Climate scientists have been warning since 2014 that excessive heat in the Earth’s ocean has exceeded the “threshold of no return.” According to a recent study, using this measure ofContinue Reading
Freshwater lakes lose oxygen at nine times the rate of oceans due to pollution and warming waters. Water temperatures are rising earlier in the spring and staying warm into theContinue Reading
The ocean soundtrack of the popular imagination is a largely silent one, interrupted only by the mournful aria of migrating whales or the acapella vocalizations of dolphin pods. Until modernContinue Reading
Carbon dioxide and ocean pH are key indicators of global warming, so philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt have announced funding to support Keeling Curve carbon dioxide measurements and University ofContinue Reading
The first comprehensive assessment of where the Earth’s excess heat is accumulating has been released by the Global Climate Observing System. The Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI), the difference between the amount ofContinue Reading
A team of researchers from the University of East Anglia in the UK say that an analysis of 57 peer-reviewed papers corroborates that climate change is indeed making wildfires worseContinue Reading
After analyzing data from the 1950s through 2019, an international team of scientists determined that the average temperature of the world’s oceans in 2019 was 0.075 degrees Celsius (.135 degrees Fahrenheit)Continue Reading
El Niño is the largest climate phenomenon that occurs frequently, producing droughts, floods, wildfires, dust and snow storms, fish kill, and even elevated risks of civil conflicts. El Niños occurContinue Reading
