‘…Indeed the oceans take up more than 92% of the extra heat. The rest goes into melting Arctic sea ice, land ice, and warming the land and atmosphere.’
News: Archive for February, 2016
Measuring ocean heating is key to tracking global warming | John Abraham | Environment | The Guardian
Monday, February 8th, 2016No climate conspiracy: NOAA temperature adjustments bring data closer to pristine | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The Guardian
Monday, February 8th, 2016‘In short, NOAA’s adjustments are doing what they’re supposed to do – removing biases in the raw data to make it more accurately reflect the true temperature changes at each measurement station.’
Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change? | The Nation
Thursday, February 4th, 2016‘…But recent investigative articles in the Los Angeles Times and the online publication InsideClimate News described a pattern of behavior strikingly similar to Peabody’s. Scientists at Exxon and another oil company began researching global warming in the 1970s.’
Source: Did ExxonMobil Lie to Investors About Climate Change? | The Nation
Report: Climate Change Threatens Food Fish in Northeast – ABC News
Thursday, February 4th, 2016‘…NOAA’s report assigned a “climate vulnerability score” to 82 Northeastern fish and shellfish species. It listed types of scallop and quahog and the Atlantic salmon as the most vulnerable in the region, as well as eastern oysters, a $175 million fishery in 2014.’
Source: Report: Climate Change Threatens Food Fish in Northeast – ABC News
University of Michigan study weighs efficiencies of hydrogen and pure electric vehicles – Roadshow
Thursday, February 4th, 2016“…At the moment, it appears that BEVs carry the best environmental benefit. In terms of cost to operate per mile, their 4 cents per mile rating is half that of FCEVs…”
Source: University of Michigan study weighs efficiencies of hydrogen and pure electric vehicles – Roadshow
Republicans reject climate change fears despite rebukes from scientists | US news | The Guardian
Monday, February 1st, 2016“They have bloviated about carpet bombing, bickered about walls, and waxed anti-Muslim and -migrant, but over more than 16 hours of debate, the Republican candidates for president have almost entirely ignored what most of the world fears most: the rising tides and temperatures of climate change.”
Source: Republicans reject climate change fears despite rebukes from scientists | US news | The Guardian