Climate Science

Muckraking for the planet

Cast your vote for the best climate journalism 0
Posted 4 hours, 41 minutes ago The good people at the Earth Journalism Awards have singled out 15 examples of the best reporting on climate and energy issues. They'd like you to cast your vote for the best of the best.
The science behind a climate headline 0
Posted 1 week ago
Jon Stewart praises ‘SuperFreak’ author 5
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago On last night’s Daily Show, host Jon Stewart heaped praise on the contrarian approach to global warming taken by SuperFreakonomics author Steve Levitt, a University of Chicago economist.
‘SuperFreakonomics’ will misinform readers on climate science 2
Posted 1 month ago The forthcoming SuperFreakonomics, written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, plays fast and loose with the scientific consensus on climate change.
Love in a time of cataclysm, part 2

Therapy on the Titanic 4
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Feeling sad, confused, angry, or hopeless over climate chaos? You're not alone. Here are a few thoughts on the emotional side of the climate issue, and resources for finding support.
That smarts

MacArthur genius award winners include climate and ocean researchers 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Some of the MacArthur Foundation “genius award” winners are doing work related to climate change. And they now they each have $500 grand, no strings attached.
FAQ YOU

Ask Umbra on combating climate denial 55
Posted 2 months ago
This summer's cool weather has some people scratching their heads and wondering if climate change is real. Umbra explains the difference between one crazy summer and a global trend, and offers resources for understanding the finer points of the climate "debate."
RealClimate debunks myth while advancing another (that warming is linear) 0
Posted 4 months ago
The climate science deniers' favorite myths are about cooling. They have cooling myths about the past, they have cooling myths about the present, and they claim that recent studies predict future cooling.
Hansen mostly recycles myths in his mostly pointless attack on US climate action 0
Posted 4 months ago
They blinded me with science

20 climate experts call for aggressive U.S. action 2
Posted 5 months ago
A group of 20 U.S. climate scientists and experts sent an open letter to President Obama and the members of Congress on Monday calling for aggressive action on climate change.
Ch-ch-ch-changes

‘Sea Change’ documentary highlights threat of ocean acidification 9
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The documentary film 'A Sea Change' follows one man's quest to learn about climate change and ocean acidification -- but is it a horror flick or a love story?
Nature: Hurricanes ARE getting fiercer — and it’s going to get much worse 1
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Hurricane season officially begins tomorrow, so I’m updating one more 2008 post on the science.
Clash Gordon

Where’s the Science Committee? 7
Posted 6 months ago
The House Science Committee will tinker with science funding in the Waxman-Markey bill, but will it speak up for science?
Letter from Europe

The iceman walketh 0
Posted 6 months ago
Pen Hadow and the other members of the Catlin Arctic Survey team set out earlier this year to measure the conditions of the Arctic sea ice -- in hopes of gathering data to inform the climate change talks in Copenhagen this December.
Andy Kindler talks to climate change scientists 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
GOP to Jim Rogers: STFU

House Republicans blow off biz leaders who want climate action 3
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
House Republicans are ramping up their campaign against the Democratic leadership's climate and energy bill -- and telling business leaders to get with the program or get out of the way.
Climate Skeptics Should be Skeptical of Their Own Information

Deniers are just one off from the truth 5
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
I give a lot of talks on climate change and what we should do about it. Invariably, at the end, some smug white haired guy in his sixties raises his hand and says something like this: "I'm a smart guy (Phd, engineer, whatever—he lays out the credentials) and I'm a critical thinker. (of course!) and in my research on climate, I've come across a lot of controversy on the science. I don't think we're even close to resolution on this."
Old dog, Newt tricks

Gore and Gingrich bump heads at House climate hearing 7
Posted 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Debate on the House climate bill gets heated as Al Gore and Newt Gingrich jump into the fray.
Same polluters, new deceit

Industry spin on climate is still working on media 1
Posted 7 months ago
New York Times reporter Andy Revkin has a blockbuster story showing that the Global Climate Coalition, the main industry group that spent much of the 1990s seeking to sow doubt in journalists' and politicians' minds about the reality of climate change, knew all along that it was real and dangerous.
Icier Depths

Q: How much can West Antarctica plausibly contribute to sea-level rise by 2100? 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago