Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA.
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Earth and Climate
Everything earth and climate change.
Rewild to mitigate the climate crisis, urge leading scientists
Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis while also boosting dwindling wildlife populations, a scientific study finds.
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Nanocrystals could drive explosive volcanic eruptions
The formation of nanometre-sized crystals can even in low concentrations temporarily change the viscosity of magma and lead to violent volcanic eruptions. That is the conclusion of geophysicists in the UK, Germany and France, who say that their research helps to explain how otherwise calm and predictable volcanoes can turn unexpectedly explosive.
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Unprecedented ice loss is predicted for Greenland Ice Sheet
Over the next eighty years global warming is set to melt enough ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet to reverse 4000 years of cumulative ice growth – with rates of ice-loss more than quadruple even the fastest melt rates during the past 12,000 years.
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Harvard climate change expert discusses extreme heat
Peter Huybers, a Harvard professor of earth and planetary sciences and environmental science and engineering, has been studying extreme temperatures for years. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant in 2009, Huybers co-authored recent papers on how climate change can influence yields of crops such as corn and whether higher summer temperatures will be associated with increases in temperature variability in mid-latitude continents. He spoke to the Gazette about what we can expect in the future.
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A ‘zombie tropical storm’ just came back to life in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Paulette just came back to life in the eastern Atlantic. The revival comes days after storm trackers issued what would have been their last update on Paulette. But you can’t keep a storm like Paulette down it’s come back as a zombie.
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Has the COVID-19 lockdown changed Earth’s climate?
COVID-19 has changed the world. The pandemic has caused devastation, pain and loss, with no corner of the globe untouched. But for some scientists the unprecedented disruption has also brought about a previously unimaginable opportunity.
Read moreWhat crisis? The Republican National Convention totally ignored the climate.
The Republican National Convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed some conservatives who warn the party risks being left behind by voters.
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What it takes to verify the hottest temperatures on Earth
A blistering 130-degree Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) temperature reading in Death Valley, California, on August 16th quickly made headlines, but it could take months or even years before the number can officially break world records. If the temperature is verified, it will become the third hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth and the hottest temperature recorded on the planet since 1931.
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Hurricanes have names. Some climate experts say heat waves should, too
For decades, meteorologists have named hurricanes and ranked them according to severity. Naming and categorizing heat waves too could increase public awareness of the extreme weather events and their dangers, contends a newly formed group that includes public health and climate experts.
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