Mission control for Jason 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, January 17,2016. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered away from a foggy California coast Sunday and boosted a $364 million science satellite into orbit, the latest in a series of spacecraft designed to precisely measure sea levels around the world, a key indicator of global warming, and to monitor ocean conditions responsible for extreme weather. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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It’s a shame—ours and his…
Read Full Article, The Atlantic (12-29-2017)
Polar Vortex in U.S. May be Example of Global Warming, Climate Central (01-07-2014)
Scientists said the deep freeze gripping the U.S. does not indicate a halt or reversal in global warming trends, either. In fact, it may be a counterintuitive example of global warming in action…
Study: Global Warming Doubles Risk of Extreme Weather; BBC News (01-26-2015)
Blizzard of Nor’Easters No Surprise, Thanks to Climate Change, National Geographic (01-2015)
Warm Water and Strange Weather May Be Connected; NASA (04-18-2015)
Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice At Record Levels Despite Global Warming? Guardian UK (10-09-2014)
Where global warming gets real: inside Nasa’s mission to the north pole; Guardian UK (07-27-2017)
For 10 years, Nasa has been flying over the ice caps to chart their retreat. This data is an invaluable record of climate change…
Study Sheds New Insights Into Global Warming Trends; NASA (11-22-2016)
Study: humans have caused all the global warming since 1950; Guardian UK (04-21-2016)
A new study has found that humans are responsible for virtually all of the observed global warming since the mid-20th century. It’s not a novel result – in fact, most global warming attribution studies have arrived at the same general result – but this study uses a new approach…
21st Century Hottest on Record as Global Warming Continues – UN; (02-08-2015)
Top US firms including Walmart and Ford oppose Trump on climate change, The Guardian UK (12-01-2017)
Companies to keep promise to Obama on reducing carbon use; Bloomberg (03-28-2017)
Many of America’s biggest corporations including Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are sticking by their pledges to fight climate change even as President Donald Trump guts his predecessor’s environmental policies. Companies say their promises, coordinated by the Obama administration, reflect their push to cut energy costs, head off activist pressure and address a risk to their bottom line in the decades to come.
As Trump Retreats, States Are Joining Forces on Climate Action; Yale E360 (10-09-2017)
Climate Progress, With or Without Trump; The New York Times (03-31-2017)
