NOAA: ENSO and Climate Change – What Does the New IPCC Report Say? This post first appeared on the climate.gov ENSO blog and was written by Tom Di Liberto. Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their Working Group 1 report on the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change (1). This huge report, both in terms of importance and length (the thing is nearly 4000 pages!), covers literally everything you can […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 24, 2021 1 Comment
The Devastating Way Climate Change is Affecting California’s Sierra Nevada Water Ecosystems LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2021) — The impacts of climate change in California are becoming increasingly obvious. Turn on the news, and you will hear about extreme heatwaves, droughts, and frequent wildfires plaguing the state. “Climate change is one of the grand challenges facing society. California, our most populous state and one of the largest economies globally faces major threats from hot, […] SnowBrains | September 9, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: Climate Change is Pushing Wildfires to Higher Ground ‘Climate Change Pushes Wildfires to Higher Ground’ first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Ashley Balzer. Scientists have known for decades that climate change makes wildfires more common, larger, and more intense. Now an international team of scientists has demonstrated a new connection between fires and global warming. Using data from Landsat satellites, they discovered that wildfires […] Fire Firebrains | September 8, 2021 1 Comment
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