Disappointments at COP30…. But something Big is Bubbling from Belem!
Introduction – COP30 background This is the 30th anniversary of the founding the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change…
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UNEP’s 2025 Emissions Gap: Slow Progress and Failing Natural Sinks Signal a Dangerous Turn
Introduction The 2025 Emissions Gap Report from UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) is out and basically says emissions are stuck…
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Accelerating Danger – Part 3: What Faster Heating Means
Introduction If the climate system is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than models have assumed, the consequences are serious,…
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Accelerating Danger – Part 2: Unmasking the Drivers of Accelerated Heating
Introduction The evidence is mounting that global heating is picking up speed. But what’s driving this heating upswing? Natural…
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Accelerating Danger – Part 1: Is the World Heating Faster than we Thought?
Introduction The world is heating — this much is beyond doubt. But scientists are increasingly asking a further, more…
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A bonfire of the sciences – trump’s dismantling of climate policy
It has been 6 months or 184 days to be exact since 20 January 2025 when Donald J Trump formally took office as the 47th President of the United States of America. Those days may feel like years to many. But e
ven with another 42 months to go it seems like the shape of his policy objectives for his term in office is becoming clearer and none more so than in relation to his energy and climate and environmental agenda which has been the focus of so much of this frenzied demolition job. -
How and where the Gulf Stream starts? And why it is Important!
Formation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation lower limb is critically dependent on Atlantic-Arctic mixing | Nature Communications –…
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A Green Sahara! Unravelling the mystery revealing an important lesson on tipping points
Tipping points: Understanding the green Sahara’s collapse (phys.org) Recently there have been reports regarding a shift this year in…
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India’s development – a climate conundrum?
India coal expansion risks massive methane growth: report (msn.com) AFP showing near term development plans by India include the…
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The stickiness of Fossil Fuels
– what is slowing the transition to clean energy? credit: pexels- ron lach Oil Industry responsibilities for slowing transition…
