4th U.S. National Climate Assessment: What Is It?
Background The U.S. National Climate Assessment is a regular science report by 13 federal …
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4th U.S. National Climate Assessment Vol. I: Notable Findings
Below are selected highlights and excerpts from Volume 1 of the 4th U.S. National …
Food
Grazing Cattle and Climate Change
How do cattle drive climate change? Cattle are a type of mammal called ruminants, …
News
Millar Study Relies on Faux Pause for Optimism
A new study published in Nature Geoscience has been covered in two very different lights.
Business
The Business of Climate Change
Investors, businesses and regulators are working to minimize the economic risk posed by climate change.
State Impacts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts is vulnerable to increasing temperatures, floods and droughts, and coastal flooding Massachusetts’s climate …
State Impacts
Connecticut
Connecticut is vulnerable to increasing temperatures, floods and droughts, and coastal flooding Connecticut’s climate …
International Climate Issues
International Climate Issues Climate change is a truly global issue, and fighting climate change …
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Scientists, Leaders Slam Scott Pruitt’s Televised Climate Denial
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in an interview with CNBC this morning that he …
Food
Soil Carbon Storage
The world’s soils hold a significant amount of carbon – more than double the …
Politics and Policy, U.S.
Social Cost of Carbon
The social cost of carbon” (SCC) estimates the monetary cost to society from the damage caused by each additional metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosphere, due to climate change impacts.
Food
Food, Agriculture and Climate Change
Crops and Climate Climate change threatens the global food supply as certain crops become …
News
Editorial and Opinion Writers Respond Positively to COP21 Outcome
From November 22 to December 17, Climate Nexus tracked domestic op-eds and editorials reacting to COP21 in Paris. Editorial boards were largely supportive of the outcome and process of the summit, with over four times more positive than negative editorials. Similarly, for op-eds, the positive outweighed the negative by a factor of three (methodology below).
International, Paris Agreement
Debunking Myths With Facts About COP21: The Paris Climate Agreement
Here are a number of resources that debunk common myths about the Paris climate agreement. For more like this, see Climate Nexus’ fact checking pieces on the top 10 climate science myths and myths about the Clean Power Plan.
The IPCC
Synthesis Report
The final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report …
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Sea Level Rise
Sea levels are rising rapidly Sea levels have risen between eight to ten inches …
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Ice Sheet Tipping Points
Pushing global temperatures past these thresholds can trigger irreversible changes even if we do not add any further CO2 to the atmosphere. These changes may be abrupt or may take hundreds of years, but once the threshold is passed they cannot be reversed.
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Ocean Acidification
Ocean acidification threatens the marine food web and coastal communities.
Health, Issue Areas
Climate Change and Sports
As the world warms, one often overlooked issue is its effects on sports and recreation. While not as life-threatening as extreme weather or as costly as droughts, climate change’s impacts on sports is something that’s becoming increasingly common.
Science
Extreme Heat
One of the clearest findings of climate science is that global warming amplifies the intensity, duration and frequency of extreme heat events.