Global Climate Change

A local emissions exchange in China. Photo: Lasse Ringius/IFC China, the biggest source of CO2 emissions globally, accounts for more than 27 percent of the world s emissions. China is the first developing country to control CO2 emissions through a cap-and-trade system. Once a national carbon market is…

Figure 1.3: This image represents one major category of proximate cause of climate change: the emission of greenhouse gases from transportation activities. The human causes of climate change fall into two categories: proximate causes and driving forces. Proximate causes are the human activities that…

The question about the definition for global warming or in other words what is global warming is relatively easy to answer. We hereby lean at the definitions and explanations given in Wikipedia: Global warming is the observed and projected increases in the average temperature of Earth s atmosphere…

Global Emissions by Gas At the global scale, the key greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are: Carbon dioxide (CO2) - Fossil fuel use is the primary source of CO2. The way in which people use land is also an important source of CO2, especially when it involves deforestation. Land can also remove…

The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctic. (AP Photo/NASA) and got a look at a draft of a new UN report on climate change. It’s bleak, to say the least. From the Times: Runaway growth on the emission of greenhouse gases is swamping all political efforts to deal with the problem, raising the risk of “severe…

It seems that another shift in the lexicon has occurred, again at the White House. Organizing for Action, President Obama’s campaign machine declared Tuesday that there was a new name. The Washington Times picked up on this shift, and I’ve updated the graphic to reflect the new name. There’s also a poll…

In 2014 alone, our planet has seen the hottest August on record, the western U.S. got snow in September, the Southwest saw and the U.S. bundled up for !). And that s just a fraction of the climatological effects humans are experiencing on a daily basis. Climate change is real. And while you may hear…

A new report published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society investigates the causes of extreme weather and climate events that occurred around the world in 2013. The report, Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate Perspective,integrates findings from 20 different research…

Flooding creates serious health risks. Heavy and prolonged precipitation can lead to a major flooding event and a dangerous cascade of health risks that can linger for months or even years. In the days following a flood, drivers can drown as they attempt to navigate submerged roadways. Sewage systems…