News on global warming and climate change, emphasizing the undeniable reality of both, the role of human activity, and the need for action.
This site is maintained by Professor Lee Bardwell at the University of California at Irvine. He updates it when he has time. He welcomes suggestions. Any opinions expressed on this site are his personal opinions.
There is a lot of climate change news. This site is not intended to be comprehensive.
There are many sites where you can get information on global warming and climate change. For example:
- climate.gov by the U.S. National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
- climate.nasa.gov by NASA (the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- New York Times Climate and Environment Section
And don’t neglect to check out our Quick Post Page
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If you care how about global warming and climate change are affecting our lives, then make sure you vote.
California Voting Information
- Monday, October 22, 2018 is the deadline to register for the Tuesday, November 6 election.
- You can register online here.
- If you think you’ve already registered in California and want to check, see here.
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2018 News
The world has barely 10 years to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say
- Wake Up, World Leaders. The Alarm Is Deafening
- UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That
- 4 big takeaways from the UN’s alarming climate change report
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
This major article by Nathaniel Rich in the New York Times magazine is about why “we” failed take action to save the planet in the 1980s (“The world was ready to act. But we failed to do what was necessary to avoid a catastrophe”). But see also “The Problem With The New York Times’ Big Story on Climate Change“, which says that Rich’s article lets Republicans and the fossil-fuel industry off the hook.
The Uninhabitable Earth
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think
This terrifying article came out in New York Magazine on July 9, 2018. More recently, the Atlantic published this: “Are We as Doomed as That New York Magazine Article Says?“.
Trump’s Biggest Climate Move Yet is Bad for Everyone
The Trump administration wants to undo fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks, thwarting progress on climate change. See also here and here. And see also Eugene Robinson’s opinion piece “The world is burning, and the Trump administration wants to make it worse”
Heat waves can be deadly for workers and will drain the US economy
Extreme heat has already killed several outdoor workers this summer in the U.S.
This is what happens when climate change forces an entire country to seek higher ground
The Pacific island nation of Kirbati (Gilbert Islands) may be one of the first in line to be wiped out by the effects of climate change.
When The Weather Is Extreme, Is Climate Change To Blame?
While it’s difficult to attribute individual events to climate change, global warming makes extreme weather more common.
Children Know What’s Coming
Children around the world are lobbying, marching, and even suing their governments to take greater action against climate change. See also “A politician called her young and naive. Now she’s striking back.”
Climate Change May Be Linked to Increased Suicide Rates
Yup.
In India, Summer Heat Could Soon Be Literally Unbearable
In cities that are already scorching hot, temperatures and humidity levels are rising to levels that the human body simply can’t tolerate, researchers warn. And this this not the only place in the world we are baking ourselves out of.
Global Warming Could Kill Off Lebanon’s Ancient Cedars
The ancient cedars of Lebanon have outlived empires and survived modern wars. Now, global warming could finish them off.
The Trump Adminstration Scrubs Climate Change Info from Websites
Reports of climate science being scrubbed from U.S. government websites arrived early in President Donald Trump’s tenure. And the hits keep coming. From the Environmental Protection Agency, to the Energy Department, to the State Department and beyond, references to climate change, greenhouse gases and clean energy keep disappearing.
Climate Change is Behind the Global Heat Wave
Why won’t the media say it?
Rising Ocean Waters From Global Warming Could Cost Trillions of Dollars
Ocean waters are rising because of global warming. First, and perhaps most obvious, ice is melting. Second, warmer water is less dense – it expands.
Rising oceans are a big deal. About 150 million people live within 1 meter (3 feet) of sea level.
Antarctic Ice Loss Has Tripled In a Decade – if that continues we are in serious trouble
We have a short window — perhaps no more than a decade — to cut greenhouse-gas emissions if we hope to avert some of the worst consequences of climate change.
“I watched an entire Flat Earth Convention —hereʼs what I learned”
Unfortunately, there are many science deniers out there. Some don’t believe in global warming. Some don’t believe in Darwinian evolution. Some don’t believe that U.S. astronauts landed on the moon. Some even think the earth is flat!
Decoding the Redwoods
As climate change threatens California’s giant redwoods, the key to their salvation might be in their complex genetic code.
A Prophet of Doom Was Right About the Climate
The story of NASA scientist James Hansen, who testified to Congress in 1988 (30 years ago!) about the dangers of global warming.
2017 News
This is How Bad Things Could Get
The full title of this editorial is “This is how bad things could get if Trump denies the reality of climate change”. Well, he is denying the reality of climate change, and things are going to get VERY bad.
E.P.A. Head Stacks Agency with Climate Change Skeptics
The E.P.A. is the Environmental Protection Agency. In the Trump Administration, they are not protecting our environment; instead, they are protecting polluters.
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Genetics in the News
Another website that you may find of interest.