Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere have reached record breaking levels again, according to a report released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday. Observations from the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) show that carbon dioxide levels in the …Continue reading
Excessive nutrients in water bodies can offset gains made from reduced fossil fuel emissions
Lake size and the quantity of nutrients in it drive how much greenhouse gases are emitted globally from lakes into the atmosphere, says a paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters. The paper calls attention to the negative …Continue reading
Global Stocktake Shows the 43 Greenhouse Gases Driving Global Warming
The most comprehensive collection of atmospheric greenhouse gas measurements, published today, confirms the relentless rise in some of the most important greenhouse gases. The data show that today’s aggregate warming effect of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) is …Continue reading
While Nations Play Politics, Cities and States Are Taking up the Climate Challenge
Last week, Donald Trump entered the White House Rose Garden and announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. In doing so, he fulfilled his campaign promise to “cancel” the Paris deal, a move that calls into question …Continue reading