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As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction

Union of Concerned Scientists

There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.

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A Nobel pursuit

Real Climate

Manabe’s Climate Modeling. 2019 ) gives a good overview of Manabe’s particular philosophy of climate modeling which was very much focused on getting things to work, and not worrying too much about the details. That paper ( Manabe et al., But let’s go back to the beginning. 1975) , and Bryan et al. 1975) ).

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

Another clue indicating a shortcoming is if you look at the atmospheric CO 2 -concentrations over time to see how much impact the IPCC reports have had on the real policy-makers in the world (Figure below). The cause of our changing climate is the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations that we have released into the air.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

are used all over the world, based on calculations that quantify the effects of physical mechanisms and the way different parts of the atmosphere are connected to each other. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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Climate Reality vs. Public Perception: Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That fits with the last five years , which have seen an annual average of 18 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

This version originates from a 1995 German book and to this day is highly popular with the climate skeptics bubble on social media, and with the German right-wing AfD climate denial party (see my 2019 blog article ). Ed Hawkins, National Centre for Atmospheric Science. Image: Prof.

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Are Wildfires Getting Worse Due to Climate Change?

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The Australian bushfires of 2019-2020 are estimated to have scorched over 17 million hectares of land, leaving almost 3 billion animals dead or displaced. How Climate Change Will Impact Future Heat Waves. Experts predict a historic increase in global wildfire events and record-breaking heat waves due to climate change.