Permafrost thawing could accelerate global warming

"If the permafrost melts entirely, there would be 5x the amount of carbon in the atmosphere than there is now" - Jeff Chanton Jeff...

How Do We Act in the Face of Climate Chaos?

Guy McPherson Guy R. McPherson  is  Professor Emeritus  of Natural Resources and  Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at University of Arizo...

Colorado flooding, what does the IPCC say?

Flooding in Colorado has caused at least five death. As of 14 September, more than 500 were unaccounted for. Nearly 19,000 homes are damage...

Existential risks to our planetary life-support systems

By  Andrew Glikson Figure 1. The future of Earth’s living environment is a non-issue in the current Australian election -  NASA image: Earth...

The Social Tipping Point

by Paul Beckwith Abrupt Climate Change is happening today, big time! Abrupt climate change. It is happening today, big time. The northern he...

Methane as high as 2349 ppb

Earth is undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years, Stanford climate scientists Noah Diffenbaugh and Chris ...

Methane as high as 2303 ppb

This post has been updated as Methane as high as 2349 ppb .

Albedo changes in the Arctic

How global warming and feedbacks are causing huge albedo changes in the Arctic. Snow cover decline Decline of the snow cover on land in the ...

Forces behind Superstorm Sandy

Superstorm Sandy hit North America's east coast in a devastating way. This justifies an analysis of the forces behind Sandy and the link...