Climate Scientists on “Don’t Look Up:” It’s Infuriating, Soul-Sucking and On-the-Nose
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 7, 2022
UCS climate scientist reviews "Don't Look Up," an allegory for climate inaction.
Climate Scientist Related Topics 
RFK Jr. Joins the War on Climate Scientists
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
is on when it comes to the war on scientists. That war was on display recently in the defamation trial of two right-wing bloggers who attacked climate scientist Michael Mann to try to smear his work and ultimately climate science itself.
Join 12,000+
Insiders
Sign Up for our Newsletter
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Trending Sources
As its Lone Climate Scientist Board Member Departs, ExxonMobil Still Heads in the Wrong Direction
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
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.
LA Fires and the Climate Connection
Legal Planet
JANUARY 9, 2025
The evidence shows that hydroclimate whiplash has already increased due to global warming, and further warming will bring about even larger increases, says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UCLA and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources who led the study. But e xtreme weather is already the context.
Climate Change 
317
317 
Bankrolling the Burn: Why Climate Scientists are Taking on Fossil Fuel Financiers
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), last week’s Climate Week in New York City s spotlighted the urgent need for ambitious worldwide climate action. The death toll and devastation of Hurricane Helene has underscored that urgency.
Fossil Fuels 328
328 
A Climate Scientist Watches a Movie about Apocalypse
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 10, 2022
Reflections on the film, "Don't Look Up.".
The Long History of Climate Models
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2025
Climate models are the main tool scientists use to assess how much the Earths temperature will change given an increase in fossil fuel pollutants in the atmosphere. As a climate scientist, Ive used them in all my research projects, including one predicting a change in Southwestern US precipitation patterns.
Atmosphere 153
153 
New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration
Inside Climate News
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern Europe. By Bob Berwyn New research by an international team of climate scientists documents a surge of global warming during the past 15 years that risks shutting down a key ocean current by 2050.
Sea Level 145
145 
What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures?
Yale E360
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Since early 2023, the world has seen a steep rise in temperatures that scientists are struggling to explain. E360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about possible causes of the warming and why experts cannot account for the heat. Read more on E360 →
Whiplash: How Big Swings in Precipitation Fueled the L.A. Fires
Yale E360
JANUARY 16, 2025
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain says that two very wet years followed by a very dry one helped to turn the Los Angeles wildfires into raging infernos. This phenomenon of hydroclimate whiplash, he says, is expected to occur in more and more places as the world warms. Read more on E360
Returning Grazing Land to Native Forests Would Yield Big Climate Benefits
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
By Georgina Gustin For years, researchers and climate scientists have urged people, especially in rich countries, to cut back on meat and dairy consumption to limit greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production. Removing cattle from carbon-rich soils in the eastern U.S.
Hurricane Threat Poised to Keep Rising, Experts Warn
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 11, 2024
By Bob Berwyn As people in parts of the southeastern United States try to pick up the pieces of their broken homes, lives and dreams after the twin gut punches delivered by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, climate scientists have some unwelcome news.
The Rate of Global Warming During Next 25 Years Could Be Double What it Was In The Previous 50, a Renowned Climate Scientist Warns
Inside Climate News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Former NASA climate scientist James Hansen urged Congress decades ago to act on climate change. Now he says he expects reduced aerosol pollution to lead to a steep temperature rise.
Model Uncertainty in Politics and Climate Policy
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Moreover, climate scientists have a lot more data to work with. They can be somewhat more confident in dealing with the issue because model assumptions are clearer and can often be tested independently of the overall model. There are detailed satellite data of many forms, and thousands of ground-level observations.
Politics 264
264 
What Is a Climate Model and How Does It Work?
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 19, 2025
Climate models are the main tool climate scientists use to predict how Earth will respond to more heat-trapping pollutants in the atmosphere. But what exactly is a climate model? Lets start off easy by breaking down the phrase climate model.”
Atmosphere 130
130 
The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Real Climate
AUGUST 9, 2021
Climate scientists are inordinately excited by the release of a new IPCC report (truth be told, that’s a bit odd – It’s a bit like bringing your end-of-(seven)-year project home and waiting anxiously to see how well it will be received).
Sea Level 363
363 
Earth911 Podcast: Coastal Flooding in 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick
Earth 911
AUGUST 10, 2021
Listen to “Earth911 Interview: Coastal Flooding In 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick” on Spreaker. The post Earth911 Podcast: Coastal Flooding in 2050 With Climate Scientist James Renwick appeared first on Earth911.
Twenty years of blogging in hindsight
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
Today there exist AI tools that can translate a scientist’s Powerpoint presentation into something that is more pedagogic and understandable for a lay person, so maybe this situation will improve. Obviously, the message from climate scientists has not reached those decision-makers who could bend the Keeling curve downwards.
2004 245
245 
More Heat This Weekend–More Inequities of Keeping Cool
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 13, 2021
As more high temperatures are forecast in the next few days, two of our climate scientists explain how people of color in four cities--Fresno, CA, Miami, FL, Mobile, AL, and Shreveport, LA--are at risk from the effects of urban heat islands.
Cooling 260
260 
How Do You Talk to Children about Climate Change? One Book Has a Few Ideas
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Last year, I met Dave Schneider, a climate scientist who studies ice sheets and climate systems, work very similar to my own. that’s specifically about climate change and fossil fuel accountability. I checked out the science books, and there were some interesting titles but literally nothing about climate change.
Climate Change 301
301 
What Do Climate Scientists Tell Their Kids about the Future?
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
A climate scientist on the planet’s simultaneous disasters, from Pakistan’s horror floods to Europe’s record drought
Environmental News Bits
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Pakistan’s climate chief has said one-third … Continue reading A climate scientist on the planet’s simultaneous disasters, from Pakistan’s horror floods to Europe’s record drought.
