Florida is one of the states in the United States that is most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. With its extensive coastline, low-lying topography, and reliance on tourism, Florida is expected to experience significant economic, environmental, and social impacts in the coming decades. In this article, we will discuss the most notable impacts…
Climate change is a pressing issue that threatens to disrupt the lives of billions of people worldwide. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and sea level rise are just a few of the impacts that are already being felt around the globe. A recent report from the United Nations (UN) warns that the situation is only…
Climate change denial refers to the rejection of the scientific consensus on the reality of human-caused global warming. There are several reasons why people may deny climate change. One reason is political and ideological biases. Some individuals may reject the idea of human-caused climate change because they view it as a threat to their political…
With their massive bodies and giant plumes of poop, great whales can move a whole lot of organic material around our planet. Depending on the animal’s numbers, this might make them a valuable carbon sink, researchers propose. University of Alaska Southeast marine biologist Heidi Pearson and colleagues review the scientific literature in a new paper, to assess…
Introduction The question of what causes climate change is essential, and climate change is a severe problem. The climate has permanently changed, but some changes are more severe than others. And sometimes, we’re the cause. In this article, we’ll discuss what causes climate change and how we know that human activity is one culprit. What…
Dear Sirs/Madams,FAO The Broadcast Team Dear Sirs/Madams, I am writing to make a complaint about a number of breaches of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code by ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’, which was broadcast on Channel Four on 8 March 2007, and subsequently repeated on the More 4 channel. I have documented in the attached document…
Regarding Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’s Aug. 6 op-ed, “On thin ice”: Mr. Parnell would have the reader believe that polar bears are thriving in the Arctic, when the scientific literature is very clear that they are starving, because the loss of sea ice makes it difficult for them to hunt seals, their main food. Polar…
Is there any relationship between the massive Queensland floods and global warming? Scientific opinion seems to be that warmer sea surface temperatures due to climate change (and hence more water vapour in the air), as well as a very strong LaNina with warmer waters off eastern and northern Australia, are both likely contributors to the…
As world leaders met at the COP26 summit to debate how to tackle climate change, misleading claims and falsehoods about the climate spiralled on social media. Scientists say climate change denial is now more likely to focus on the causes and effects of warming, or how to tackle it, than to outright deny it exists….
First published in Crikey on 19 January 2021. With the military on the job and perhaps the post-1945 Marshall Plan on her mind, Queensland premier Anna Bligh has designated recovery from the floods “a reconstruction task of postwar proportions.” The words are deliberate: ‘”I want people to understand how big it is, and how long it might take,” because…
