What is 'committed warming'? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue after emissions end

Thanks to humans, the concentration of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now 50% higher than before the industrial era. These gases are raising Earth’s temperature.

Julien Emile-Geay, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
June 9, 2022 ~7 min

What is 'committed warming'? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue long after emissions end

Thanks to humans, the atmosphere has 50% more planet-warming carbon dioxide today than it did before the industrial era. Those gases will continue raising Earth’s temperature for years.

Julien Emile-Geay, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
June 9, 2022 ~7 min


Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth?

The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
April 18, 2022 ~6 min

Oceans and their largest inhabitants could be the key to storing our carbon emissions

Using our oceans as carbon sinks could help achieve climate goals set in the most recent IPCC report.

Jane Lichtenstein, Associate Researcher, Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG), University of Cambridge • conversation
April 11, 2022 ~7 min

Arctic greening won’t save the climate – here’s why

The growing season on the tundra is starting earlier as the planet warms, but the plants aren’t sequestering more carbon, a new study finds.

Donatella Zona, Associate Professor of Biology, San Diego State University • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~7 min

Pollen season is getting longer and more intense with climate change – here's what allergy sufferers can expect in the future

Rising temperatures mean longer, earlier pollen seasons, but the bigger problem is what carbon dioxide will do to the amount of pollen being released. A 200% increase is possible this century.

Allison L. Steiner, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan • conversation
March 15, 2022 ~8 min

A mild-mannered biker triggered a huge debate over humans' role in climate change – in the early 20th century

His theory, based on years of detailed climate and weather data, became known as the Callendar Effect. Today we call it global warming.

Sylvia G. Dee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University • conversation
Feb. 21, 2022 ~8 min

How 'mechanical trees' pull carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away – an inventor of direct air capture tech explains

Using machines to pull CO2 from the air could help as the world tries to slow climate change. Klaus Lackner is developing new ways to cut its high costs and energy demand.

Klaus Lackner, Professor of Engineering and Director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Arizona State University • conversation
Jan. 18, 2022 ~11 min


These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works

Klaus Lackner is finding new ways to cut the technology’s high costs and energy demand, and he’s about to launch the first ‘mechanical tree.’

Klaus Lackner, Professor of Engineering and Director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Arizona State University • conversation
Jan. 18, 2022 ~11 min

How measuring emissions in real time can help cities achieve net zero

By measuring emissions in real time, cities can take stronger action against air pollution and global warming.

Ronald Cohen, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
Dec. 17, 2021 ~6 min

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