A new climate intervention strategy aims to decrease the amount of water vapor in the stratosphere by injecting it with ice-forming nuclei. The idea is that, by reducing the water content, more heat in the form of infrared radiation would leak out into space. Scientists described the strategy a study published Wednesday in Science Advances….
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U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming
U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming The United States reduced emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gasses last year, after two years in which emissions rose. But the decline wasn’t enough to meet climate targets set by the Biden administration. That would require much steeper cuts, most likely by…
NOAA Hurricane Director Twice Shuts Down Lemon For Blaming Climate Change
On his Tuesday CNN show, Don Lemon, who is from Florida, tried to argue with Jamie Rohme, who is the acting director at the NOAA National Hurricane Center, about whether climate change is to blame for the intensity of Hurricane Ian. It did not go well for Lemon. Lemon started the climate change portion of…
How climate change is helping storms like Hurricane Ian intensify more rapidly – CBS News
As Hurricane Ian roared towards Florida, it experienced a phenomenon known as rapid intensification — getting very strong, very fast. Scientists say the process of hurricanes rapidly intensifying is becoming more frequent, and is connected to the impact of human-caused climate change. Early Tuesday morning Hurricane Ian intensified into a major Category 3 storm, packing sustained winds of around 125 mph,…
How climate change exacerbates conditions that can spawn lethal tornadoes | PBS NewsHour
The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot of people including the U.S. president are asking what role climate change might have played – and whether tornadoes will become more…
Climate change threatens Michigan’s Fishtown and its historic shanties | PBS NewsHour Weekend
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center, and is part of our ongoing series, ‘Peril and Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.’ Carlson’s should be full of employees preparing smoked whitefish, salmon and trout to be shipped across the country. Instead, a demolition team is preserving the business by taking the ironic…
