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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The year 2023 was by far the warmest in Earths recorded history, and perhaps in the past 100,000 years , shattering the previous record set in 2016 by 0.27C (0.49F). According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. But why were 2023 and 2024 so warm?

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Bankrolling the Burn: Why Climate Scientists are Taking on Fossil Fuel Financiers

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate Week events highlighted commitments and actions needed from the financial sector and other corporations to support and spur government ambition. I had the honor of moderating one of the latter events, Scientists & Activists vs. Fossil Fuel Finance.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

This year has brought new evidence of what major fossil fuel companies knew and when about the role their products play in climate change, as well as what they did in spite of what they knew.

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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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Danger Season in South America: Climate Change Brings Unbelievable Record Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

As a climate scientist, I’m used to reading attribution numbers on the order of magnitude of 15, 20, or maybe 30 times more likely. Another study , released in 2023, found that the ongoing heatwave has exacerbated the effects of a catastrophic , multi-year drought that has been affecting the broader region.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 ) 2) ExxonMobil produced quality science internally, but cast doubt on it publicly ExxonMobil was producing quality science. Corporate leadership was informed about advances in climate science and incorporated those advances when its scientists built their own models. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s

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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The 2024 State of the Air report I work every day on topics related to air in my role as a Senior Climate Scientist at UCS, through my volunteer grassroots work, and because I want to be a well-informed resident in the San Joaquin Valley. come from burning fossil fuels and pesticide use, and ultrafine particles (PM0.1)

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