Tag: climate science
A Focus On 1.5ºC May Be The Wrong Way To Frame The Climate Emergency
The climate debate focuses on certain temperature increases, but one scientist suggests that is the wrong way to get people to act.
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Last Month Was The Hottest January On Record
With many of us experiencing a very cold January, I’m sure millions of people were inclined to think, “Global warming? What global warming? Pfff!” However, just because the door to the Arctic was opened for a bit and sent a frost down our way, that doesn’t mean the world as … [continued]
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Science Purge Is Part of United States’ Echoing Of Mao’s Cultural Revolution
As Mark Twain is reported to have said, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. Trump 2.0’s actions are very much rhyming, albeit discordantly, and with a dismal period from the past of the United States’ proclaimed great enemy, China. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 and lasting until 1976, … [continued]
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Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
By Jill Hopke, DePaul University
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The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking program and otherwise reduce content moderation raises the question of what content on those social media platforms will look like going forward.
Dyer: Climate change truth worth telling no matter how sobering
Scientists and politicians are trying to reassure us it is still worth trying to hold down warming