234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming IPCC climate report – here's what you need to know and why it's a big deal

These international climate assessments are used by governments worldwide as they weigh future risks and climate policies.

Stephanie Spera, Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment, University of Richmond • conversation
Aug. 5, 2021 • ~8 min

Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how that's warming the climate

When heat in doesn’t equal heat out, Earth sees changes.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
Aug. 4, 2021 • ~6 min

Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how it's warming the climate

When heat in doesn’t equal heat out, Earth sees changes.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
Aug. 4, 2021 • ~5 min

Brazil's Atlantic Forest will change more in the next 50 years than at any time since the last ice age

For one of Earth’s most biodiverse forests, 21,000 years of natural change pale in comparison to modern, man-made climate breakdown.

Oliver Wilson, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Reading • conversation
July 28, 2021 • ~7 min

Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little Ice Age

Globally, the temperature changed by half a degree Celsius, but it dramatically altered the likelihood of extreme local weather.

Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University • conversation
July 27, 2021 • ~10 min

Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records -- they shatter them

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 23, 2021 • ~9 min

Is climate change to blame for the recent weather disasters? 2 things you need to understand

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
July 23, 2021 • ~8 min

Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote

The results of Foote's simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the US and Europe. It happened more than a century ago.

Sylvia G. Dee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University • conversation
July 22, 2021 • ~8 min

Extreme heat warning: what first-ever Met Office alert means

Extreme heat warnings can help change our dangerous relationship with hot weather.

Chloe Brimicombe, PhD Candidate in Climate Change and Health, University of Reading • conversation
July 20, 2021 • ~6 min

Why the UK is so unprepared for the impacts of climate change

Mitigating climate change is more politically popular than adapting to its inevitable effects.

Liam F. Beiser-McGrath, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Politics and Director of the PECC Lab, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
June 18, 2021 • ~5 min

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