have been shelved and the fight can continue next year at COP26 in Glasgow.

Anger As Protesters Barred from UN Climate Talks

Anger As Protesters Barred from UN Climate Talks

Around 200 environmental campaigners are barred from climate talks after Greta Thunberg speaks.

Even 50-year-old Climate Models Correctly Predicted Global Warming

Even 50-year-old Climate Models Correctly Predicted Global Warming

Study debunks idea that older models were inaccurate