What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
And why one climate scientist still has reasons to hope. Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine , an interview by Jenni Doering with senior scientist Jennifer Francis of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.
Climate scientist forced to add new colours to iconic climate stripes
A Greener Life
JANUARY 7, 2024
Off the scale The climate scientist remarked: “2023 was off the end of the scale.” Prof Hawkins, has published the first updated image for the globe using the latest interim data for 2023 and said the darkest red from the current scale will not tell the full story.
Embattled Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wins $1 Million in Defamation Lawsuit
Scientific American
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Michael Mann secured a win in his legal battle against conservative bloggers who said the climatologist “molested and tortured data” and compared him to a convicted child abuser
Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 7, 2025
While ocean surface temperatures are increasing globally due to fossil fuel-caused climate change, they are warming even faster off the US Northeast coast, which could be the result of the AMOC slowing down and pooling warm water in the region.
2024 289
289 
Native American Stereotyping Contributes to Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Many non-Native scientists working on climate change dont understand the premise of multi-generational understanding as it applies to scientific knowledge and consequently dont take our TEK seriously.
A science-based move to climate change adaptation
Real Climate
OCTOBER 27, 2021
However, I would argue that the climate research community has not had a visible presence during any of these meetings. Climate scientists can help policy-makers by explaining the risks and opportunities. It’s also important to use the best information in the right way, and climate scientists can help with that.
Climate Change 218
218 
Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 19, 2023
When scientists do engage in activism, they should expect resistance, but they may also face disproportionate repercussions–a chilling reality that must also change or we risk sidelining this important group of latent activists. One recent example in the news is front of mind for many climate scientists. It’s understandable.
New Study Warns of an Imminent Spike of Planetary Warming and Deepens Divides Among Climate Scientists
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
James Hansen, the scientist who first sounded the climate alarm in Congress, sees a decrease in aerosol pollution driving a surge of warming and criticizes the U.N. climate science panel, drawing a backlash from other researchers.
Statement on on the Alberta United Conservative Party Endorsement of a Resolution Denying Climate Change
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition Canmore | Traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – Denying the link between fossil fuels, CO2, and climate change will only hurt Alberta and its future economic well-being.
The Science Behind Sea Level Rise: How Past Emissions Will Shape Our Future
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Thats why climate scientists are sounding the alarmbecause global efforts under the Paris Agreement to keep warming below those levels are far off track. 2C above the preindustrial average.
Sea Level 276
276 
Climate scientists reconsider the meaning and implications of drought in light of a changing world
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 20, 2022
But rather than add … Continue reading Climate scientists reconsider the meaning and implications of drought in light of a changing world. The colors illustrate the unprecedented drought blighting the region. In some areas, conditions have blown past severe and extreme drought into exceptional drought.
Climate scientist finds new way to measure the Earth’s ability to offset carbon emissions
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 9, 2023
Plants that currently take up a quarter to a third of humanity’s carbon emissions might not be … Continue reading Climate scientist finds new way to measure the Earth’s ability to offset carbon emissions Their study is the first to find the temperature-carbon dioxide release relationship at the landscape level.
HotSpots H2O: Ongoing Madagascar Famine Is Driven By Poverty, Not Climate Change
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Friederike Otto, one of the study’s co-authors, said that the ongoing famine highlights the risks faced by vulnerable nations, even without climate breakdown. And so [climate change] will only make things more difficult for these regions in the world.”. “We are not even adapted to the present day.
Climate Change 278
278 
Why Climate Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm on the Ocean Circulation System AMOC
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Last month, 44 climate scientists from 15 countries wrote an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers highlighting the risk of a potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a critical ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean. What are climate scientists demanding?
How Do ‘Future Climate Scenarios’ Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy?
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 17, 2025
These scenarios are used in climate models to simulate various outcomes based on emissions trajectories, helping researchers assess climate system responses to different forcings. One of the primary applications of IPCC scenarios is in global climate modeling. Studies show that high-emission scenarios like SSP5-8.5
Radiation 156
156 
No, There’s No Scientific Conspiracy About Climate Change
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Among the host of conspiracy theories out there, a perennial one depicts climate science as a global hoax perpetuated by scientists. There are thousands of climate scientists around the world, which is an awful lot of people for a secret conspiracy.
Climate Change 278
278 
Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Holds Faith & Waters Restoration Forum April 3 In Maryland
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe , a world-renowned climate scientist and Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, will deliver a powerful keynote on Living Our Values in a Changing Climate. You wont want to miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most sought-after voices on faith and climate!
Summer 2024 Was the Hottest Ever Measured, Beating Last Year
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The year 2024 could easily shape up to be the hottest ever measured, climate scientists say
2024 143
143 
Is climate change accelerating after a record year of heat?
New Scientist
MAY 2, 2024
The record-breaking heat of 2023 has seen a rare disagreement break out between climate scientists, with some saying it shows Earth may have entered a new period of warming
Climate Change 144
144 
When Will We Reach 1.5 C of Warming? And How Will Climate Scientists Know?
Scientific American
MARCH 20, 2025
degrees Celsius in Paris climate agreement, scientists are racing to establish a single way to monitor current warming As the world gets closer to the mark 1.5
Top Climate Scientists Are Skeptical That Nations Will Rein in Global Warming
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
A Nature survey reveals that many authors of the latest IPCC climate science report are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetime. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
The Kids Get It: Why Proposition 4 Is the Right Thing to Do
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
I don’t have to explain why investing in climate resilience is about the best financial decision California could make right now for her future. The kids get it.
Climate Change 299
299 
Let's personalize your content