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Taking the Long View: The ‘Forever Legacy’ of Climate Change

26 September 2017

This article originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is republished with their kind permission http://e360.yale.edu/features/taking-the-long-view-the-forever-legacy-of-climate-change Climate change projections often focus on 2100. But the geological record shows that unless we rapidly [read more]

How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2017

5 September 2017

Dr Ruth Mottram, Dr Peter Langen and Dr Martin Stendelare climate scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) in Copenhagen, which is part of the Polar Portal. Yesterday saw the final day of the Greenland ice sheet melt season. This marks the traditional point of the year where [read more]

The uncertain death of king coal

4 August 2017

by Omair Ahmad After three years of declining coal production, China has suddenly seen a rise in both its production and consumption. While analysts debate whether this is a mere blip in an overall declining trend of coal use, the rest of Asia is also caught in the midst of a strange debate where [read more]

Scientists compare climate change impacts at 1.5C and 2C

21 April 2017

by ROZ PIDCOCK (Carbon Brief) Half a degree makes a very big difference when judging how different parts of the world will feel the effects of climate change. This is the conclusion from the first study to compare and contrast the consequences of 1.5C world compared to a 2C world, published today [read more]

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