climate change

Hockey Stick or Heart Fibrillation: Which Curve Describes Climate Change?

July 2, 2022 Armin Auctor

Climate change threatens people with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can be a result. (Image: Vivian Mcaleavey via Dreamstime)

The ‘Tug of War’ of Climate Change Keeps Scientists Guessing

May 10, 2022 Troy Oakes

World map showing the continents in green and oceans in blue painted as a mural on a wall.

Scientists are currently unable to satisfactorily project the response of storm tracks to anthropogenic climate change. (Image: Dwnld777 via Dreamstime)

Green Energy: Insights Into the Race for Net Zero by 2050

April 25, 2022December 22, 2021 Armin Auctor

Elderly man with his hands in his pockets walks across the grass between a row of solar panels with trees and mountains seen in the distance.

Australia is gearing up to eradicate polluting fossil fuel usage by 2050. (Image: Linnaea Mallette via publiddomainpictures.net)

Global Investment Company BlackRock China Faces Scorn Over Their Investments

April 20, 2022November 15, 2021 Max Lu

This year, BlackRock became the only American company to enter the Chinese investment banking market. (Image: Michael Vi via Dreamstime)

Observations Confirm That Aerosols Formed From Plant Emitted Compounds Can Make Clouds Brighter

May 1, 2022October 4, 2021 Troy Oakes

Volatile organic compounds emitted by vegetation form atmospheric aerosols that make clouds more reflective.

An observational study by Finnish research groups confirms a prevailing theory that volatile organic compounds emitted by vegetation form atmospheric aerosols that make clouds more reflective. (Image: susannp4 via Pixabay)

Dead Zones Formed Repeatedly in North Pacific During Warm Climates, Study Finds

May 27, 2022June 5, 2021 Troy Oakes

Over the past 1.2 million years, marine life was repeatedly extinguished in low-oxygen ‘dead zones’ in the North Pacific Ocean during warm interglacial climates. (Image: 3163387 via Pixabay)

Carbon Farming in Australia Helps to Solve Climate Change

June 7, 2022March 19, 2021 Keenan Whitsed

We can farm carbon by storing it in our agricultural soils. (Image: Natfot via Pixabay)

China Announces New 5-Year Climate Target Amid a ‘Dirty Recovery’

June 11, 2022March 6, 2021 David Clapp

China’s new emissions target continues at the same pace as the previous five-year plan. (Image: Nicku via Dreamstime)

The Greta Thunberg of China, Howey Ou, Raises Her Voice for Environmental Awareness

June 12, 2022February 25, 2021 David Clapp

Howey Ou holdin a sign in Chinese and English: School Strike for Climate.

Howey Ou says it’s her 'life mission' to spark change before it’s too late. (Image: via Twitter)

Largest Study of Asia’s Rivers Unearths 800 Years of Paleoclimate Patterns

June 23, 2022January 2, 2021 Troy Oakes

The Mekong River. (Image: via Wikipedia)

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